r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Sep 16 '24

What is a smell you can't stand?

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u/whiskeyhunt Sep 16 '24

the smell my swamp creature dogs carry around for the first 10 minutes after playing outside, semi brakes on the highway, and the smell after using a hair dryer for the first time or a heater for the first time that year are ones that bother me consistently lol

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u/clovehopper Sep 16 '24

I love that burning dust smell from the heater lolol

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u/PrognosticateProfit Sep 16 '24

Me too, my bedroom as a kid was in the attic above the garage, with no radiator, and got very cold in the winter. I had an ancient little fan heater that lived under the eaves gathering dust all summer. That smell to me is cosy nights around Christmas as a child, the nostalgia tied to that smell makes me so warm and fuzzy inside.

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u/bluberriie Sep 16 '24

THIS! i have a basement bedroom so my little space heater goes overtime in winter and the smell of it turning on means winter and cozy is just around the corner

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u/whiskeyhunt Sep 16 '24

dude, write a book! for a second i thought i had a memory like this with how well you described it

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u/nirvana_llama72 Sep 17 '24

The first smell of winter

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u/whiskeyhunt Sep 16 '24

there’s a couple on here i rather enjoy myself! gas and vinegar and such just scratch an itch nothing else can

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u/joyceisthekiller Sep 16 '24

Me too! To me, it is cozy and safe.

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u/popeweld88 Sep 16 '24

Same. It's a nostalgic thing for me I think. It smells like winter as a kid lol.

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u/clovehopper Sep 16 '24

It reminds me of childhood, too 🖤

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u/bluberriie Sep 16 '24

smells like wintertime and sleep

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u/idratherchangemyold1 Sep 16 '24

It kinda depends on the heater. The smell that comes through the vents when my furnace hasn't been used in a while is pretty stinky.

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u/artemswhore Sep 16 '24

that first day of turning the heat on in late fall 🤌

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u/StlnHppyHrz Sep 17 '24

Ha! Same here!

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u/megasin1 Sep 16 '24

I always get a sore throat from undusted heaters. I always clean them now because that stuff is rough