Perverted Sniffing

When a character audibly sniffs another character, indicating they have an unhealthy attraction to them. Usually smelling hair or discarded articles of clothing.

See also Smells Sexy and You Taste Delicious.

Examples of Perverted Sniffing include:

Anime and Manga

• Krillin sniffs a diamond that was in Bulma's crotch in Dragon Ball.
• Wataru did it to Isumi's stole in Hayate the Combat Butler.
• Kosukegawa sniffs Motoko's bra (which snapped when Motoko's Split Personality Mikiri took over her body) in Change 123.
• Jack Rakan and Chamo at least had an excuse.
• When Gene first fights Suzuka, he makes her stumble by grabbing her sash. It comes off and he proceeds to unabashedly sniff it, much to Suzuka's embarassment.
• In Rebuild of Evangelion, Mari sniffs Shinji and says he smells good, like LCL.
• 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 Koharu no Hibi 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 No. 6 official sniffs Dogkeeper's neck (instead of resorting to Lecherous Licking like in the anime) because he thinks she's a prostitute much to her disgust.
• Fruits Basket: 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 Hekikai no Ai ON, Sheila smells Tatsuya's necktie at the loneliness of the infirmary. Hilarity Ensues when Tatsuya enters.
• In Sukisho episode 2 Yoru smells the perfume that Ran applied (he was forced to dress up as a princess).
• In Sword Art Online Sugou smells Asuna's hair during his IHaveYouNowMyPretty moment with her.

Film

• Alec Trevalyen does this to Natalya in GoldenEye.
• Raiders of the Lost Ark: When the tramp steamer captain is trying to bluff the Nazis into thinking he killed Indiana Jones in order to get Marion, he takes a lock of her hair and sniffs it.
• During a party scene in The Dark Knight The Joker circles around Rachel and appears to sniff her.
• The elevator scene in Final Destination 2.
• Occurs with Clu to Quorra in Tron: Legacy.
• Paul Gallier does this to his estranged sister Irena in Cat People (1982 remake). However, they are, of course werecats and it's a part of their animalistic bonding ritual. Paul wants Irena to be his mate.
• Debbie in Devil In The Flesh a dangerous Stalker with a Crush for her teacher sneaks around his house at one point and sniffs his shirts in his closet.
• Ever After (film): Monsieur le Peu a Stalker with a Crush to Danielle sniffs her hair after he buys her.
• Harry Potter: Scabior, the head Snatcher in Deathly Hallows to Hermione. After he captures Hermione, he calls her "My lovely" and sniffs her hair.
• Blade Runner, 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.

Live Action TV

• Invoked in Red Dwarf with a Noodle Incident that inspired Space Corp Directive 196156:

" Any officer caught sniffing the saddle of the exercise bicycle in the women's gym will be discharged without trial."

• In the Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode "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 "The Pack" Xander is possessed by the spirit of a hyena and starts sniffing Buffy's hair, a prelude to his Attempted Rape later on.
  • And the situation is reversed in "Beer Bad" when Buffy becomes a Nubile Savage and starts sniffing Xander.
• A sign of Angel's breakdown in Season 2 when Darla has been giving him Erotic Dreams—at one stage he's standing behind Cordelia and starts sniffing her hair, causing her to run off. "Personal space bubble!"
• Mad TV: In the first "Can I Have Your Number" sketch, Darrel at one point sniffs the girl he's hitting on.
• A character on Victorious has done this to Tori, Jade, and the principal of their school.
• Two and A Half Men: Charlie did this in the beginning of "No Sniffing, No Wowing" to one of the paralegals.
• Papa Lazarou in The League of Gentlemen once sniffed a lady's hair.
• Boardwalk Empire: Agent Van Alden is so obsessed with Margaret Schroeder that he once stole and sniffed her hair ribbon.
• Oz: Keller once smells his boyfriend Beecher in "A Cock and Balls Story" and says that he "Smells Sexy". (the smell being Beecher's fathers aftershave).
• Niles in Frasier likes to sniff Daphne's hair (when he's not going with the Longing Look), though of the non-perverted variety.

Web Comics

• Homestuck has Terezi, a blind troll who uses her advanced smelling and licking abilities to see and whop massive amounts of ass with her cane. It creeps some out, but for others...
• Super Effective: Blue/Douche takes his Catch Phrase "smell ya later" too literally.

Western Animation

• Frollo sniffs Esmeralda's hair in the Disney version of The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
• Family Guy:
  • Quagmire sniffs a lady's shoe.
  • Herbert tells God all he wants is one sniff of Chris' cap. Along comes a gust of wind, and Herbert's wish is fulfilled...except now he wants more.
  • Brian performs the normal "dog sniffing another dog's rear" greeting, but being "more person than dog", everyone looks at him like he's a perv.

Real Life

• Australian politician Troy Buswell got in trouble after he sniffed a female colleague's chair.