Guest guest Posted June 12, 2005 Report Share Posted June 12, 2005 Hi All, As well as being subject to a strong odor that we do not wish to smell, there are those who are allergic to perfumes. Garlic causes little if any allergic response to those subject to its odor. Have it such as that Tampei restaurant that had on their men's wash room door: " Out of odor " . --- Diane Walter <dianepwalter@...> wrote: > As a person who has an over-the-top sense of smell (and I sure wish I didn't), I > encourage you *not* to cover anything up with perfume. > > Personally I prefer the smell of garlic on someone's skin than the smell of > perfume. Any perfume. > > I suggest chewing mint leaves, basil, miner's lettuce... anything with a tang for > the breath. I don't think you can help the garlic-through-the-pores phenomenon, > short of avoiding the mega-dose of garlic. Maybe hold off on the garlic before > important social events? I do that with beans, anyway ;-) . > > Diane > =========================== > > drsusanforshey wrote: > > > >>Will perfume cover it up? > >> > >>Now I'm really beginning to wonder if I smell. Smelled myself but I > >>can't smell anything.... > > > > > Al Pater, PhD; email: old542000@... __________________________________ Discover Stay in touch with email, IM, photo sharing and more. Check it out! http://discover./stayintouch.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 12, 2005 Report Share Posted June 12, 2005 I had some grilled vegetables with garlic at a business meeting Thursday night, and my wife could tell I'd had it even this afternoon (Saturday). On 6/11/05, Al Pater <old542000@...> wrote: Hi All,As well as being subject to a strong odor that we do not wish to smell, there arethose who are allergic to perfumes. Garlic causes little if any allergic response to those subject to its odor. Have it such as that Tampei restaurant that had ontheir men's wash room door: " Out of odor " .--- Diane Walter <dianepwalter@... > wrote:> As a person who has an over-the-top sense of smell (and I sure wish I didn't), I> encourage you *not* to cover anything up with perfume.>> Personally I prefer the smell of garlic on someone's skin than the smell of > perfume. Any perfume.>> I suggest chewing mint leaves, basil, miner's lettuce... anything with a tang for> the breath. I don't think you can help the garlic-through-the-pores phenomenon, > short of avoiding the mega-dose of garlic. Maybe hold off on the garlic before> important social events? I do that with beans, anyway ;-) .>> Diane> ===========================> > drsusanforshey wrote:>>> >>Will perfume cover it up?> >>> >>Now I'm really beginning to wonder if I smell. Smelled myself but I> >>can't smell anything.... > >>>>Al Pater, PhD; email: old542000@...__________________________________Discover Stay in touch with email, IM, photo sharing and more. Check it out! http://discover./stayintouch.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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