This is the perfume area of a department store, which were often located near one of the major entrances.

Walking through it is usually a bombardment of different smells, and it can be a lot.

The joke is that you have to go through the horrible perfume tunnel to get to where you want to go inside the store (or the mall, if connected). It can be especially bad around the winter holidays and when it’s cold out, which is why everyone has long sleeves in the photo.

A lot of places you could go around, it was just a longer walk.

Perfume section stinky, many scary people try to sell you things, can’t get to toys without going through them :(

For whatever reason, on every mall I've been to, you have to go through the perfume section to get between the escalator, interior doors, and exterior doors to leave the department store.

I have a very sensitive nose, and so this was torture for me. Even as an adult I would hold me breath the whole time.

Specifically, this still is from an episode of SpongeBob called Shanghaied, also known as the You Wish Special because when it originally aired you could call in to vote on the ending.

spongebob reference. I assume you arent 22-30.

Corridor of witches. Highly likely you'll catch a hex or two on your way through, if you make it out at all.

I hate CDG for this. Want to buy a €7500 Mont Blanc pen with matching tie clip? They got you. Need a €15000 Armani suit? There's three stores clamouring for your business. Matching set of Versache ski goggles, gloves and balaclava? Just swipe that gold card right here, Sir.

Want a fucking burger? A cup of coffee? A coke? What are you, fucking nine? Fuck right off with that shit you goddamn slob.

thats why you arrive via train from another country. you will only experience this at the exit of the building. the parfume is piss

The perfume/cosmetics section of a department store (Macy's, J.C. Penny, etc.) Typically located near shopping mall gallery entrances to force people to walk past it to get elsewhere in the store.

It's less common to see stores intentionally laid out this way these days, I think.

An airport

This specific perfume department:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIHmZ_eurcw&t=33s

At the Las Vegas airport all the kiosk spaces in the middle of the halls are filled with slot machines. Lead to one of the most depressing things I've ever seen. While waiting for my flight. I look over and there's this young kid, maybe five years old, sitting at a slot machine. He didn't actually have any money in it, as you need a credit card to use them. But he was happily tapping away at all the buttons and gizmos, treating it no differently than some iPad game.

Hombre?