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Charity Shop Smell

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,365 ✭✭✭✭McMurphy


    Does it remind you of dead people?

    Recently deceased people?

    A kind of can't wait to get this out of the dead persons closet smell?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,172 ✭✭✭FizzleSticks


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  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,231 ✭✭✭Jim Bob Scratcher


    Probably lacking heat and could also possibly be the smell of poor people who visit these places

    Just kidding


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,654 ✭✭✭✭For Forks Sake


    Why do Charity Shops inside (and everything you buy from charity shops like clothes etc) have that particular noticeable charity shop smell? - and what is that smell? (you know the one I mean :) )

    Pish.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,840 ✭✭✭✭Andy From Sligo


    Rick Shaw wrote: »
    Does it remind you of dead people?

    Recently deceased people?

    A kind of can't wait to get this out of the dead persons closet smell?

    dont say that :( , a lot of my clothes have over the years come from charity shops! - be lot without em - i havent got expendable money to go out and buy new clothes


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,061 ✭✭✭✭Tom Mann Centuria


    It's what they use to clean the clothes mixed with musty books/dvds

    Oh well, give me an easy life and a peaceful death.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,840 ✭✭✭✭Andy From Sligo


    its a fecker trying to get rid of the smell - even on putting them into washing machine intense on 60 long wash, lovely smelly conditioner - still got smell of charity shop ... what the feck gets rid of it?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,814 ✭✭✭harry Bailey esq


    its a fecker trying to get rid of the smell - even on putting them into washing machine intense on 60 long wash, lovely smelly conditioner - still got smell of charity shop ... what the feck gets rid of it?

    The Brylcreem and Brut combo will mask any odour. Alternatively, carry a tin of snuff around. Take a pinch anytime you notice the smell. Other people will still smell it but you won't.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 16,768 ✭✭✭✭tomwaterford


    its a fecker trying to get rid of the smell - even on putting them into washing machine intense on 60 long wash, lovely smelly conditioner - still got smell of charity shop ... what the feck gets rid of it?

    Maybe your conditioner is the same smell??


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,561 ✭✭✭✭elperello


    It's the smell of good value - breathe it in.


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  • Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,489 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    Thrift by Yves St. Laurent


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,764 ✭✭✭my3cents


    Its the smell of toxic mold spores Andy. If you can still smell it when you wear it then your days with us may be short.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,888 ✭✭✭Atoms for Peace


    Lillies smell like death to me.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,736 ✭✭✭Irish Guitarist


    its a fecker trying to get rid of the smell - even on putting them into washing machine intense on 60 long wash, lovely smelly conditioner - still got smell of charity shop ... what the feck gets rid of it?

    Leave them soaking in a bucket of water with some white vinegar and/or baking soda. Leave them in the water overnight, or even a couple of days.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,840 ✭✭✭✭Andy From Sligo


    Leave them soaking in a bucket of water with some white vinegar and/or baking soda. Leave them in the water overnight, or even a couple of days.

    Ooh right the good ol vinegar and baking powder to the rescue again. I shall try that cheers


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,814 ✭✭✭harry Bailey esq


    elperello wrote: »
    It's the smell of good value - breathe it in.

    Knowing that some poor soul probably took his last breath wearing it..
    (David Attenborough voice) Once again the circle of life continues.
    Personally I wouldn't wear stuff from a charity shop. I've bought all sorts of other stuff from them mind.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,764 ✭✭✭my3cents


    Knowing that some poor soul probably took his last breath wearing it..
    (David Attenborough voice) Once again the circle of life continues.
    Personally I wouldn't wear stuff from a charity shop. I've bought all sorts of other stuff from them mind.

    Most of the guys stuff is from the living from wives that are secretly donating it because they can't stand their partners cloths sense.


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,784 ✭✭✭KungPao


    Odeur de mort et de pauvreté


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,814 ✭✭✭harry Bailey esq


    my3cents wrote: »
    Most of the guys stuff is from the living from wives that are secretly donating it because they can't stand their partners cloths sense.

