'My dog's frito feet': 23 Weird smells that everyone secretly loves

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Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor
Nov 13, 2025 7:00 PM EST

I won't be purchasing any candles that smell like the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disneyland, but if I smell the real thing, you better believe I'm taking a deep breath. 

Smells are deeply linked with memory, often triggering a round of flashbacks with just one whiff. While not every memory is good, somehow smells (even bad ones), can light up the nostalgia centers in our little noggins, allowing us to recall sensations and memories linked with our smell in a wholesome or positive way. You may not have had the perfect childhood, but the smell of fresh-cut grass will always remind you of your peaceful walks in the neighborhood. Or the smell of roadside convenience store coffee, regarded as the foulest of burnt coffee smells, will still remind you of the joys of roadtripping and the associated excitement. 

Alas, smells are very powerful, even if they're not particularly perfumey. 

Stinky stinks are also secretly sort of nice. The smell of your dog's frito feet, your partner's BO, or the smelly skunks that live under your deck can evoke some delightful memories. In that case, are those smells so bad anymore? There are many stinks that are actually quite lovely. 

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  • The first time the heat is turned on in the house in the fall and it smells like warm dust lol angela_ciccone
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  • When you walk by a house. or apartment with the dryer. running and can smell the warm dryer smell from the vent mijizawilliams
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  • Does a freshly opened can of play dough count? Because that's mine ddeange4
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  • When someone's been in the cold and they come indoors and you can smell the cold smell documenting_my_time_here_
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  • The smell while you're vacuuming pnzerschrk
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  • Lumber aisle at Home Depot dyrt_reynolds
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  • My dog's "frito feet" LOL! wildangeljoy
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  • When you're walking outside in the fall and it's brisk out, and you smell someone's wood fireplace jamessteigler
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  • The smell of static on old af TVs althena.jnz
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  • When my husband comes home from working outside all day in the summer and he smells like the sun. It's the only way to describe the smell. His sweat doesn't smell at all. He just smells warm and bright. littlemunky_420
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  • Jelly sandals and ice rinks just_a_ghoul_mombie
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  • On top of my cats head, right between the ears. He smells like an angel _thatgiirlmel
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  • Puppy breath. It smells like coffee grounds! → liseed
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  • Freshly opened can of tennis. balls mmmm pimpfishn
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  • Those plastic shoes, I think they're called jelly slippers. And those gummy-like holiday/seasonal window clings that you can arrange into scenes. vivian_abigail.25
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  • a particular pink liquid hand soap that public restrooms. sometimes have emileechickadee
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  • The smell of the art classroom in elementary school fullofjoy12
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  • The smell of opening your empty luggage to pack for your trip partsofme_097
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