Body Odor

When I used to go to the movies every week, there was one time some young people sat a few seats away and smelled so strongly of aftershave that I couldn't enjoy my popcorn's smell. It was disappointing but since my daughter and her friends had gone through a phase in high school where they all liked to wear a lot of boys aftershave, I felt more tolerant of it than I would have.
 

One of my cousins uses a shampoo or conditioner that has a very strong smell. Her hair reeks of it. I can't stand being next to her for more than a minute. I try to keep a distance when talking with her, but I can still smell it. Many times I've been tempted to say something about it but never have. I don't want to hurt her feelings. I just make sure not to get stuck sitting next to her at family functions. 🥴
 
When I was in my last year of college, taking a biology class, we were dissecting cats (much, much worse than the fetal pigs they usually use). The cats were kept in a big tub of formaldehyde, which we had to fish the cats out of every week. After two hours of that, every inch of me smelled like formaldehyde and dead cat. Luckily, it was the last class of the day on Fridays.

I would get to the house, start stripping the moment I reached the back door, throw the clothes I was wearing out into the yard, and head immediately to the shower for a long session. Afterward, I'd retrieve the clothes from the yard and wash them at least twice.

It would take two days for my car to stop smelling bad.

I'll remember that smell for the rest of my life.
 

Trish said:
Yes, I am sure I have but, the lady I will always remember is the one that stood behind me in a supermarket queue and the smell of Johnson's talcum power was overwhelming :(

I used to work wit lady who wore Poison perfume and it was so strong, it gave me a headache.
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I used to work with a woman who wore that and would apply it after she got to work. The whole office hated it. Finally someone in management nicely asked her not to spray it at work.
 
My one of my SILs mixed her scents. She would buy a bad smelling scent & then used a highly scented clothes detergent that stayed on her clothing between washes. It was so bad that when she rode in your car or sat on your furniture, it would remain. One day she got in the car & I rolled down the windows so there was fresh air & she asked me why & I told her. She didn't say anything, but when she got home, she called the rest of the family telling them what I did.

All of them explained to her why it happened & that her scent choices were bad.
 
I rarely run into people with extreme body odor or too much perfume these days, but am often overwhelmed by powerful wafts of scented laundry detergent. Not sure if people add so much detergent to the wash cycle that the rinse cycle can't clear it, or if they throw in three dryer sheets, or what.

I've long been sensitive to perfumes and scents and use only unscented detergents and no dryer sheets. Even liquid hand soaps are ridiculously over scented, at least to my nose, and is especially problematic in the kitchen. After washing my hands and rinsing well, there's so much residual scent on them that I often rewash with (unscented) dish soap to strip my hands of the hand soap perfume.
 
Lilac said:
My one of my SILs mixed her scents. She would buy a bad smelling scent & then used a highly scented clothes detergent that stayed on her clothing between washes. It was so bad that when she rode in your car or sat on your furniture, it would remain. One day she got in the car & I rolled down the windows so there was fresh air & she asked me why & I told her. She didn't say anything, but when she got home, she called the rest of the family telling them what I did.

All of them explained to her why it happened & that her scent choices were bad.
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Why did she buy a bad perfume in the first place ?
 
oscash said:
I know body odour can be quite unpleasant, but I think there is nothing worse than a bad breath. I knew someone, not a friend, whose breath
could strip paint off the walls. It's a wonder somebody never mentioned anything to him.
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Just a note, it can sometimes be a health issue. Way before my husband was diagnosed with skin cancer his breath became worse. He always practiced good oral health. I did not want to hurt his feelings so I said nothing. When they found the cancer it had already metastized to the lungs. That explained the bad breath. I would urge you to have a check up if you have bad breath that comes with an unknown cause.
 
While walking with my husband at the end, not in, the laundry detergent aisle I commented how unpleasant it was. Another woman walking past us said she couldn’t stand it.

We do all different olfactory opinions. My GD can sense any negative odour yet loves sweet smells. I think we change as we age.
 
Lilac said:
The only way I can describe her, is that she's one of those people who have a bad sense of smell. My husband swears she killed her nose wearing to much patchouli when she was younger. His sister is still stuck in hippie-mode & only likes strong scents.
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I hate Patchouli..I hated it as a teen when everyone was wearing it, and I hate it today when I catch the odd smell of it from someone...

Talking of smelly supermarket aisles.. I can't walk up the Pet food aisle... the overwhelming smell of pet food is revolting
 
Lilac said:
@hollydolly, the pet food aisle doesn't bother me, but I turn green near the seafood. I remember holding my breath walking past the fish markets in Germany. :sick:

Now the Bäckerei & Konditorei was a different story. I could stand there all day amongst the bread & tortes taking in the wonderful aromas. 😍
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The bread aisle is a different story... the smell of Baking... and tbh some supermarkets fake it... is delicious..
 
hollydolly said:
The bread aisle is a different story... the smell of Baking... and tbh some supermarkets fake it... is delicious..
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A friend of mine who's a Real Estate Agent told me he encourages his clients to bake something just prior to any scheduled viewing of their house when they're trying to sell. Not sure if it works or not; can't hurt I suppose?
 
MrPants said:
A friend of mine who's a Real Estate Agent told me he encourages his clients to bake something just prior to any scheduled viewing of their house when they're trying to sell. Not sure if it works or not; can't hurt I suppose?
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yes all the agents say that.. either bake bread or roast coffee beans just before a viewing ..I think every buyer in the land knows that trick now..:D
 
MrPants said:
A friend of mine who's a Real Estate Agent told me he encourages his clients to bake something just prior to any scheduled viewing of their house when they're trying to sell. Not sure if it works or not; can't hurt I suppose?
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I heard something similar, only it was sprinkle some cinnamon on a baking sheet and warm it on low heat.
 
The hospitals here in Toronto have a "No Scent Policy " for both staff and visitors, which is posted at the entrances, and in the units. When I was in hospital this spring, I called out one young Nurse about her perfume. She was told off by the nursing supervisor, and sent to the washroom, to wash it off. JimB.
 
When I went to the perfume counters in my late teens, the ladies there told me that you didn't rub your scent into your wrists after you put it on. They said it ruined it & it wouldn't smell the way it was intended from the friction. It made sense to me after I tried both ways at home & to me, it did smell different. One also said to spray your perfume into the air & walk into it so it was light on you. I still do that today.

Once I shared a small office with a young man whose wife loved Tommy Boy cologne. She would spray it on his dress shirts & then iron them. OMG, was the scent horrible after that. It took several hours to air out the office with the window open after he left during the day. The odor made my sinuses feel raw & had headaches. One day, with the windows wide open in the middle of winter & I asked him what cologne he was wearing. He told me & I asked him if he would stop wearing it at work. That's when he confessed what she was doing with it. I told him I understand he didn't want to hurt her feelings, but he could douse himself when he left work for her. I told him since I couldn't leave the office like he could, I had to sit there & smell it. He was a nice guy & I felt bad, but it couldn't go on. He did come in scent free after that.
 

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