I am looking for a smell…
By Amber
@AmbiePam (107150)
United States
November 26, 2025 2:02pm CST
And it’s good! You know how sometimes you’re at at a place, and you smell something bad, so you go around trying to find it (to get rid of it)? On the rare occasion it happens at my apartment, it is always something wafting through the walls of my neighbor’s apartment. Whatever he cooks rarely has a good odor.
But today, something smelled so wonderful I went sniffing around my apartment trying to find it. I finally found it on the side of my bookcase where someone must have put it when they were going through my things (ugh). It was one of the Reed diffusers I had been given to review. It smells so good I wish I knew what it was! (Once the box is gone I never remember.)
I hesitate to ask, but good or bad, when is the last time you were surprised by a foreign fragrance? All I can think of right now are the two Mylotters who have neighbors very fond of pot.
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16 responses
@BarBaraPrz (50814)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
17h
Occassionally, when I'm out and about, a fella will walk by that smells absolutely delicious... 
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@snowy22315 (199263)
• United States
20h
Suprised by a scent,,,Ha, HA you really come up with some interesting discussions.
. Heck, I don't know. Nothing comes to mind, sometimes though scents are stronger or weaker than I thought they would be. I don;t mind that too much if it is something I like, but not so much if it is something that is not my thing.
. Heck, I don't know. Nothing comes to mind, sometimes though scents are stronger or weaker than I thought they would be. I don;t mind that too much if it is something I like, but not so much if it is something that is not my thing.2 people like this
@AmbiePam (107150)
• United States
19h
@snowy22315 If it has too much scent it is bound to aggravate my allergies.
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@snowy22315 (199263)
• United States
19h
@AmbiePam Ugh! I hate the smell of most deoderants. I like unscented versions, same with laundry detergent. I am OK with a light scent...but I don't like stuff that the scent is too prominent.
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@LadyDuck (487907)
• Italy
4h
@SIDIKIMPOLE - Only three women use the elevator.This apartment building only has two floors those living at the ground floor never use the elevator.
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@SIDIKIMPOLE (2672)
• Eldoret, Kenya
5h
Very interesting. Sooner or later you'll find out!
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@DaddyEvil (162464)
• United States
18h
A year or two ago Pretty and I were shopping in the local Walmart, looking for a new monitor for her bedroom computer. I smelled something very disagreeable and asked Pretty if she smelled it, too... She said she did so I went to one of the electronics people and said something really smells bad around the television/computer monitor area.
We moved over by the desk and watched two of them searching that area. We were all surprised when they found a dirty diaper behind one of the monitors that was mounted on the wall.
Somebody changed their kid, hopefully, in the bathroom, but carried the dirty diaper back out to hide it? Just why would they do that?
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@sallypup (66873)
• Centralia, Washington
22h
"Very fond of pot." I can't smell. Funny me but I can't. A guy walked into the Vet clinic yesterday and said it stunk outside. Cause I can't smell I had no clue what he was talking about. He finally spelled it out- pot. To him, the outiside air reeked of pot.
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@AmbiePam (107150)
• United States
21h
My stepmom can’t smell either. One time I walked to the front porch of my dad’s house, and even outside I could smell gas. I ran inside, and she had been cooking, but not totally turned off the stove. The smell was overpowering, and she had no clue. What’s scary is, she did it again a few months later. That time I was with my dad, and we both smelled it before stepping a foot inside. My dad was like, Diana, you really have to be aware of turning the stove completely OFF.
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@much2say (57664)
• Los Angeles, California
18h
I mostly have a terrible sense of smell, but there are times when repulsive scents will invade my nose. I'm not a perfume/cologne person . . . so sometimes I will pass someone in public that has this really strong scent on - I silently think "yuck".
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@wolfgirl569 (125518)
• Marion, Ohio
19h
The one that usually surprises me is the skunk deciding to travel through
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@RasmaSandra (91185)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
20h
I don't even remember. I think my sense of smell like my feelings and some other things ahve gone on vacation so I do not get crowded by too many sudden memories,
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@Deepizzaguy (116430)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
18h
The smell from English Leather fragrance was average in a good way.
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@LindaOHio (206907)
• United States
14h
When some of the Meals on Wheels women come to the door, they have so much perfume on that I can smell it. Phew!
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@SIDIKIMPOLE (2672)
• Eldoret, Kenya
5h
Just trying to picture in my mind and nose the kind of smell. Must be very inviting!!! Greetings from Kenya. trusting you are fine!!!
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@SIDIKIMPOLE (2672)
• Eldoret, Kenya
5h
@AmbiePam That is really wonderful. I hope you enjoy it!
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@LooeyVille (57)
• United States
12h
Oh, thank goodness my neighbor hasn't smoked that skunky stuff in the past two weeks. When we visit the mother-in-law her neighbor's apartment always smells like soup. A good smell.
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@aninditasen (17847)
• Raurkela, India
4h
My neighbours drainage and sewerage water from the slums nearby often stinks and I have spray the room freshener throughout my house.
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@Laurakemunto (13269)
• Kenya
3h
Many times I have interacted with people having very bad odors, others use good perfume. So the experience is mixed
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