How do you turn your nose off or deal with a heinous smell? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by Okokimup@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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I'm going to visit my grandfather this weekend. His house smells like a skunk rolled around in some rotten cabbages, died, and got eaten and pooped out by a water buffalo. Thankfully I dont have to sleep there, but I do have to visit for a few hours, a couple days in a row. Last time, I wore a mask with mint toothpaste rubbed inside, which didn't help at all.

Google is failing me; the only results I can find are how to get rid of a smell, and that's just not possible here without a great deal of fire. So can anyone recommend how to live with a uniquely terrible smell for a few days?

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[-] phanto@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 year ago

Fun fact: one of the symptoms I get of migraine is the inability to ignore smells. At all. Cat owners? Your house smells like ammonia. Cologne wearers? You still stink underneath the cloying odor. Cleaning products? Smell forever. I get to choose between smelling my own halitosis or the unbearable mint odor for hours on end.

[-] flubba86@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

I don't get migraines, but I've experienced smells like what you described. Not often, maybe once a year, my nose will turn up to 100 and I can smell everything in the house. And it's not pleasant. Not even cooking and delicious food smells good, because the combination of smells are nausea inducing.

[-] smashboy@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

Interesting, I also have migraines and they also make me hypersensitive to smells (apart from the typical sensitivity to light and sound).

[-] rompe@mastodon.social 2 points 1 year ago

@phanto
Fun fact: cat owners have solved this problem because the ammonia kills your ability to smell over time. This doesn't apply to all cat owners of course, you need to ignore the smell for a while to let the ammonia kick in.
I just wouldn't recommend this method to OP since the effect is hardly reversible.
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