The article presents the author's insights on the evocative scents associated with dental practices. It states that dental patients often cited that oil of cloves, or eugenol, has the characteristic smell of the dentist. It mentions that several dentists try several ways to disguise any nasty smell such as by brewing coffee. Furthermore, it says that some smells in a dental clinic are not dentally or clinically related such as a colleague's lunch ingredients and banana skin left idle.