# Why is this lotion SO STINKY???? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 28, 2003, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-lotion-so-stinky/209970 "2003-10-28T03:52:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-lotion-so-stinky/209970/41 "2003-10-29T20:12:32Z")
Let me know if you think it smells like shit, too. It might be just me. And the lotion and body wash may be different. ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2003, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-lotion-so-stinky/209970/42 "2003-10-30T17:32:45Z")
I used it this morning. First, it doesn’t smell anything like I thought it would. I was expecting sugary sweet, but it almost smelled spicy. So there I am in the shower, trying to snuff up the smell of this stuff. You know what? It doesn’t smell very strong at all. I thought I was losing my mind, because it was not overpowering at all. By the time I got out of the shower, I could hardly smell much at all. Then, once I put on my lotion (Suave vanilla floral) that’s really all I could smell. So it ain’t good, but it ain’t bad, and it really ain’t much. That’s what you get for $1.64 I guess. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2003, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-lotion-so-stinky/209970/43 "2003-10-30T18:09:55Z")
Yeah fortunately it isn’t as pungeant as the one I got for my purse, which fumed out a whole car. I doubt the Suave stuff really intrudes on anyone else’s personal space. The purse stuff is Nivea body Extra Enriched Lotion … my mom just smelled it and said it smells like old lady. I think it smells like an old lady who drenched herself in Raid. ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2003, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-lotion-so-stinky/209970/44 "2003-10-30T19:00:49Z")
Nice. ---
**Author:** ![OxyMoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9a140/32.png) [@OxyMoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OxyMoron)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2003, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-lotion-so-stinky/209970/45 "2003-10-30T20:05:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by OpalCat \* > \*\*No, I got it at Giant Foods. And I never wear perfume, as I find it revolting 🙂 > Coffee grounds, eh? I had been just rubbing my hands around in the kitty litter box as it was a preferable stench. \*\* Actually, it doesn’t have to be grounds - just whole beans work, too. My friend has a shop where he sells skin care products (and lemme tell ya, ya don’t ask someone to pay $25 for a tube of lotion without giving them a tester), and he keeps whole coffee beans around for removing sent. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2003, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-lotion-so-stinky/209970/46 "2003-10-30T21:05:53Z")
It’s Customer Service Appreciation Week here and we all got small gifts from Bath & Body Works. By the luck of the incredibly bad draw, I got a tube of aromatherapy lotion in the scent of (are you ready for this?) **grapefruit and peppermint**. Together. Blended. Grapefruit makes me gag. Gleah… ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2003, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-lotion-so-stinky/209970/47 "2003-10-30T21:35:51Z")
Ok those are two scents that I don’t really see the point in connecting :eek: ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2003, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-lotion-so-stinky/209970/48 "2003-10-30T23:54:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jayjay \* > \*\*It’s Customer Service Appreciation Week here and we all got small gifts from Bath & Body Works. By the luck of the incredibly bad draw, I got a tube of aromatherapy lotion in the scent of (are you ready for this?) **grapefruit and peppermint**. Together. Blended. > > \*\* That’s not hand lotion. That’s the new AquaFresh Extreme Clean Toothpaste. (GAG!) ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2003, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-lotion-so-stinky/209970/49 "2003-10-30T23:55:50Z")
Dammit. What a waste of a 2000th post. I had much bigger plans for that puppy. ---
**Author:** ![Mac\_Guffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2bfe46/32.png) [@Mac\_Guffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mac_Guffin)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-lotion-so-stinky/209970/50 "2003-10-31T06:18:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by OpalCat \* > \*\*Coffee grounds, eh? I had been just rubbing my hands around in the kitty litter box as it was a preferable stench. \*\* _Note to self. If I ever meet Opal IRL, do NOT kiss her hand._ ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-lotion-so-stinky/209970/51 "2003-10-31T06:30:56Z")
_looks down_ . . . _sniffs fingers_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-lotion-so-stinky/209970.md?page=2)