G1s smell like candy ! :D

[hathorcat]

Little ponies are at the end of the day made from the same materials as manufacturers use from everything from the dashboard of your car to a bath mat....and you have to differentiate between purposefully "scented" ponies [i.e. Sweetberry, Perfume Puff, etc] and the remainder of the sets which haven't been scented but which have been manufactured with fragranced plastic. Many toys from the late 70s to now have some kind of poly-scent added not to make the toys smell nice, i.e. not so much to "add" a smell but to counteract the smell of yucky plastic. Its the same reason car manufacturers add "new car smell".

And that slightly sweet smell does make those ponies even more appealing!

[mlp4me]

It's the PONY SMELL. I love the PONY SMELL. 

Yeppers!! Sweet sweet pony stench! 
Who knows, maybe it's some type of scented narcotic that Hasrro put in their product to addict us to them and that's why we're all still collecting after almost 30 years... mwah ha ha ha ha!!

[Sonata]

I don't think it has anything to do with their bodies being plastic. I think it's something from their hair, since I can't sense any smell from their bodies at all ! But how come some have this scent and some don't? That is the main question I have.

[Bee-chan]

I don't think it has anything to do with their bodies being plastic. I think it's something from their hair, since I can't sense any smell from their bodies at all ! But how come some have this scent and some don't? That is the main question I have.

I think may have to do with the different batches of vinyl made for various batches of pony. Each batch is always a taaaad different, which is why we sometimes have ponies with plasticine problems.

[hathorcat]

I don't think it has anything to do with their bodies being plastic. I think it's something from their hair, since I can't sense any smell from their bodies at all ! But how come some have this scent and some don't? That is the main question I have.

As others have said only a few sets have a "purposeful" scent, other ponies will just have poly scent in the plastic in order to stop them smelling of plastic not to give them an actual smell. I assume from the ponies you are mentioning that its this latter scent you are referring to.

These ponies are 30 years old - some will have been carefully stored and may retain their smell, some may have had all manner of adventures, got dirty, been washed and may have lost some of their scent, some may have have lived in a house where someone overused air fresheners or lived in a box with some scented toys and picked up their scents. How a pony has lived its life is going to be determined by if it still retains a new pony scent. Again I ll go back to the car reference - if a car has been immaculately maintained and always cleaned and hardly used then it may retain some of its new car smell - if its been worked hard, cleaned only occasionally and transported everything from muddy kids to wet dogs it isnt going to retain that nice new car smell!

The poly scent is in the plastic - however hair will of course pick this scent up - as the hair will have been stored in the bubble along with the scented pony body when new - kind of like how your hair may smell of cigarettes after you come out of a smoky room. In addition the scent from the plastic inside will come out the only "holes" in the pony - tail hole and mane plugs to the scent will probably work into the hair there as well. And by "scent" I just mean the new pony smell we are all talking about lol!

[Sonata]

Hmm I see ! I just find it funny, really, that some ponies retained the smell after so long and some don't smell of anything at all now ! I love the scent they have~

I got Blue Ember in really dirty state, smoke smell, she was all black inside and all that... I cleaned her up good - I could still fix a few things, but those will have to wait - and after a while she doesn't smell of smoke anymore and she has that sweet scent in her hair... *_*

[MoongazerThePony]

Also, they all smell fine but Sprinkles.. she smells like earwax 

[Sonata]

Also, they all smell fine but Sprinkles.. she smells like earwax 

LOL really ?! xD How weird !!

[Eternia]

I know exactly what you are talking about, and I found an apple scented handsoap that had the same sweet smell. Wish I could remember what brand it was. But it was pony scented

[Sonata]

I know exactly what you are talking about, and I found an apple scented handsoap that had the same sweet smell. Wish I could remember what brand it was. But it was pony scented

How cool !! xD I wouldn't mind having my hands smell like ponies !! xDDDD

[Icecrystalline]

I reckon some people get high by sniffing ponies :'D hahaha

[lovekangaroo]

I see a bunch of crazy pony sniffing people..   I'm scared... 

[Sonata]

I see a bunch of crazy pony sniffing people..   I'm scared... 

Ahhh, don't worry ! Noone's getting high on ponies xD

[partypony566]

Yep!  It's the vinyl.  C:  I love that smell too.  Of course I also like the smell of the old high bounce balls, gasoline, and tar...

Omg me too hehe except the gasoline lol. But yeah G1 pony smell is the best

[Buzzingbumblebee]

I usually love the smell of my pony room, it is wonderful. But after I got pregnant I can hardly go into my pony room, the smell is so overpowering and makes me feel sick. I am just thankful this is temporary because I still love my ponies, I just can't be around them at the moment.. I can normally stand around for ages and smell my ponies though, my favourite smelling ponies are Mimic, Tiddleywinks and Little Flitter.