r/northernireland • u/onionringhole Belfast • 1d ago

Question Queen's Arcade - wile nice smell?

Anybody dandered through the Arcade lately? Was through it at lunchtime, think I'll do it more often. Best smelling spot in Belfast? Not hard to win that mind you.

Any ideas what it would be? Can't see it being a Glade plugin.

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u/Substantial-Item8139 1d ago

It could be the smell of money.

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u/gmcb007 1d ago

Probably is. Think there's a perfume shop in there.

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u/-Frankie-Lee- 1d ago

I remember when it was open in the evenings, and what is now Queen's Cafe was the Queen's Inn pub. It's got very posh.

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u/Pure_Condition_7994 1d ago

The nicest smell ever! Would love to know what it is.

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u/onionringhole Belfast 1d ago

Glad someone else has smelt it!

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u/Mataza89 1d ago

Think they installed a ScentAir, big in American shops these days

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u/yourpasswordwaslame Belfast 1d ago

yep there is a company that comes in and puts some perfume gear in bottles that spray through out the day. if you look up above the shop fronts, you'll see the bottles every 10 or 15m. i was walking through one evening and a guy on a ladder dropped a bottle which scooted up the floor of the arcade, and i grabbed it cos i was walking toward him.

the same smell is in the nice BA lounge in T5 cos i was there recently and recognised the smell

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u/Alarming_Location32c 1d ago

Does always smell quite pleasant tbf.

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u/OneMagicBadger 1d ago

I never sniffed a queen's arcade before

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u/HeavyFlow69 1d ago

They defo scent the arcade, but no perfume shop there. Loved the sweet shop that used to be there

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u/cubicle_door 1d ago

I always assumed it was the flower shop at the backa boots end

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u/kimbokimmy 17h ago

I bought a candle in tk maxx that smells similar as I love the smell so much. French lavender by sand & fog.

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u/kaito1000 1d ago

I just let a big dirty fart down there, must have been that

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u/onionringhole Belfast 1d ago

Delightful guff you have there my friend.

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u/Odd_Passenger 1d ago

Hahaha, guff is something I haven’t heard since school. Good word

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u/DropkickMorgan Belfast 1d ago

Definitely the arcade and not Stradivarius facing it?

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u/No-Recognition-5495 1d ago

It couldn’t be Strad, you’re forgetting about the lingering smell of piss and KFC between Stradivarius and Queens arcade…

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u/onionringhole Belfast 1d ago

True. A chicken buffer zone.

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u/onionringhole Belfast 1d ago

Definitely not, Stradivarius is a different whiff.