Scents of the City

Pedestrian #1, covering nose: Why can’t people take a damn shower?!
Pedestrian #2: Why can’t some people not shit in the street?

–Outside Radio City Music Hall

Overheard by: AA

Woman: Do you smell that? That’s the smell of crime and corruption.
Man: That’s the smell of my underwear.

–Union Square

Girl yelling to friend across street: Hey, guess what? I smelled it! I smelled it from here!

–Fordham University

Blonde on cell: So, I just took my hair down, and all I smelled was Dove and crack.

–JFK

Overheard by: spanky

Man to no one: It smells like my ex-wife in here!

–Highline Ballroom

Hootchie on cell: No joke — it smelled ripe down there. I be all, ‘Jimmy… D-A-M-N! I’m too busy gagging from the smell to gag on your bits.’

–W Broadway

Girl crying on cell to boyfriend: How could you fuck her?! Her pussy stinks!

–Union Square

Overheard by: SplendidConfusion

Thug on cell: Yo, I’m sure she smells better now, bro!

–Harlem Meer, Central Park

Overheard by: mj

Man #1: It smells like feces in here.
Man #2: No, it doesn’t. It smells like a dead guy.

–Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn

Overheard by: rebecca

Black girl, in smelly stairwell: Nigga, it smells like yo’ mama’s coochie up in this bitch!
Black guy: What the fuck you snortin’ in my mom’s cooch for?!

–Kingsborough Community College

Black guy #1: I just realized this is a long-ass ride! It’s like 15 minutes!
Black guy #2: Shut up, nigga.
Black guy #1: Is that your breath I smell? It smells like you ate roast beef with a side of shit… and grits.

–1 train

Overheard by: DC

Little girl, holding up expensive candle: Oooh! Smell this!
Older sister: Smells like a cheap hooker.

–Urban Outfitters

Overheard by: Emily B.

Guy: Alright, bye, Corinne! Nice meeting you, Jess.
Jess: He was nice. How do you know him?
Corrine: … My hand smells like penis. Does your hand smell like penis?

–Outside Bleecker Street Bakery

Overheard by: mine didn’t

Hardhat: Sometimes I like pissing on the sawdust floor and seeing the dust come right back up in the air.

–Bryant Park

Overheard by: TVontheFritz

Black hardhat to hot chick: Will you be my screensaver?

–19th & 6th

Overheard by: Philip

Hardhat: This whole street smells like panties!

–43rd & 8th

Big hardhat, after bumped by lady: Yo, I’m tryin’ to be Italian over here!

–64th & 1st

Overheard by: Rich Templeton

Girl #1, sniffing: Do you smell maple syrup?
Girl #2: You mean that urine stench?
Girl #1: Oh, I guess that’s it.

–A train, 96th St