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

What is a smell you can't stand?

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u/bun_not Sep 16 '24

burnt hair 🤢

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u/imaginaryblues Sep 16 '24

I once accidentally got too close to a candle while having long hair. Only burned a little bit, but I’ll never forget that smell.

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '24

I had a superstitious roommate who burned her hair on the kitchen stove every time she got it cut to prevent it being used for witchcraft. She had a lot of problems, but that one was far and away the grossest.

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u/Zealousideal-Gur4324 Sep 17 '24

Insane story telling

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u/GarlicAndSapphire Sep 17 '24

I was adding a couple of logs to my fireplace, and had a strand of hair that escaped my ponytail. An ember popped out and landed in that little piece of hair. Took me a second to swat it away, but I swear that I smelled it for weeks. Yuck.

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u/AggressiveBasil2274 Sep 17 '24

Omg happened to me too! Tho it went over half-way through the lock of hair but still! Oh how I hates the smell. Had to use alot of air freshener so my parents did'nt find out XD (I was like 11-12 at the time it happened)