It never bothered me. The *milk* smell, on the other hand…

When I worked at a bagel shop I would stink of onion and garlic so I’d rather smell like stale coffee beans tbh😭

OH GOD I HATE IT SO MUCH!! My first few months of working there I’d actually get nauseous smelling it when I took my hair down from a bun or whatever, now I still hate it but I’m used to it 😭

it’s the worstttt. i have a jacket i bought for work exclusively and no matter how much i wash it the damn thing still smells like stale coffee

HOLY SHIT I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE I WAS LIKE WHY DO I KEEP SMELLING MUSTY COFFEE ITS BEEN THIS WHOLE TIME.

I actually really enjoy the coffee bean smell I get, I used to work at McDonald’s and a bunch of other fast food joints so coffee ain’t too bad to me. But I can understand that it can be overwhelming 🥲

My partner always made me change my clothes immediately and shower to get the smell out of my hair. He’d do the laundry so I had clean clothes and a clean apron every day. I stopped noticing it out of shear exhaustion of not giving a fuck anymore. But yeah, your car, your clothes, your hair, your SKIN, all of it. Especially being on CS and grinding coffee all day long. And yeah, milk, bleach, sweat, maybe some drain sludge or dried syrup for a little nuance. Some people dressed up fancy with leather shoes and stayed clean, that wasn’t me.

as soon as i get home i strip off my clothes and shower, the smell makes me nauseous and i feel like everyone can smell me. its the worst

No matter how hot the shower is and how long I’m in there, I still get out smelling like it 😭 I used to love how my bf smelled when he worked at Starbucks before me. He always said he hated it, and now I understand

I straight up block it out now. 😭🤣

I have a really poor sense of smell and I’ve never noticed this D: now I’m worried everyone around me has been smelling it and have been too polite to tell me 😭

I agree... I'm not a fan of most of the coffee at Starbucks so it's annoying to have to bring it home with me

I sometimes find crusty syrup on my clothes. Not the WORST smell. But the texture is awful.

It only really gets me if I’ve been on bar, but if I have been on bar, I MUST shower and change as soon as I get home.

I used to work at a gas station that had a roller grill, I always smelled like hotdogs. I’ll take the stale coffee smell

Espresso beans smell like burnt popcorn

It’s a mix of burnt coffee, sweat, tears, and spoiled milk

Bro I smell vanilla ALWAYS. IT DOESNT EVEN SMELL GOOD ANYMORE

There’s so much worse we could smell like! I’m glad coffee is generally accepted as a good smell. My fiancé used to be a cook and she’d come home smelling like fried everything. It was awful! Sometimes I don’t even smell the stale coffee anymore. But anything more than that (milk, syrups) and I’m running to the shower lol

I worked at Sbux and A&F and my signature scent was comprised of leather, coffee beans, mocha syrup, and a hint of milk and Spirit(sbux and a&f editions).

yes. literally have gotten a whiff of my skin before hopping in the shower and been like “omg is this the equivalent to people working fast food burger joints and smelling like that food when they come out…”

Deadass me and my shift were JUST talking about this last night 👁👄👁

I love it! that way when I sweat in my work clothes I don’t stink I smell like old coffee and when I forget to do laundry it no big deal.

stale coffee, spoiled milk… not to mention if you’ve been cleaning the mats or the bathroom 🤮 i feel so gross after work

And sugar. That sweet smell of nightmare syrup.

I add white vinegar, just a dash, to my laundry and it helps immensely! I learned that way before Starbucks when my restaurant jobs had me smelling like cheese and fried onions 🤢

Better a coffee smell than dried milk smell. So gross. Had many of those days (after cleaning milk fridges, cleaning after spills,etc).

Mainly the cold brew smell that will linger on my clothes and body for the entirety of the day. I swear I can smell that scent even after I shower

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I hate it. So much.

especially when your hands feel super sticky, and the smell of moisture and coffee is just a no no😣

when you take a shower and it smells like coffee is brewing 😭

I ALWAYS have to change after working a shift, I feel so gross because of the smell.

For me its specifically the smell of nasty espresso and white mocha, from all the fucking 3×3 and 4×4 people make and I always spill it when im swirling the shots and the white mocha 🙄

Yes people are like omg you must smell like coffee all the time that’s so good like no it is NOT it smells GROSS

i actually really enjoy the smell

My parents want to eat me

I love it and so does my bf

literally so so gross and i feel yucky and sticky especially with that disgusting caramel smell

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Me when I crawl my crusty ass in my Uber/left after every shift.

My fiancé will always be like, “you smell so good.. like coffee” when I come home but I honestly hate the smell because it doesn’t smell fresh like stated. 😭

Lol I honestly don't wear any work clothing out because of it. I keep a shirt or two just for work out after.

The smells is why I bring travel perfume with me

the smell of all day working w the coffee is a lot more like tobacco than i would have ever imagined

Anyone else just permanently smell like vanilla? I swear it comes out of my pores

Yes omg I have to run home to shower and get it off me asap

I don’t love it, but my husband does, so it’s kind of a win

I quite like it. My dad on the other hand thinks I’ve been smoking because apparently he can’t tell the difference between coffee and third hand smoke.

When I quit I jus threw away all my clothes from work because the smell just wouldn't come out

its the frappuccino roast

the frap roast smell….

Yes!!! I have to immediately change and put my clothes in a closed bag so they don’t make my room smell. I also am very strategic about which coats/extra stuff I bring

When I worked at Sheetz I came home smelling like frying oil 😢

I feel like it’s specifically the smell of frap roast.

Gf says it smells like stale cigarettes🥲

I literally hated that smell

i hated it until i came home one day and my hubby asked to cuddle on the couch. i said that i smelt like coffee and he said "no, you smell like a paycheck." haven't complained since 😂

My boyfriend loves the smell of coffee on my clothes when I come home… Where I’m like GET IT OFF MEEEE

this is so funny i just got out of work and said the same thing to my mom not even 5 minutes ago

I have to wash my hands like a nurse, use scented lotion and sometimes, spray something nice smelling in my hair if it's bad enough

As an ex partner from the late 90’s and early 00’s I can tell you without hesitation, that smell is second only to second hand smoke inits nauseatingness

I can’t smell it at the end of the day but everyone else I interact with are shocked by how strong the coffee smell is

Anyone else’s bra just stank after work

LETS TALK ABT THIS BECAUSE I CANT TAKE IT ANYMORE

Yea it makes me have headaches and the FUCKIN lights omg

i don’t think that i’ve ever noticed it or had it stick to me

For some reason, it was always coffee and vanilla. A lot of vanilla. I don't remember ever using enough vanilla to smell like that, but alas...

I don't mind it. It's worlds better than the Burger King smell my room mate came home with when we were in undergrad

it makes me sick

It's not too bad, cause I used to work at a pretzel shop and I'd go home every night smelling like butter

For some reason my ex really liked the smell 🤢
I can stand it, but def not my favorite. I'm just lucky my hair is too short to smell it on my hair anymore.

I didn’t notice till my boyfriend pointed it out, it doesn’t bother me

Yesss I hate it

That's soiled milk dude

I have never noticed a coffee or milk smell. You spill a lot ?