Other names for it are butyl nitrite and liquid gold. The effects of poppers appear quickly and include dizziness, warm sensations, an increased heart rate, and headaches.

The liquid inside may be clear, gold, or yellowish. What do poppers smell and taste like? Some people say the strong-smelling odor is fruity, sickly sweet, or like dirty socks.

She fell ill after chugging XL Gold - which contains isopropyl nitrate, an ingredient found in liquid drug poppers, which gives an instant high when inhaled - on May 6 and died the same day.

She fell ill after chugging XL Gold - which contains isopropyl nitrate, an ingredient found in liquid drug poppers, which gives an instant high when inhaled - on May 6 and died the same day.

XL Gold contains isopropyl nitrate, an ingredient found in “poppers”, a liquid drug which gives an instant high when inhaled.

3 Adele downed bottle of XL Gold 'poppers' “What a great girl with a huge heart. I’ll always remember you.” Margaret Laird added: “So sad. She was a lovely girl, always happy and smiling.