klmama Posted June 4, 2020 Share Posted June 4, 2020 ...body odor, LOL! I have an extremely sensitive nose, so summer is extra stressful in the scent department when people come in all hot from being outside. I don't know why that smell is worse than all the others, but it is, even if they are clean and just walked across the street. Is there a dietary change or something that can improve natural body odor? Or a way to get over hating the smell people give off when they are hot? How do you or others you know deal with this? I can't make everyone who walks in the house bathe immediately, KWIM? Thanks for any tips! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiewindmomma Posted June 4, 2020 Share Posted June 4, 2020 Eat less meat and sugar. Use vinegar to wipe armpits from time to time. Make sure you aren't using too much washing detergent in the laundry and causing a buildup that can allow bacteria to grow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 4, 2020 Share Posted June 4, 2020 I’ve heard Coronavirus can delete your sense of smell. Maybe try that! 😉😆 Sorry; I hope you will find that funny! Deodorant helped with my kids. I had my youngest start wearing it really early. I think he was around 7. He would go outside on the trampoline and come in instantly stinking. So we instituted underarm deodorant after showering. Seemed to work well. 1 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MercyA Posted June 4, 2020 Share Posted June 4, 2020 (edited) Are these people wearing antiperspirant? My DD started needing it around age 9 or so. Totally took care of the problem. ETA: In our family, if you're outside and get dirty or super sweaty all over, you take a shower when you come in. I understand that's easier for us than most, since we only have three in our family. Edited June 4, 2020 by MercyA 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanaqui Posted June 4, 2020 Share Posted June 4, 2020 Accidentally spill coffee on people. Then suggest they go shower to clean off. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klmama Posted June 4, 2020 Author Share Posted June 4, 2020 (edited) This isn't an underarm smell. That's not pleasant, either, but it's a different smell that can be taken care of with good personal hygiene, antiperspirant, and laundry care. I'm talking about the smell people give off after having been outside, even if they didn't get particularly hot, and which gets even worse when it's warm out. They can have just taken a shower and smelled fine, but then went outside, and upon coming back in have the dreaded "outside" smell. Once they cool down, it's mostly gone. Edited June 4, 2020 by klmama Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pen Posted June 4, 2020 Share Posted June 4, 2020 People or clothes? If it’s clothing, it may be fungus being activated in moisture and heat, in which case washing with a few drops of tea tree oil in wash might help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almondbutterandjelly Posted June 4, 2020 Share Posted June 4, 2020 Is it a fish smell? Do you live by the ocean? It took me soooo long to figure out that my dd's smell as a child was not b.o. and was in fact what it smells like outside here near the ocean. No answers except change clothes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheres Toto Posted June 4, 2020 Share Posted June 4, 2020 6 minutes ago, Dreamergal said: I come from a hot country where we perspire a lot. We used to use a lot of body powder, not much lotion. I have continued that here. Body powder has issues with cancer related to talcum, I have never heard of it in my native country, but in the US, jury is out on that. But why risk anything, so I use talcum free powder. It absorbs the odor. People from my native country don't use a lot of deodorant or even sprays, but even men use body powder. I stay out a lot during summer, swim, workout, perspire. Layer of body powder and it absorbs odors, sweat and keeps me feeling fresh. Hope this helps. Baby powder with corn starch rather than talc is considered safer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klmama Posted June 4, 2020 Author Share Posted June 4, 2020 11 minutes ago, Seasider too said: It’s what we call the puppy-breath smell. Apt description, LOL! I wish it were just on younger kids! I smell this on everyone when they've been outside. As I said, I have a very sensitive nose. 3 minutes ago, Dreamergal said: People from my native country don't use a lot of deodorant or even sprays, but even men use body powder. Thanks for the suggestion. I can't make people outside my family use it, but everyone here could try it. Maybe it will help. Any ideas for getting less sensitive to smells? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alisoncooks Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 I hate that outside smell. When I taught first grade years ago, I'd stand at my door as the kids all trooped back inside after recess. Whew! It was a wave of hot body/scalp smell. Not even like BO...just hot stank. Not my fave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MercyA Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 Oh, got it. Yeah, I dislike that outdoor smell, too. I don't think there's much you can do about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klmama Posted June 5, 2020 Author Share Posted June 5, 2020 On 6/4/2020 at 5:17 PM, Quill said: I’ve heard Coronavirus can delete your sense of smell. Maybe try that! 😉😆 LOL! 😀 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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