    And the rest of the guy stuff is probably donated by men who secretly feck off to a moderately priced hotel with his secretary that's young enough to be his daughter every second weekend because he's secretly sick of his wife's constant nagging of his clothes sense/rapidly increasing mass/burgeoning facial hair and general c*ntishness. I'm pretty sure that stuff from dead guys makes it into the shops too.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,986 ✭✭✭philstar


    stale clothes smell? .............clothes that have been in a wardrobe for years


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,395 ✭✭✭sjb25


    possibly be the smell of poor people who visit these places

    Just kidding

    This made me laugh far to much


  • Registered Users Posts: 10,633 ✭✭✭✭Widdershins


    I think it's the old books.

    The clothes probably need airing. If you have a covered washing line, that would be ideal. I'm sure good old bicarb. would also help.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,828 ✭✭✭5rtytry56


    The books would have a musty smell which would be proportionally related to the yellowing of their pages.

    Does any boardsie have the bottle to tell anyone working in a charity shop about this thread?


  • Moderators, Music Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,734 Mod ✭✭✭✭Boom_Bap


    Benji


  • Registered Users Posts: 10,633 ✭✭✭✭Widdershins


    It wouldn't remotely bother me if the previous owner had died in the clothes in the charity shop.
    And lots of new clothing has been tried on in changing rooms possibly by lots of people. So new is sort of pre worn already.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,828 ✭✭✭5rtytry56


    You might get a whiff offone of the last "collie-dollies"
    Look for it elsewhere on boards.ie
    I don't fancy getting infracted by cross posting a link.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,028 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    all the clothes smell like that on the 10 cent rail Andy

    put a few bob away every week and aim for the euro rail


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,305 ✭✭✭✭branie2


    I never really noticed a smell


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,814 ✭✭✭harry Bailey esq


    KungPao wrote: »
    Odeur de mort et de pauvreté

    Funeral home fresh!


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,166 ✭✭✭Are Am Eye


    Fill a bucket with Febreze and Hydrochloric Acid (50/50) and a pinch of baking soda. And a squeeze of lemon.
    Soak clothes in bucket for a couple of days.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,888 ✭✭✭Atoms for Peace


    Smells like R Kelly's sheets


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,814 ✭✭✭harry Bailey esq


    all the clothes smell like that on the 10 cent rail Andy

    put a few bob away every week and aim for the euro rail

    It's all very well saving up for the euro rail, but you'll still smell poxy even if you happen to be in be sipping mint juleps in the dining carriage whilst chugging lazily across the the Austrian Tyrol.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,814 ✭✭✭harry Bailey esq


    Are Am Eye wrote: »
    Fill a bucket with Febreze and Hydrochloric Acid (50/50) and a pinch of baking soda. And a squeeze of lemon.
    Soak clothes in bucket for a couple of days.

    I reckon with the right amount of tinkering I could concoct a smokeable drug.
    It would be fairly crude, but addictive enough that a user would sell the shirt off his own back for more, solving both problems.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,814 ✭✭✭harry Bailey esq


    Smells like R Kelly's sheets

    Teen spirit?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,764 ✭✭✭my3cents


    Andy you could always get some Patchouli Oil to go with your charity shop cloths ;)


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,840 ✭✭✭✭Andy From Sligo


    all the clothes smell like that on the 10 cent rail Andy

    put a few bob away every week and aim for the euro rail

    10 bloody cent? - which charity shops do you frequent ? Tbe bleeding shops i go to sometimes if its a bit of decent its nearly as much , if not more , than you can buy it new in the shops!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,840 ✭✭✭✭Andy From Sligo


    Are Am Eye wrote: »
    Fill a bucket with Febreze and Hydrochloric Acid (50/50) and a pinch of baking soda. And a squeeze of lemon.
    Soak clothes in bucket for a couple of days.

