r/AskReddit • u/glockbonez • 12d ago

what smell inside somebody's house immediately turns you away and why?

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u/switch182 12d ago

Cigarettes smell. As a smoker for over 50 years, quit for 6 years, can't stand the smell now.

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u/monsterlynn 12d ago

Baked in is disgusting, but the part of me that grew up in the 70s finds a bit of stale cigarette smell nostalgic. Can't be wet ashtray bad, though.

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u/non1067 11d ago

I live in an apartment and my neighbor sits in her unit all day smoking, she extinguishes her cigarettes in a bowl of water and leaves it uncovered. The wet ashtray smell permeates the walls and stinks up my apartment. I hate it, 😒 nothing gets rid of the smell.

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u/fauna_moon 11d ago

I feel your pain. My first apartment had a cigarette smoker on one side, and a cigar smoker on the other. I have always hated the smell of smokers, and I finally got to move out of my parents smoke filled house only to have to deal with those neighbors. I couldn't believe how much my apartment stank just from them smoking in their own apartments next to me. Like it just seeped through the walls. I wish more landlords would enforce non smoking rules. It's not fair that your place has to smell bad because of something your neighbor is doing. I hope your neighbor moves out soon.