Preferring the smell of gasoline at certain gas stations
23 Mar
Do you like smelling the gas when you’re filling up your car? A friend of mine told me today that he likes smelling it too. However, he likes smelling gas from certain brand names, like Chevron and 76. Other brand names, he didn’t like them that much.
I never knew smelling gas would be the same as smelling food or drugs and preferring one brand over the other. I guess gas usually smells good since it also costs so much, whether it’s from a big company or from a tar pit located in my backyard. I now have to see if my sense of smelling is strong enough to see if all gas smells the same, or if the big oil names smell better than the smaller gas stations.
How about you? Do you like smelling gas at the gas pump? Do you prefer any brand?
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H i ,did any of you notice this behavior began as a curiosity when you were very young. and then you accepted it without much thought .kept it as a secret for many years . and now you are reaching out for others who also have found a certain appeal from something very very taboo.let me ask you this . would you say you are crazy for liking the smell of vaporous substances .. I wouldn’t .. I really think it is an adaptation to this toxic environment we have been creating for the last 100 years or so ..all of what makes up your body chemistry works together to generate life . and it all came from the same earth . all of these chemicals in gasoline may be man made as far as I know ;but, they all came from mother nature . we will continue to adapt and be products of our environment . no matter what anyone thinks ,don’t find fault or shame or guilt in yourself for being different. after all one mans passion is another mans poison..what works for you or me or anyone else is a matter of choice … that is for you to decide … be good to your selves what ever that may be …
@mark, Would love to hear from you. Agree 100% wioth your analysis. Loved the smell of auto exhaust since I was 3 or 4 yrs old. Especially watching the 1960′s turndown tail pipe chevys warm up. David http://www.mandalay1990@aol.com
I used to love everything about cars, used to sell ‘em for a living, but I can’t ever say I’ve ever missed sniffing the fumes when filling up. Go on, go green and stop smelling fumes and ride a bike to work.
For the past couple of weeks I have been really craving tires, exhaust, and even car interiors where people have smoked. I have never smoked myself, so I shouldn’t enjoy it. I do love to chew ice. I found myself drawn to the bikes at Walmart just so I could smell the tires on them. I even feel like I can smell some of these smells in places where they never were before. It is really weird, I can’t believe I am craving such bizarre stuff. I have been diagnosed with low iron in the past. Do you think it has gotten so low that I am craving these smells? I can’t believe I am not alone out there.
Wow, I was just diagnosed with Anemia, I was chewing 4 or more big glasses of ice a day. A craving for non foods such as ice, coal, soil etc is very very common with people who are anemic-its called PICA. My Doctor even confirmed it. When I was little, my Mom said she used to catch me eating the dirt out of our house plants. She said when I saw her coming, I would start shoveling the dirt in my mouth!! I was only 2 years old. Not only that but I LOOOOOVE the smell of gas, especially exhaust fumes. I wish I could put my nose up to the back of an exhaust pipe and just sniff sniff sniff and inhale deeply. I one time tried when I was about ten at my neighbor friends house and the Mom told me I could die, so I never did it, but if a car is started I will stand close and try to smell it the best I can. I like driving behind trucks to smell it!! I have a feeling that anemia is tied in with all kinds of pica and possibly your sense of smell can be pica like as well!!! How funny to find this posting. I googled why do anemics chew ice, and I ended here.. THanks guys!
I love the smell of gasoline too. As a painting contractor, I miss the days when you had to thin paint out with solvents like gasoline.
I’m sorry but how reckless to say sniffing gasoline or other chemicals can just be chalked up to someones preference!! People have died, had heart attacks, permanent central nervous damage. The list goes on. Its not a harmless quirky habit. It is a potential killer. How traumatic for a family to bury a child that has died suddenly from essentially chocking on “canned air” or sudden sniffing death. These are real issues that have permanently affected peoples lives in a permanent and tragic way. And it is usually because these individuals didn’t realize they were engaging in such dangerous behavior. I don’t say this to demonize or judge those who do it or have done it (I beat myself about it for years before I realized how serious this can be). I’m onlu trying to provide help and the first step is realizing the action is NOT okay. I have been anemic for years and with the help of iron pills and a strong will to live and the hopes of a healthy family life I have been able to stop chewing up styrofoam. Which I started doing as a child because of the chemically smell/taste it has. It was usually kept in the garage at our house when I was a kid. And I did always love the smell of car exhaust. So somehow or another as a kid, I just started chewing up styrofoam. Not eating it, just chewing it and spitting it out. If it was the kind that came with electronics all the better. I had huffers mouth, irritation or discoloration around the mouth, but never realized why. Irregular heart beat, again not linking the two. And years of shame for carrying the secret of it all. I have really been there and have only been able to stop, after nearly 20 yrs of doing it, with iron pills and will power.
