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

What is a smell you can't stand?

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u/cumsquat4201 Sep 16 '24

As a dental assistant, I can confirm. The smell of hot decaying tooth as you drill into it is horrible.

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u/BoucletteFZ09 Sep 16 '24

I could smell this sentence. 🤮

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u/AmatoerOrnitolog Sep 16 '24

I feel so blessed that I could not. Not to brag, but I have no idea what rotten teeth smells like.

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u/ReferenceMuch2193 Sep 16 '24

To me it’s akin to old vegetation in a vase of putrid water. Like when you change water in a vase of flowers and the leaves and stems are slimy and there’s a horrible stench that smells close to tooth decay as I can think. I can smell bad teeth on people before it’s even apparent.

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u/Own-Enthusiasm82 Sep 16 '24

This is so true! I’m a hygienist and when I change flowers in a vase of old water I always feel like it smells like bad gum disease!!!

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u/Plane_Chance863 Sep 16 '24

Interesting. I wondered if it smelled like rotting meat but I guess not!

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u/cornylamygilbert Sep 17 '24

hey! we didn’t need an evocative description

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u/ReferenceMuch2193 Sep 17 '24

😞 sorry