History Main / PervertedSniffing

* PlayedForLaughs in ''Manga/AsteroidInLove''. [[LovableSexManiac Moe Suzuya]] seems to have a thing for this for the other girls she likes. For example, she states an advantage of [[spoiler:[[InnocentCohabitation Ao moving into Misa's room]]]] is that she can get both their scents often.

* One of the many, ''many'' skeevy things mentioned in Music/WeirdAlYankovic's "[[StalkerWithACrush Do I Creep You Out]]?"

* In ''Fanfic/TheUltimateEvil'' (an AlternateUniverseFic about ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures''), [[VillainousCrush Shendu]] does this a few times to [[OriginalCharacter Valerie]]. At one point he's enjoying the remains of her scent on the book she had hidden in her trousers.

* ''Webcomic/BigBreak2019'': In a two-part comic, StalkerWithACrush Dara pretends to be a laundress and asks her neighbor Kris to give her all their laundry. The reason why is because she wants to sniff and masturbate to Troy's clothes because of his musk. She ends up learning to her horror that the clothes actually belonged to Kris, not the object of her obsession.

* 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.

* In the ''{{Series/Smallville}}'' episode "Visage", [[spoiler: Tina Greer]] sniffs Lana's underwear at one point.

-->''Somethin' I should ask about / Can I sniff the pit-stains on your blouse?/And do I creep you, do I creep you out?

* In ''Webcomic/{{Unsounded}}'', resident JerkAss Starfish molests and nearly kidnaps a tied up and helpless [[spoiler: Sette]] before being driven off by another character, but tears free a chunk of her hair in the process and creepily sniffs it as he retreats, remarking to himself that he knew that the victim would 'fancy' him. '''(She doesn't.)'''

* [[http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqcnib0Bi41qb5gkjo1_400.png This]] popular image macro depicts [[Literature/TheBible Judas apparently sniffing Jesus]] and Jesus objecting that it's gay. The [[http://25.media.tumblr.com/7958f9b3d6adadcfcfc02807f6b41fea/tumblr_mjbw0sewdU1qj4e4po1_500.jpg text]] [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m87kz3Y6951rprwpe.jpg has]] [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8y6bvz5Xt1qeai69.png appeared]] [[http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8k3quaiuB1rc8iv6o1_500.jpg on]] [[http://25.media.tumblr.com/f32b900125972b0477e3d7921a3abf62/tumblr_mhu8v2Cr1L1qe6fpuo1_500.png other]] [[http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/177/6/6/_aph__u_smellin___fine_by_pikaiscool-d54zcg1.png images]].

* ''Manga/DragonBall'': Krillin sniffs a diamond that was 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.

->'''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 [[FlatWhat oh god what are you doing?]]\\
'''Sugou''': (chuckles sinisterly) ''She smells like innocence...!''
-->--''WebVideo/SwordArtOnlineAbridged'' Episode 12

* ''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]]. Taken UpToEleven when we discover he went so far as to ''recreate Asuna's real-life scent in ALO''.

* In the ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' manga, E.Honda takes advantage of having Chun-Li locked in a grab to sniff her. She is not pleased.
* Kosukegawa sniffs Motoko's bra (which snapped when Motoko's SplitPersonality [[GagBoobs Mikiri]] took over her body) in ''Manga/Change123''.
* 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.
* ''[[Manga/BlackButler Black Butler II]]'': In the first episode Alois basically flirts with Sebastian via leaning into him and smelling him, pronouncing that he "smells good".
* In ''Manga/KoharuNoHibi'' Koharu does this in regards to Akira who she's {{Yandere}} for and doesn't want to forget his smell.
* In chapter 14 a top ''LightNovel/{{No 6}}'' official sniffs Dogkeeper's neck (instead of resorting to LecherousLicking like in the anime) because he thinks she's a prostitute much to her disgust.

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

* Tsukiyama Shuu from ''Manga/TokyoGhoul'' does this to Kaneki on multiple occasions. While there ''is'' some justification in that Ghouls have keener senses than humans and others had commented on Kaneki's unusual scent, [[StalkerWithACrush Tsukiyama]] takes it to entirely different levels [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQG5zeAmVYU and]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7oxVIChGJ8 beyond]]. After getting some of Kaneki's blood on a handkerchief, he keeps it in a plastic bag for months and periodically takes it out and huffs it like a junkie.
* ''Manga/YamadaKunAndTheSevenWitches'': Yamada does this to his own body when he has swapped bodies with Shiraishi, and she shines up his body with some beauty products. Also does it to Odagiri when she hugs him.
* Tohru does this with one of Kobayashi's shirts in chapter 3 of ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid''. Of course, she was sniffing a shirt that she had just finished washing, so there wasn't any scent left.
* In ''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam'', [[HeroWorship Beltorchika]] does this to [[CelebCrush the famous Amuro Ray]] shortly after she meets him, with the excuse that he uses her favorite soap.
* ''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]]. Taken UpToEleven when we discover he went so far as to ''recreate Asuna's real-life scent in ALO''.
-->'''Sugou''': And don't even get me started on how... hard it was to get an analyzer into your hospital room undetected.
* ''Manga/TheFlowersOfEvil'': Kickstarts the plot. Nakamura catches Kasuga sniffing his crush Saeki's clothes, and proceeds to blackmail him.

