What do you folks do to circumvent/cope with smell sensory overload?

Oh this is a really useful thread. I never coped with it. Part of why I don't have a flatmate is because I absolutely cannot stand cooking smells that come from the hippie food preferences of most people my age. I literally lose sleep over remnants of fried garlic scents wafting into my bedroom from someone's lunch.

I can't stomach garlic either. I have personally found half a lemon to help neutralise it. Even the 'smell' which has particles of it's chemistry can affect my stomach and keep me awake all night as well. And so, the lemon.

I can't stomach garlic either. I have personally found half a lemon to help neutralise it. Even the 'smell' which has particles of it's chemistry can affect my stomach and keep me awake all night as well. And so, the lemon.