It’s been a while since posting an entry from my husband’s smell dictionary so I’d thought I’d post a fun one: Fingernail Gunk! Personally, as someone with congenital anosmia, I had no idea that the gunk under fingernails could have an odor. It always amuses me when the things I think should smell don’t and then the things I assume don’t smell do.
So here it is, Alan’s description of fingernail gunk:
FINGERNAIL GUNK ~ When you clean your fingernails (or when anyone else cleans
their fingernails, for that matter) the gunk that gets scraped out has a dark brown smell, like the scuff on a shoe. It’s somewhat musty, and very faint, but nonetheless present, and simply passes through, not lingering at all. It’s like a man out on parole, absconding from somewhere it knew it wasn’t supposed to be in the first place–-a very cowardly, self-preserving scent with a flannel texture. Oh, and incidentally, fingernail gunk really isn’t the official name. But it is the most fun. Level of Intensity: 2 (7-30-03)
So, what do you olfies think? Is his description of “fingernail gunk” fair?
- Oct 20, 12:27 PM
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1 · Vesane Vates · Jun 4, 08:37 AM
Yeah, that’s pretty good! Personally I enjoy the smell so I don’t view it quite so furtively – it’s one of the 4 body odours which I have which simultaneously disgust me and yet intrigue me enough to keep smelling them. It is definitely a musty smell, like walking into warm room.
2 · Chad · May 7, 06:20 PM
the gunk under my nails always smell kinda like buttered popcorn
3 · Alexandria · Jul 26, 12:59 AM
To me, fingernail gunk always smells like how it feels when one watches a dog run through mud and realizes that she’ll have to clean up the mess it inevitably leaves upon everything it thence even minutely brushes up against. If that makes sense.
Your husband’s description is much better than mine. ;)