What does it smell like?

Star Wars has often been hailed as a visual masterpiece, but one of the things that truly sets it apart is the lived-in quality of the sets and props. Far from the antiseptic feel of other science fiction franchises, ships and droids have a certain verisimilitude; they get dirty, they have smell. This has led to the eternal question (normally posed by Alex) "What does it smell like?"

The default sort order is alphabetical.

Examples

What is it?	Minute	What does it smell like?
Cloud City	ESB 80	A casino. Farts (from all the beldon gas). Sheets just out of the dryer (from an 8-DAY-GREEDO call). Sickly sweet cocoa butter. Travel or the inside of an airplane. Outside - a town that has a paper mill; industrial. Inside - the air-conditioners are on so lots of recirculated air.
Darth Vader (under his armor)	ESB 45	Sweat socks and old leather. Like if you keep a bandaid on too long.
Darth Vader's breath	SWM 37	Motor oil and curry
Every scene in the Prequels	ESB 45	Febreze™
George Lucas	ROTJ 98	Chicken sandwiches
Our heroes and their clothes	SWM 87 SWM 97	Garbage masher stench (starting Minute 77 and throughout the rest of the movie).
Qui Gon's "Defiance"	TPM 128	Burlap and hair grease
The Death Star	SWM 37	Fear
The Jawa Sandcrawler	SWM 44	WD-40 and poop
The Millennium Falcon and its smuggling compartments	SWM 60 SWM 65	Lots of things, and none of them pleasant Strong spices, curry, and garbage.
Yoda	ESB 68	Rotting seaweed - like a seaweed smoothie; totally nauseating.

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