    .. and clothes will disintegrate ...and no more smell! :D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,078 ✭✭✭✭LordSutch


    Like a cross between stale mothballs & an old ladies vest, with a hint of mildew, a touch of mould and a large dollop of dried up gusset from the 1920s.


  • Registered Users Posts: 10,633 ✭✭✭✭Widdershins


    10 bloody cent? - which charity shops do you frequent ? Tbe bleeding shops i go to sometimes if its a bit of decent its nearly as much , if not more , than you can buy it new in the shops!

    The ones around here think they're upmarket vintage shops, they've forgotten the whole charity shop thing.


  • Posts: 13,712 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Are Am Eye wrote: »
    Fill a bucket with Febreze and Hydrochloric Acid (50/50) and a pinch of baking soda. And a squeeze of lemon.
    You forgot the 'take a lit match to it' on the end, there. That's the most important step.


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  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,986 ✭✭✭philstar


    LordSutch wrote: »
    Like a cross between stale mothballs & an old ladies vest, with a hint of mildew, a touch of mould and a large dollop of dried up gusset from the 1920s.

    you've done your research


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,512 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    I know a certain 'vintage shop' which is attempting to raise its profile online, you know, one of those outlets that was called a 'second-hand shop' back in the day.

    Not cheap, not a charity as such....the back of it where the air doesn't really circulate and where most of the clothes are has an overwhelming bang of old clothes/mould/mildew.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,840 ✭✭✭✭Andy From Sligo


    The ones around here think they're upmarket vintage shops, they've forgotten the whole charity shop thing.

    Notions!...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,840 ✭✭✭✭Andy From Sligo


    all the clothes smell like that on the 10 cent rail Andy

    <b><u>put a few bob away every week and aim for the euro rail</b></u>

    Thanks when (if) i ever get flush enough to be in that situation i most certainly will :)

    Makes me laugh when people say that the first thing they will do if they won the lotto is go out and buy a new car/house/boat etc .. most probably the first thing i would do is go out and buy a whole brand new wardrobe of gear .. and i am not just talking dunnes and penneys .... i leave my present clothes into charity shop haha :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,828 ✭✭✭5rtytry56


    Thanks when (if) i ever get flush enough to be in that situation i most certainly will :)

    Makes me laugh when people say that the first thing they will do if they won the lotto is go out and buy a new car/house/boat etc .. most probably the first thing i would do is go out and buy a whole brand new wardrobe of gear .. and i am not just talking dunnes and penneys .... i leave my present clothes into charity shop haha :)

    Off topic OP. or are you smelly? You don't wash your cloths?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,654 ✭✭✭✭Alf Veedersane


    dont say that :( , a lot of my clothes have over the years come from charity shops! - be lot without em - i havent got expendable money to go out and buy new clothes

    Your clothes are haunted. It's the smell of the paranormal.


  • Registered Users Posts: 10,633 ✭✭✭✭Widdershins


    Notions!...

    They had a flippin' bearskin for 1 thousand euro.

    And a lot of awful 70's mdf and wood effect veneer furniture, which they're charging more for than new furniture because it's 'retro'. If it was crap when it was new, it doesn't improve with age.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,764 ✭✭✭my3cents


    Thanks when (if) i ever get flush enough to be in that situation i most certainly will :)

    Makes me laugh when people say that the first thing they will do if they won the lotto is go out and buy a new car/house/boat etc .. most probably the first thing i would do is go out and buy a whole brand new wardrobe of gear .. and i am not just talking dunnes and penneys .... i leave my present clothes into charity shop haha :)

    ...... but would they take them :P


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,512 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    They had a flippin' bearskin for 1 thousand euro.

    And a lot of awful 70's mdf and wood effect veneer furniture, which they're charging more for than new furniture because it's 'retro'. If it was crap when it was new, it doesn't improve with age.

    Will the hipsters buy any old shyte at any price?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,214 ✭✭✭realdanbreen


    Probably lacking heat and could also possibly be the smell of poor people who visit these places

    Just kidding
    I hate the smell of poor people.


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