What's that smell?
By NJ Chicaa
@NJChicaa (126966)
United States
April 30, 2026 3:38pm CST
Man I was going crazy today. I noticed some weird burned electric smell during the 2.5 hour clinical session. I discreetly tried to smell my shirt, my sweatpants, my bag, etc. I couldn't find the source of the smell!
I thought that maybe it was something in the room but NOPE the smell followed me to lunch, to yoga, and to reiki. I was really getting paranoid about it. I couldn't figure out what it could be.
When I got back here this afternoon I stripped out of all of my clothes and put new stuff on. Sure enough it was my sweatpants. I don't know what happened with them as they were washed in a load with other stuff that smells fine. The elastic closures at the bottom aren't melted or anything.
In any case I am going to wash them and see if that does the trick. I'm glad to at least figured out where the funky smell was coming from.
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@MarieCoyle (57774)
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8h
That sort of happened to me once. I received a gift of a new set of bath towels from Kohl’s. I opened the package and a chemical type of smell hit me hard. I asked my neighbor to smell them, and her comment was to take them to Kohl’s and tell them to smell them. They gave me a gift card and said several people had returned their towels for the same reason. Just weird!!
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@RasmaSandra (96821)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
11h
That is something I have never heard about before. Glad you can wash them,
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@JudyEv (378907)
• Rockingham, Australia
7h
I have trouble with sweatpants getting smelly at times. You can't wear them too often or at least I can't.
