Now that´s a funny mixing of names for different products, partly stemming from historical uses in various countries. Maybe Wikipedia would offer some clarity on these liquids. I say aviation Jet A is very close to diesel and oil that you burn in central heating - which has some dye in it for tax control. Jet A is often called kerosene elsewhere and is no paraffin at all. You get the same smell from aircraft turbines as from heating oil burners. Paraffin is used for vaseline and candles and more different from diesel and the like. Smoke oil for aerobatics is often real thin liquid paraffin, you would not want the smell of diesel in an airshow everywhere ! So in fact paraffin does not smell, kerosene / Jet A is a lot like diesel - would not like to use that for cleaning or so because of the smell.
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