* PlayedForLaughs in ''Manga/AsteroidInLove''. [[LovableSexManiac Moe Suzuya]] seems to have a thing for this for the other girls she likes. For example, she states an advantage of [[spoiler:[[InnocentCohabitation Ao moving into Misa's room]]]] is that she can get both their scents often.

* In the WD Zorro fanfic ''The Eagle's Gaze'', the antagonist does this to Esperanza... ''twice''...

* ''Fanfic/AdviceAndTrust'': Prior to the two of them hooking up, Asuka had stolen one of Shinji's sleep-shirts for this purpose. She later ended up using it as a security blanket of sorts after a particularly bad nightmare (Misato was forcing the two of them to sleep in separate beds at the time, so she couldn't hug Shinji for comfort).
-->''His scent... she couldn't have him next to her right now, but she could still fall asleep with his smell there. Maybe that would extend a little of its protective power.''
* ''WebVideo/SwordArtOnlineAbridged'' plays Sugou's sniffing fetish dead seriously, like in the source anime. Kirito, on the other hand, openly calls him on it... [[DudeShesLikeInAComa among other things]].

* ''Film/TheFunhouseMassacre'': When [[SerialKiller Jeffrey Rameses]] is patting down a park goer for anything that's not allowed in the park, he then takes the time to sniff her hair afterwards.
* Alec Trevalyen does this to Natalya in ''Film/{{Goldeneye}}''.
* ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'': When the tramp steamer captain is trying to bluff the Nazis into thinking he killed Franchise/IndianaJones in order to get Marion, he takes a lock of her hair and sniffs it.

* Occurs with Clu to Quorra in ''Film/TronLegacy''.
* 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.]]
* Debbie in ''Devil in the Flesh'' a [[{{Yandere}} dangerous]] StalkerWithACrush for her teacher sneaks around his house at one point and sniffs his shirts in his closet.
* ''Film/EverAfter'': [[Main/StalkerWithACrush Monsieur le Peu]] sniffs Danielle's hair after he buys her.

* ''Film/BladeRunner'': While Priss is in J.F. Sebastian's apartment, she sniffs him while he's sleeping. She had acted (and would later act) in a seductive way toward him.

* James Bond himself sniffs Miss Taro's towel in ''Film/DrNo'' after he surprises her by making it to her apartment alive and she goes to pick up the telephone.

* ''Film/TheMountie'': While searching Amethyst's tent, Damoslav sniffs her underwear.
* In ''Film/TheMask'', Charlie does this to Tina's coat that she gave him.
* ''Film/TheLover''. When her elder brother confronts The Girl about the illicit affair she's having with a wealthy Chinese playboy, she denies it, so he searches her suitcase and sniffs her underwear, telling her accusingly, "It smells of Chinese." Given that The Girl has an IncestSubtext with both her brothers, this trope is implied.
* In ''Film/TheLocals'', Nev sniffs Kelly's hair while he is holding her arms pinned and says that "She smells nice!"

* 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.

* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'':
** In "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E8Shadow Shadow]]", Spike enters Buffy's room while she's not home and sniffs one of her sweaters; when confronted, he claims it's a "predator thing."
** In "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS1E6ThePack The Pack]]", Xander is possessed by the spirit of a hyena and starts sniffing Buffy's hair, a prelude to his AttemptedRape later on.
** And the situation is reversed in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS4E5BeerBad Beer Bad]]" when Buffy becomes a NubileSavage and starts sniffing Xander. Made even more triangular when, at the end of the episode, Willow is seated on a park bench with Buffy crouched next to her and Buffy sniffs her hair as well.
* A sign of Series/{{Angel}}'s breakdown in "[[Recap/AngelS02E05DearBoy Dear Boy]]" when Darla has been giving him {{Erotic Dream}}s -- at one stage he's standing behind Cordelia and starts sniffing her hair, causing her to run off. "Personal space bubble!"
* ''Series/MadTV'': In the first "Can I Have Your Number" sketch, Darrel at one point sniffs the girl he's hitting on.
* A character on ''Series/{{Victorious}}'' has done this to Tori, Jade, and ''[[HoYay the principal]]'' of their school.

