History Main / PervertedSniffing

* In ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', Gideon does this while hugging Mabel in "Gideon Rises".

->'''Kirito''': Look, I don't know how much you paid the old man, but I hope you kept a receipt. Funny enough, Asuna's already married -- ''to me!'' I-I mean, it was in a video game, so I don't know how legally binding it is, but still, it's the principle of oh god what are you doing?\\
'''Sugou''': ''[sinister chuckle]'' ''She smells like innocence...!''

* Paul Gallier does this to his estranged sister Irena in ''Film/CatPeople'' (1982 remake). However, they are, of course werecats and it's a part of their animalistic bonding ritual. Paul wants [[spoiler:Irena to be his mate.]]
* During a party scene in ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' ComicBook/TheJoker circles around Rachel and appears to sniff her.
* Debbie in ''Film/DevilInTheFlesh'' a [[{{Yandere}} dangerous]] StalkerWithACrush for her teacher sneaks around his house at one point and sniffs his shirts in his closet.

* Alec Trevalyen does this to Natalya in ''Film/{{Goldeneye}}''.

* Alvin Marsh in ''Film/It2017'' does this... [[ParentalIncest to his own daughter, Beverly.]] The next scene shows her hacking off her long, beautiful hair in disgust.

* ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague''. When Aquaman leaves the remote Icelandic village he's been helping, several Nordic beauties sing an Icelandic lament. While the [[BilingualBonus lyrics aren't translated]], the romantic subtext is made obvious when one of the women picks up the coat Aquaman left on the shoreline and smells it.

* In ''Literature/DragonBones'', [[spoiler:Tisala]] sniffs Ward's clothes. It comes across as rather romantic, as [[spoiler:she is in love with him, and he with her]], and not very perverted, as he has, always the gentleman, invited her to use his bedroom, including the bed, as it is one of the few actual rooms in his place. So she's not invading his personal space, he has invited her in.

* ''Series/Batwoman2019''. A tearjerker version occurs when Sophie Moore sniffs her ex-lover Kate Kane's jumper while searching her apartment after she's apparently killed in a plane crash.

* ''Manga/DragonBall'': Krillin sniffs a dragonbsll that had been hidden in Bulma's [[TrouserSpace panties]]. It's arguable whether this was out of perversion or to confirm his baffled suspicion about where exactly Bulma was hiding it.

* When ''Manga/OutlawStar'': Gene first fights Suzuka, he makes her stumble by grabbing her sash. It comes off and he proceeds to unabashedly sniff it, much to [[LadyOfWar Suzuka's]] embarassment.

* ''[[Webcomic/VGCats Super Effective]]'': [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Blue/Douche]] takes his CatchPhrase "smell ya later" too literally.

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* Australian politician Troy Buswell got in trouble after he sniffed a female colleague's chair.
* The "Dear Prudence" advice column frequently gets letters from women distressed to find their used underwear having been swiped by a random male for this purpose. Or examples of the above--being shocked to find a man sniffing a seat that they've vacated.
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Please use editorial caution with RealLife examples (as per the Administrivia/Rule OfCautiousEditingJudgment) and limit them to cases widely reported in the news by reliable sources.

Please use editorial caution with RealLife examples and limit them to cases widely reported in the news by reliable sources.

* Kosukegawa sniffs Motoko's bra (which snapped when Motoko's SplitPersonality [[GagBoobs Mikiri]] took over her body) in ''Manga/Change123''.

* ''Manga/FruitsBasket'': In episode 5 there's a rather funny scene where Shigure sniffs a strawberry decorated towel that Tohru left behind. Yuki and Kyou beat him up upon seeing this.

* In the ''LightNovel/{{No 6}}'' manga, a top official sniffs Dogkeeper's neck (instead of resorting to LecherousLicking like in the anime) because he thinks [[AmbiguousGender they're]] a prostitute, much to their disgust.

* In ''LightNovel/{{Sukisho}}'' episode 2 Yoru smells the perfume that Ran applied (he was forced to dress up as a princess).

* ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'': Kirito and the audience first discover Sugou Nobuyuki's [[BitchInSheepsClothing true colors]] when, after Asuna's father leaves her hospital room, he [[DudeShesLikeInAComa sniffs the comatose Asuna's hair]]. Then we discover he went so far as to ''recreate Asuna's real-life scent in ALO''.