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?
Sensitivity to smells will dissipate over a short time. Your senses will pay more attention to novel stimuli, so your nose will eventually get “bored” of it and stop even noticing it when you are acclimated enough.
This is, unfortunately, probably your best answer. In the hospital Vicks vapor rub around the nostrils works for short periods, for long periods you just endure knowing that in less than an hour your body will ignore the smell. If you want to know more, Google “nose blindness” or “olfactory fatigue”
That never happened for me last time. After visiting for hours, I had to decline the guest bed and sleep in the car.
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