Something smells rotten in the state of New York. And if you’re roaming the streets during yet another heatwave without deodorant, or wearing its useless idiot brother, “natural” antiperspirant, it’s probably you. As the five boroughs turn into accidental hot yoga studios and Con Edison sends vaguely threatening texts about possible brownouts (helpful!), Gothamites aren’t … Read more
This stinks to high heaven. As put-upon New Yorkers suffer through yet another summer heatwave, a new, noxious smell is seeping out into already pungent streets and filling overstuffed subway cars — everyone else’s sweat. Did somebody shoplift all the deodorant from Duane Reade? No — the unwelcome underarm scent creeping into the already questionable fragrance bouquet … Read more
Grab your noses, folks. While New York City has always been aromatic, it’s been a particularly pungent year so far, with smell complaints soaring higher than the Freedom Tower itself. With 5,332 stench reports to NYC’s non-emergency 311 hotline already this year, 2026 is shaping up to be quite a stinker — and we haven’t … Read more
Carnival Cruise Line is facing backlash over a controversial policy change. The world’s largest cruise company is now requiring all 21-and-over adults in a cabin to purchase its Cheers! unlimited alcohol package if just one person in the cabin opts for it. This rule has shaken and stirred significant discontent, especially after the company hiked … Read more
Are these stamps toast? France has released baguette-inspired scratch-and-sniff stamps, but disgusted bakers argue that the postage item is unable to properly replicate the yeasty aroma of freshly baked bread. “You just have to rub the stamp here like this with your nails,” Clarisse Briend, a postal worker, told Today. “You can smell the bread, … Read more
An influencer is having a gas. A doctor who goes by Doctor Sooj on TikTok has gone viral for sharing just how much people fart — and why some pass more gas more than others. The 31-year-old from Hertfordshire, England, said that the average person toots five to 15 times a day. In one of … Read more
A woman raised a stink about a stinky diaper dilemma during an airline trip — and wound up flying in some unfriendly skies when the parents of the child in question didn’t appreciate her request. Writing on Reddit to the subreddit community known as AITA (“Am I the a–hole”), a woman who described herself as 28 years … Read more
Smell ya later! If you’ve had trouble dating, it might be because single men stink — literally — and women have the ability to sniff out married men among the bachelors, according to a study published in the Frontiers in Psychology medical journal. Researchers at Australia’s Macquarie University proved that single men smell more strongly … Read more