Waspy woman #1, walking into J.Crew: It smells like J.Crew!
Waspy woman #2: It smells so good!
–J.Crew, Soho
Waspy woman #1, walking into J.Crew: It smells like J.Crew!
Waspy woman #2: It smells so good!
–J.Crew, Soho
Hipster girl: I’d rather face the stigma of buying feminine hygiene products than face the stigma of having a stinky hoo‐ha.
–13th St & 5th Ave
Overheard by: agreed
Girl: Remember Diana? Stinky Diana? She’s back, and she’s getting married.
–West 47th & 8th Ave
Overheard by: Peter G
Chick: If I’m going to play beer pong, I need to be fragrant.
–Sammy’s, 11th St & 6th Ave
Overheard by: McF
Little boy to dad: I don’t want to go to Africa! I don’t want to smell the camels!
–5th Ave & Park Pl, Park Slope
Voice on intercom: The Children’s Section is closed due to… that smell.
–NY Public Library, East 96th St
Overheard by: Diane
Chick: So, did you smell your toilet paper?
–MoMA cafe
Overheard by: Sweettart
Thug #1: … And you could smell that shit through her jeans, yo! That shit was nasty!
Thug #2: Bitch needs to be fuckin’ introduced to Mr. Clean or some shit!
–Outside Francis Lewis High, Queens
Guy #1: I can’t tell if I’m smelling your armpit or my fart.
Guy #2: Doesn’t matter. You couldn’t move away from it either way.
–Crowded 1 train
Overheard by: goo goo doll
Suit in sunglasses: This entire platform smells like a hitherto unknown species of ass.
–D train platform, 34th St
Aging hipster on cell: At worst, you emit a general smell. If people notice it, I don’t think they associate it with you.
–Worth St & W Broadway
Loud woman: Yo, where you at? I can smell your breath, but I can’t see your face!
–Shoe store
Drunk chick in room of females: It smells like penis in here.
–Pi2 Lounge, W 12th & Surf Ave
Overheard by: Ioulia Fedorova
Teen on cell: Dude, they kicked me off campus! Because they said I smelled like I was high. I mean, I am a little high, but I don’t smell like it!
–Stuyvesant High
Fat man: Why didn’t anyone call Patty* and tell her that her breath stinks?
–Victory Hospital
Overheard by: Suquaia
Guy, smelling girl’s armpit: Man, that’s brutal! But I kinda like it…
–NYU
Guy: The train car smelled like a dead rat today, I swear.
Woman: I know. It stays in your nose. It’s like a dead body. When you smell rotting flesh, it stays with you no matter what you do. Same with skunk.
–Office, 35th & 8th
Girl #1, sniffing perfumes: I like the second one better.
Girl #2: Yeah, it’s more real, and it won’t make you feel like you’re seducing him into thinking you’re a cookie.
–Lingerie store, 66th & Broadway
20‐something girl (following older man and sniffing him): Mmmmmmm.
Older man (letting her pass): Excuse me?
Girl: Sorry about that. You smell like my boyfriend. And he dumped me two days ago. (eyes well up)
Older man: Well, you’re making me nervous. Keep on walking, honey.
–4 Train
Overheard by: alex
Ghetto high school girl #1: I’m not going to the party unless he apologizes for saying I stink.
Ghetto high school girl #2: But you do.
Ghetto high school girl #1: So?
–5 train platform, Pelham Pkwy
Overheard by: Bryan
Two elderly women walk past a stand selling roasted cinnamon nuts and say: Ohhh boy, those nuts smell good…
–East Village
