# Your stink-pretty is making me sick. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 27, 2005, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-stink-pretty-is-making-me-sick/323750 "2005-09-27T22:51:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-stink-pretty-is-making-me-sick/323750/41 "2005-09-28T14:37:03Z")
> [@Dung Beetle](#): > > I’m so grateful I have no sense of smell. … which explains your user name. Re: the ads. “Final cure for body odor.” Final cure? Surely it cannot be death. As far as I know, that’s when the b. o. problems really begin. All you people complaining about strong cologne and perfume smells, just be grateful you don’t have to smell people who have been dead for a few days. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-stink-pretty-is-making-me-sick/323750/42 "2005-09-28T14:43:59Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > I’m really confused by this ad: > Ummm…so, do you use it _after_ you piss somewhere to remove the odor (and/or stain,) or is it taken internally? And if so, does it also make it easier to clean the urine, or do you still put it directly on it? I’m not to keen on ingesting something that is also a cleaner. As a public service, I went there and it is a household cleaning product aimed at those with incontinent pets and relatives. It confused me too; I’ve always gotten rid of urine odor by flushing the toilet. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-stink-pretty-is-making-me-sick/323750/43 "2005-09-28T14:51:28Z")
> [@Humanist](#): > > A woman walked into the math lab last semester when I was in there. I don’t know what she was wearing, but it was FIRE PAIN SNEEZE CRY pretty bad. My eyes teared OW IT BURNS up within seconds and my nose starts to GUSH DID I ACTUALLY HAVE THAT MUCH SNOT IN THERE leak a bit. Meanwhile, my throat is starting to OH NO I CAN’T BREATH DO THESE WINDOWS OPEN NO THEY DON’T get a bit tight. You think that’s bad? I worked with a woman who came waltzing into work one day wearing a perfume that stank so bad you could smell it 50 feet away down the hall – and that was so strong and apparently I was so allergic to it that I _immediately_ had a major asthma attack. I mean to the point where they were ready to call 911 on me. I ended up in the ER, and on to a specialist who agreed my rapid onset asthma problem was 100% due to the bitch’s perfume. And yet _the bastards refused to ask her to stop wearing it_. Needless to say, I left their employ as rapidly as I could. Fuckers. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-stink-pretty-is-making-me-sick/323750/44 "2005-09-28T14:56:04Z")
I’m seriously considering turning off AdBlock after reading this thread. The ads sound as entertaining as most threads! ---
**Author:** ![Susie\_Derkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Susie\_Derkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susie_Derkins)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-stink-pretty-is-making-me-sick/323750/45 "2005-09-28T15:07:24Z")
> [@NinjaChick](#): > > That’s just fucking stupid. I was hoping this would trigger an ad for a sex manual or something. ---
**Author:** ![zagloba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/977dab/32.png) [@zagloba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zagloba)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-stink-pretty-is-making-me-sick/323750/46 "2005-09-28T15:46:16Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > As a smoker, I’d just like to say: Fuck off. We don’t need no stinkin’ stinkers. > > Although it would be pretty amusing to see one of these marinated chemical dumps go up in flames. Fair enough, we’ll create separate designated outdoor stinking zones for the overly perfumed. ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-stink-pretty-is-making-me-sick/323750/47 "2005-09-28T15:56:01Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > I’m seriously considering turning off AdBlock after reading this thread. The ads sound as entertaining as most threads! Two words: Malodor Counteractancy. How can you resist clicking on _that_ link? ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-stink-pretty-is-making-me-sick/323750/48 "2005-09-28T16:07:06Z")
> [@Rufus Xavier](#): > > Two words: Malodor Counteractancy. How can you resist clicking on _that_ link? “Female Odor Solutions.” They must have hired someone who used to work in marketing at a tech company. Would have been better if it were “robust, world-class end-to-end female odor solutions,” though, ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-stink-pretty-is-making-me-sick/323750/49 "2005-09-28T17:16:29Z")
> [@woodstockbirdybird](#): > > Sure, if you’re some kind of heathen perv. Don’t you know what hugging leads to? Dancing? Just a little bit of smell is okay. Just a dab of after-shave balm usually does the trick. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-stink-pretty-is-making-me-sick/323750/50 "2005-09-28T17:39:38Z")
> [@Lord Ashtar](#): > > Because when you have on just a little and a girl hugs you and smiles and says you smell really good… > > …it’s cool. See if you get the same reaction by just having nice clean hair and skin and pheromones and maybe it will change your mind about those stronger chemicals. ---
**Author:** ![YaWanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/bbce88/32.png) [@YaWanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaWanna)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-stink-pretty-is-making-me-sick/323750/51 "2005-09-28T17:47:21Z")
> [@Lord Ashtar](#): > > Because when you have on just a little and a girl hugs you and smiles and says you smell really good… > > …it’s cool. C’mere, you! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-stink-pretty-is-making-me-sick/323750/52 "2005-09-28T18:51:08Z")
> [@Scott Plaid](#): > > Me no like your stink-pretty. Me get big stick, smash you if you not stop wearing stink-pretty. Axe type stink-pretty smell like Great-Grandma favorite stink-pretty. Chicks no dig guy who smell like Great-grandma. You all stop wear now. ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-stink-pretty-is-making-me-sick/323750/53 "2005-09-28T18:54:03Z")
> [@Susie Derkins](#): > > Just a spritz between the tits, that’s my motto. Unless your husband is wont to nibble places. 😉 I put my colonge on the inside of my wrists, and rub them on the nape of my neck. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-stink-pretty-is-making-me-sick/323750/54 "2005-09-29T04:48:43Z")
> [@Maus Magill](#): > > Dancing? > > Just a little bit of smell is okay. Just a dab of after-shave balm usually does the trick. Everybody always thinks they’re only wearing a little bit of perfume or cologne, but to a sensitive nose, a little goes a long way - too far, usually. And for those of you who think your particular scent is lovely, not gross like the ones people are complaining about here, I have news for you - chances are excellent that there are whole bunches of people who think _your_ brand of perfume is disgusting. I’m probably one of them - there are extremely few perfumes or colognes that I can stand smelling. Axe is one of the biggest offenders - it smells like a desperate young man in a bar. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-stink-pretty-is-making-me-sick/323750/55 "2005-09-29T12:17:05Z")
> [@featherlou](#): > > Everybody always thinks they’re only wearing a little bit of perfume or cologne, but to a sensitive nose, a little goes a long way - too far, usually. And for those of you who think your particular scent is lovely, not gross like the ones people are complaining about here, I have news for you - chances are excellent that there are whole bunches of people who think _your_ brand of perfume is disgusting. I’m probably one of them - there are extremely few perfumes or colognes that I can stand smelling. Axe is one of the biggest offenders - it smells like a desperate young man in a bar. I know this wasn’t directed at me in particular. Some of us bleed when we shave. Some of us bleed a lot. Hence the aftershave balm. I purposely use a brand which has little scent and only use a dab. I hate smelling myself (whether BO or colongue). I agree with you on Axe. Axe is only good if you’re running from the law, and you want to make the bloodhounds run the other way. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-stink-pretty-is-making-me-sick/323750/56 "2005-09-29T16:20:07Z")
> [@Maus Magill](#): > > \ > I agree with you on Axe. Axe is only good if you’re running from the law, and you want to make the bloodhounds run the other way. That’s quite the mind picture I’ve got now - the doggies on the trail, then yipe-ing off in the other direction once they get a whiff of Axe. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-stink-pretty-is-making-me-sick/323750.md?page=2)