Cats Who Smell Like Home: The Strange Yet Wholesome Phenomenon Of Cats Smelling Like People's Favorite Things (Viral Tweets)

If you're like us and you have a cat, then we know for a fact that there are sooo many things you love about your little furball. We can't help it. Everything about our kitty cats is purrfect to us. We love our cats' squishy danger bellies. We love our cats' dangerous and spiky murderclaws. We love our cats' fluffy tails and their funny sleeping positions and the fact that they're too lazy to even run after a little bug that's crawling next to them. Everything. We love everything. 

But honestly, there is one thing that we love about our cats that we thought we were alone in. Their smell. Our cats smell… so good, and we legitimately thought that we were the only weirdos. We've certainly never seen anyone else go on sniffin' them the way we do. It's just out cats though, not street cats, not someone else's cat, just ours. Something about them just… smells like home, and this twitter thread shows that we are, in fact, not the only weirdos lol.

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    Font - Liya/mochipanko @mochiipanko Yesterday I randomly talked about how I love sniffing my cat, because he smells like a mix of teddy bear, baby and fresh laundry. Then I found out it's apparently a common phenomenon among cat owners. More descriptions: warm sunlight, fresh baked bread, futon drying in the sun. 1:18 PM . Mar 9, 2023 726.9K Views 1,679 Retweets 774 Quote Tweets 17.7K Likes
    via @mochiipanko

    Seeing this tweet made us wonder about how we would describe our cat's smell, and honestly, we're a little lost. Our cat just smells like home to us. It smells like a mixture of our blankets and us and sunshine and something that is distinctly them. It's hard to describe, it really is, all we know is that it brings us joy. 

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    Rectangle - Liya/mochipanko @mochiipanko and I also found out that there was a Japanese company a few years ago that developed a fragrance that replicated that scent Imao 1:19 PM . Mar 9, 2023 36.2K Views
    via @mochiipanko

    We wonder if the sales of that were good or not, since we honestly think that it's each individual cat's smell that makes it so special to each individual owner. But maybe it's some pheromon or something that really can be replicated. We think we'd buy one, just to check.

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    Smile - Liya/mochipanko @mochiipanko When people ask what ,,warm sunlight" smells like, I'd describe it as „a little bit dusty, like your windowsill and a warm blanket"..maybe? 2:25 AM. Mar 10, 2023 · 28.4K Views
    via @mochiipanko
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    Font - snow | heads empty no thoughts time baby @snowlattes Replying to @mochiipanko i think it's not only cats too but other pets also!! my dog smells like baked bread and sunlight, she likes to sunbath!! i remember smelling baby powder scents too on my late old dog, probably due to alot of patting 2:18 PM Mar 9, 2023 23.6K Views .
    via @snowlattes
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    Font - Liya/mochipanko @mochiipanko Replying to @snowlattes my dog just stinks bc he tends to stick his whole head into the bushes (where he sniffs the pee pee from other dogs) Imaoooo 2:32 PM Mar 9, 2023 19.8K Views
    via @mochiipanko
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    Eyelash - tuka @dasTuks Replying to @mochiipanko mine just smells like cat spit 1:20 PM - Mar 9, 2023 21.8K Views
    via @dasTuks
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    Font - Liya/mochipanko @mochiipanko Replying to @dasTuks yea well when he just cleaned himself/got cleaned by his brother I know I won't sniff him for the next hour 1:22 PM . Mar 9, 2023 · 20.1K Views
    via @mochiipanko
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    Font - Cassandra Jean @CassandraJP Replying to @mochiipanko It isnt just me?? I thought I was loony I thought my cat smelled just like my mother when she gardens (sunshine and nature) 2:11 PM Mar 9, 2023 17.4K Views .
    via @CassandraJP
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    Font - Bagetsu @BAGETSU Replying to @mochiipanko and @Gamchawizzy 100% true, yes, mine smells so good as wellll ifk if she enjoys me sniffing her but hey, it's wonderful 12:51 PM Mar 10, 2023 940 Views
    via @BAGETSU_
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    Font - Brianna @RossignolNoriri Replying to @mochiipanko Yes! My cats have their own distinct scents and I love it. My male cat smells like warm sunlight and fresh linen and my female cat smells like cinnamon and new books. Whenever I smell dog it's just stinky, but cats have weird scents! 6:08 PM . Mar 9, 2023 2,132 Views .
    via @RossignolNoriri
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    Font - Anna Zombiepanda @nightlibrarian Replying to @mochiipanko Depending on who licked who and what, mine do sometimes smell of cheese. XD Also dust, earth, popcorn and softness. 1:21 PM . Mar 9, 2023 5,412 Views
    via @nightlibrarian
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    Cat - pip (they/he) @periwinklepip Replying to @mochiipanko My cat Nimbus smells like warm tea with milk and honey. Such a comforting scent! ...
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    Font - lex @alexiskrugerr Replying to @mochiipanko my first kitty, jinx, always smelled like perfume no matter what. it was the strangest yet most comforting thing and i am so glad to have those memories. my current kitty's head always smells like reeses cups to me it's also very strange but i love it 6:22 AM Mar 10, 2023 524 Views
    via @alexiskrugerr
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    Font - vanity FOX @VanityyFox Replying to @mochiipanko i usually say he smells like doritos, but now i'm thinking that might say more about me than him lol 6:01 PM Mar 9, 2023 615 Views
    via @VanityyFox
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    Cat - is it really possible to be an emo farmer? @Gargoyledd Replying to @mochiipanko idk where y'all getting your perfumed cats from. mine is stinky. big stink man 10:58 PM . Mar 9, 2023 1,415 Views .
    via @Gargoyledd

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