Published on 12, July, 2020
Does anyone have any tips for dealing with smells without coming across badly?
I'm starting to get really sensitive to smells such as:
No word of a lie some of these smells actually give me a headache.
I wish there were a nasal equivalent of noise cancelling ear buds!
There are smells that I cannot cope with like perfume or air fresheners. However, to bring a positive note to the debate, I realised earlier, I also really like some smells, so its not all negative. I love the smell of grass, and I do not mean the herbal medicinal type. I just mean the green stuff that grows in the garden. I like cutting the grass. I find it therapeutic, and I love the smell of cut grass. Maybe the two are linked...
Yes me too - cut grass, sandalwood, gloss paint, corn stubble (in a field), hay, honeysuckle, Labrador fur/skin (fresh, not stale!), hamster fur/skin (fresh & living again), curry, oregano, coffee, coffee, coffee, toast, frying onions..........
I'm convinced I was the first person to use the description of referring to something smelling of 'wet dog'.
It was over 30 years ago and a lot of things used to smell that way to me. I remember the people around me at that time thinking it was really funny and me just being bemused saying ' have you not smelled a dog before when it's wet?' No, they said I hadn't noticed.
It was a smell that haunted my nasal passages for around 10 years, now there are only particular things that smell that way, still makes me wretch though.
God forbid shih tzus :-)
I wonder what chocolate labradors smell of!
I'm gonna have to smell one now so I can see for myself!
Labradors smell like digestive biscuits if you get a good one :-)
Yes I was thinking of something I could breathe into instead - thing is I'd want it permanently in place :-)
I don't think I've ever sniffed a labrador! Bad smekls make my heave. A few years ago I had a really smelly student and it was difficult not to heave in class. I dabbed some of my favourite essential oil onto a scarf so I could smell that instead when I went near the student. Maybe you could try that? I don't know your fashion style maybe dab some on a handkerchief?