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Once I bought a Motorola smartphone. When I received it, there was a strong smell, so I asked it to be returned because someone must have droped some perfum dur

Once I bought a Motorola smartphone. When I received it, there was a strong smell, so I asked it to be returned because someone must have droped some perfum during the delivery. The new one come with the same strong smell. Found out that the Motorola was trying to create some "scent signature" to their products. Returned it again and never look back.

mmmlinux 2y ago
Storm brand bowling balls are slightly scented. Mine used to smell like orange mint when it was new.
- lagniappe 2y ago
  Ironlak spraypaint is like this too. The first day I hated it but it really grew on me, and despite having not held a can of Ironlak in a decade, I can still smell it.
  - autoexec 2y ago
    Madonna's Like a Prayer album was covered in patchouli oil, it was supposed to call to mind the church. I'm not opposed to the idea of scented products/branding but it always seems too strong.
AStonesThrow 2y ago
What model and year? I picked up a Moto g play (2021) at Target and wasn't aware of this issue, because it would've been a deal breaker for me as well. I find all artificial fragrances revolting and off-putting.
- woliveirajr 2y ago
  Moto g60 128 GB - 6 GB, March 2022.
- ssl-3 2y ago
  To me, it's just overwhelmingly distracting to be surrounded by a flurry of scents. Could be artificial, could be natural. The laundry soap aisle at the grocery store is an awful time for me, and so is visiting a florist or a funeral for a popular person. For years, I'd get angry every time I went grocery shopping with my family. I'd enter the store in a good mood, and by the time I left I was simply very pissed off. I never could figure out why, until: I realized that things were fine until I spent any time in an aisle that was full of perfumed products. So I stopped doing that. Lots of things got a lot easier for me (and everyone around me) after that point.
nicolas_t 2y ago
There's a department center in Hong Kong with a weird overly sweet smell. I kept wondering why it'd smell like this the first time I visited, until I learned that the CEO of the group decided to create a scent signature for his mall. It was supposed to smell slightly like plasticine (play doh smell) to remind people of their childhood. I personally have avoided that mall ever since, I really cannot stand the smell at all.
- gambiting 2y ago
  There's a shopping centre in Poland where I have seen cleaners just pouring a bottle of perfume into the mop buckets they use to clean the floor, presumably also to give it a "scent", the problem is that they must be using some cheapest nastiest stuff because the entire place smells like the cheapest "Adidos" branded cologne.

mmmlinux 2y ago

Storm brand bowling balls are slightly scented. Mine used to smell like orange mint when it was new.

lagniappe 2y ago
Ironlak spraypaint is like this too. The first day I hated it but it really grew on me, and despite having not held a can of Ironlak in a decade, I can still smell it.
- autoexec 2y ago
  Madonna's Like a Prayer album was covered in patchouli oil, it was supposed to call to mind the church. I'm not opposed to the idea of scented products/branding but it always seems too strong.

AStonesThrow 2y ago

What model and year? I picked up a Moto g play (2021) at Target and wasn't aware of this issue, because it would've been a deal breaker for me as well. I find all artificial fragrances revolting and off-putting.

woliveirajr 2y ago
Moto g60 128 GB - 6 GB, March 2022.
ssl-3 2y ago
To me, it's just overwhelmingly distracting to be surrounded by a flurry of scents. Could be artificial, could be natural. The laundry soap aisle at the grocery store is an awful time for me, and so is visiting a florist or a funeral for a popular person. For years, I'd get angry every time I went grocery shopping with my family. I'd enter the store in a good mood, and by the time I left I was simply very pissed off. I never could figure out why, until: I realized that things were fine until I spent any time in an aisle that was full of perfumed products. So I stopped doing that. Lots of things got a lot easier for me (and everyone around me) after that point.

nicolas_t 2y ago

There's a department center in Hong Kong with a weird overly sweet smell. I kept wondering why it'd smell like this the first time I visited, until I learned that the CEO of the group decided to create a scent signature for his mall. It was supposed to smell slightly like plasticine (play doh smell) to remind people of their childhood. I personally have avoided that mall ever since, I really cannot stand the smell at all.

gambiting 2y ago
There's a shopping centre in Poland where I have seen cleaners just pouring a bottle of perfume into the mop buckets they use to clean the floor, presumably also to give it a "scent", the problem is that they must be using some cheapest nastiest stuff because the entire place smells like the cheapest "Adidos" branded cologne.