* Papa Lazarou in ''Series/TheLeagueOfGentlemen'' once sniffed a lady's hair.
* ''Series/BoardwalkEmpire'': Agent Van Alden is so [[StalkerWithACrush obsessed]] with Margaret Schroeder that he once stole and sniffed her hair ribbon.
* ''Series/{{Oz}}'': Keller once smells his boyfriend Beecher in "A Cock and Balls Story" and says that he "SmellsSexy". (The smell being Beecher's father's aftershave.)
* Niles in ''Series/{{Frasier}}'' likes to sniff Daphne's hair (when he's not going with the LongingLook), though of the non-perverted variety.
* Alexander the Great sniffs his general's (presumably Hephaistion, Alexander's historical lover) hair in ''Series/HorribleHistories'''s "Alexandria" sketch as a ThrowItIn by the actor. Note that Horrible Histories is a family show.
* On ''Series/{{iCarly}}'', when meeting Carly for the first time, Nevel sniffs her hair in order to smell the shampoo she uses. Needless to say, Carly's a little creeped out by this.
** Freddie smells Shelby Marx's hair when she hugs him.
* ''Series/{{Heroes}}'': Sylar does this to Claire once he manages to get her separated from Nathan and Peter. Claire is very much not amused.
-->'''Sylar:''' ''[after sniffing her hair]'' God, this is so much fun.
* ''Series/{{Hannibal}}'': The title character does this to [[HoYay Will Graham]] multiple times. Of course, he has SuperSenses and is a cannibal, but he's a lot subtler about it with other people.
** Lampshaded in the promotional material. "Did you just ''smell me?''"
* ''Series/{{CSI}}'' had an episode called 'The Panty Sniffer'. Someone decided to make money selling panties for this kind of thing.
* In ''Series/OrangeIsTheNewBlack'' a criminal sniffs Piper's underwear that she gives him in return for the favor of passing a note to her girlfriend Alex. Piper later uses that as incentive to sell used panties to perverted guys to make a profit.
* In the ''{{Series/Smallville}}'' episode "Visage", [[spoiler: Tina Greer]] sniffs Lana's underwear at one point.
* ''Series/{{Lucifer}}''. In "Candy Morningstar", Maze sniffs an erotic dancer that Lucifer has hooked up with, after [[EatingTheEyeCandy blatantly checking out her ass]].
* In the third season episode of ''Series/TheSopranos'' entitled "[[Recap/TheSopranosS3E7SecondOpinion Second Opinion]]", newly "made" man Christopher Moltisanti receives a surprise, late night visit at his apartment from his immediate superior in the crime family Paulie Walnuts and Patsy Parisi. The two gangsters comb through Chris and his girlfriend Adriana's belongings to cherry-pick Christopher's stolen swag. Chris catches Paulie taking a mighty sniff of a pair of panties from Adriana's lingerie drawer.
* ''Series/StarTrekPicard'': Because of the IncestSubtext between Narissa and her brother Narek, when she sniffs his neck to determine if he had sex with Soji (a Romulan's olfactory sense is superior to a human's), it's a little creepy.
* ''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.

* In ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', Gideon does this while hugging Mabel in "Gideon Rises".
--> '''Mabel:''' Are you sniffing my hair?
* Downplayed, but the entire plot of the ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'' episode "Scent of a Hoodie" revolves around Star obsessing over the smell of an unwashed hoodie that her best friend and crush Marco accidentally left when he was last in her dimension. The episode ends with the article of clothing cleaned and returned to Marco, as which point ''he'' starts sniffing it because it now smells like Star.

[[quoteright:300:[[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/frollo_sniffing_1.jpg]]]]

* Frollo sniffs Esmeralda's hair in the Disney version of ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'' (pictured above).

[[caption-width-right:300:[[BlatantLies "I was just imagining a rope around that beautiful neck!"]]]]

* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'': Cody does this to Gwen in one episode. She is understandably disgusted.
-->'''Cody:''' You just smell really pretty.\\
'''Gwen:''' It's just... soap.

* Alvin Marsh in ''Film/It2017'' does this... [[ParentalIncest to his own daughter, Beverly.]]

* Alvin Marsh in ''Film/It2017'' does this... [[ParentalIncest to his own daughter.]]

* Alvin Marsh in ''Film/It2017'' does this... [[ParentalIncest to his own daughter.]]

* ''Series/GameOfThrones'': The Titan's Bastard has a good sniff at Missandei's groin as she pours him wine, making her very uncomfortable.

** In "[[Recap/BuffyTheVamprieSlayerS5E8Shadow Shadow]]", Spike enters Buffy's room while she's not home and sniffs one of her sweaters; when confronted, he claims it's a "predator thing."

[[folder:Films -- Animation]]

* Frollo sniffs Esmeralda's hair in the Disney version of ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame''.

* Krillin sniffs a diamond that was in Bulma's crotch in ''Manga/DragonBall''. Which doesn't make sense due to Krillin having no nose and is mainly done for sake of funny.
* Wataru did it to Isumi's stole in ''Manga/HayateTheCombatButler''.

* ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'': Jack Rakan and Chamo at least had [[TheNoseKnows an excuse]].

* Alexander the Great sniffs his general's (presumably Hephaistion, Alexander's historical lover) hair in ''Series/HorribleHistories'''s "Alexandria" sketch as a ThrowItIn by the actor. [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar Note that Horrible Histories is a family show]].