I am happy to say that after taking iron pills every day I no longer have cravings to sniff gasoline.In fact I can’t stand the smell anymore.Iron pills are the cure.I used to be highly addicted to the smell.Even reading sniffng and huffing stories online would make me drool.I was sniffing for about 20 years and I finaly beat it.I no longer crave any chemical smells.I am cured.Take your iron pills!!!
My post was specifically aimed at #53. Not to anyone curious or struggling with an addiction. It’s very hard and there is another forum I frequent where people have lost loved ones. Often times their own children. And I also can attest to the healing power of iron supplements since you can see in one post after another where the poster is anemic. I was/am too and iron supplements have helped me stop a 20 year “habit” that was slowly killing me. You guys may want to check out inhalant.org for more info. It is NOT just a silly weird habit. It can kill you, cause a heart attack, brain damage amongst other issues/problems. Please take care.
I just felt I was the only one that liked the stuff. I went to a Pep Boys auto shop to smell the place just walking in. That new tire smell. Cheveron smells ok but you have to put the nozzle up to your nose. Doesn’t permiate the gas station like it used to.
I am a runner and didnt realise that my iron would be depleted through exercise and have recently been diagnosed as iron deficient. I too love the smell of gasoline at petrol stations and wonder if there is anything more to this then just coincedence.
I have been thinking I had some brain malfunction due to these insane olfactory cravings. I am going crazy with the longing to smell new tires and I could totally identify with the person who goes into tire stores just to smell the new tires or heads to the bike section at Walmart. I crave any fresh tire/rubber smell. I do not want to eat it at all just smell it. I also have to walk away and come back so that the smell is strong because if I stay around it for more than a few minutes I become accustomed to it and cannot smell it as strongly. I do not like to sniff a tire too closely because then I detect another odor that is not as attractive as the one that permeates the air. I have an extremely keen sense of smell that affects my emotions. When I smell fresh rubber/tires I feel happy, young and almost euphoric. On the other hand when I smell blood I feel weak, vulnerable and a bit ill, and smelling very greasy frying food makes me irritable (close to angry) and sour. So, when I get the tire smell, I am very happy. Seems odd to me.
This is starting to become a problem to me because even though I don’t indulge my desire to drive from tire store to tire store, I wake up craving it and it sort of takes over my thoughts. Obviously…since I have found this blog.
However, I do not particularly care for the smell of toxic chemicals and fresh gas is ok but I wouldn’t go out of my way to smell it. I do however love the smell of exhaust from old cars that burn leaded fuel especially in the winter. I was bummed when everything went unleaded and the smell was ruined. Now I rarely get to enjoy that one favorite smell. I love the smell of exhaust from the lawn mower and the pressure washer which are powered by gas and oil (not just gas).
I have been to the dr. and when they do blood tests, they are always amazed at how “wonderful” my levels are so I never have been able to get to the bottom of this. Could there be something else I am missing besides iron? I know that the intensity of these olfactory cravings are not normal and I wonder if anyone knows what substance is in fresh rubber/oil/petroleum products that would satisfy such a deficiency.
Gasoline really smells different. When I was at the grade and did some experiment with gasoline. I was feeling so dizzy. It reminds me of my sinusitis. Unlike kerosene, gasoline for me really smells bad.
Actually some gases has good smell which we need to smell but some others are just like the smell of a rotten egg.
I also crave the smell of gas and old car gas fumes but the reason why people crave these and other chemical smells is because a lack of iron in the body. I also crave the smell of pinesol and I use it daily.
I do not like the smell of gasoline, much less time at the filling station, I get dizzy all day and even worse I could vomit. so when I went to the refueling I always cover my nose or wear a mask to avoid the smell of gasoline. :-)
I don’t enjoy the smell of gasoline, but my uncle did as a child. I always thought it was a bit strange.
Ever sinec I was a little kid gasoline at the gas station seemed like an appealing smell. Obviously too much itnake and you get a headache though.
I used to, but the newer oxygenated gasoline just don’t smell as good. I remember when I was a child and we would go to fuel the car, and I’d be actively drawing in breaths for all the gasoline goodness that I could handle. My mom had to order me to “Stop that!” several times.