Smellympics: Round 1, Heat 2
 

The second qualifying heat in the Smellympics is above.

We have 140 candidates for the best smell in the world.* Note that many of the smells may be variants of other smells on the list, but I figured that if something is slightly different due to a different combination, I'll keep them both.

We'll run 14 Round 1 heats on a semi-daily schedule, and the smells that finish in the top half of each heat will move to Round 2 (70 smells). Same thing there to cut it to 35, again to get to 16, then to 8, 4, 2, and we'll crown a champion from there. In each round I'll randomly shuffle the candidates.

Each heat will stay up for a minimum of two days, including one weekday. (A lot will depend on my schedule, too.)

So put on your smelling hats and get to work. Poll forthcoming if you're downwind.










*Perfumes and colognes have been eliminated from the competition since they serve no other purpose. Edited from 141 to 140 since I had one smell double-listed.

By the way, it's a weird coincidence that the two grandparent smells ended up at the top of this poll. All the initial seedings are completely random.

I thought I smelled mothballs.

I picked 5, but was torn on my last choice of alfalfa and garlic. I picked cut alfalfa but understand most of you are city slickers that don't have a life, thus probably have never experienced it.

Oh yeah? Well, I bet you never experienced the smell of a Chinese restaurant with a grease trap clog.

Bird-dog puppy's breath? I hate dog breath.

Shouldn't you be out getting knocked over by a dog or flashed by some random girl?

(Two things I've never experienced living a good share of my life in the country)

Or that.

I think that one needs clarification as to before or after the pup licks his own bung hole.

Yeah that one had me puzzled at first if this was a good or bad smell poll.

There was more than one smell nominated where I was uncertain if it was serious or not, mildew in the grandparents' basement and one's wife's feet after work being among them. I gave the benefit of the doubt in all cases where there was uncertainty.

Puppy breath in general. I said bird-dog because there's hardly anything better in the world to me than a brand-new brittany spaniel.
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What about the new car smell?

Hey Rain man, when are we gonna have another trial? I think Buc eyed Pea should be put through a Chiefsplanet trial for heresy and high treason for her ignoring Patteeu.

New car smell is in Heat 1 already, which closes tomorrow. You'd better move fast if you want it to make Round 2.

The court is not hearing new cases at the moment, though you can certainly bring suit.

Oranges smell amazing... a lot better than other picks in this pathetic heat.

Grandma's House
Apple Pie
Hamburger and Onions
Barbecue
Cooking Garlic


Combining two of those is amazing, three is orgasmic. My grandmother bakes all the time.

I almost voted for the mildew smell, but I consider it to be the same as the first one more or less, even though the upper part of my grandparents' house smells different. It's a combination of smells, though. The carpet in the living room, the couch, the way the porch smells after a rainstorm, the beds upstairs, the oily goodness of my grandpa's workshop.....all of it is wonderful.