Teenager, obsessed with laundry and air conditioning smells. Can anyone relate?

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Not odd at all. I too love many of those scents. My daughter (also a teenager) loves the smell the clothes dryer vent gives off. Scent can be very powerful in terms of evoking certain emotions. And hey… Welcome to Fluther!!

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