vonSageworth
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Recently, I was introduced to a guy whom, I thought, had extremely bad breath. Later, we all decided to eat at a restaurant. I ended up sitting next to him. He reeked of an odor I'd smelt before, but couldn't put my finger on it. Throughout the meal I had wished one of my friends would offer to change places with me, but that didn't happen.
A few days later, I asked a friend who was with us that evening, if 'bad breath guy' had a hygiene issue. He said, no, and went on to say that he's a garlic freak. If I had mentioned it, he would have pulled out a zip lock bag with a few garlic cloves in it. He chews it like a gum chewer chews gum. He pops the entire clove in his mouth and constantly chews it until there is nothing left of it, but unlike the gum chewer who spits out the used gum, he swallows what's left of it. When he gets nervous or upset, he'll chew one after another like a smoker may chain smoke. I guess that's why he can't keep a wife long enough to have children, or perhaps fear that the children may chew like he does.
His words, not mine.
My assistant manager at work is a garlic fanatic, and although I do love to eat it in moderation, having to share a small office with him the next day is not a pleasant thing.
Even us wearing face masks does not help unfortunately. It is a shame there is not something you can eat afterwards that would have a neutralising effect on the odour
I tried to do the video (opening post) where the lady poked a knife into each clove and the garlic came out of skin one after another; well when I did it, the garlic split in half, didn't come out of skin. It didn't work
I wonder if it's because the garlic in my supermarket is old or maybe she soaked the garlic bulb first???
If fat means flavour then I'm ******* delicious!
11-Apr-2021 23:49:40
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12-Apr-2021 07:24:59
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Dong U Dead
Garlic is one of those food items that sometimes have a strange effect on body odor.
Garlic emits, what I and many others consider, a champion culinary characteristic aroma (and taste). This is due to the release of sulfides, the volatile molecules that provide garlic its "distinctive, pungent garlickiness.
As with many other foodstuffs garlic gets processed in the stomach and continues its journey for further processing. However it releases a tiny molecule called 'allyl methyl sulfide' (AMS) and is so small it can get through your stomach lining and into your bloodstream and out through to your outer skin layers.
Some perceive this odor as obviously garlic, but others olfactory receptors interpret this body garlic as an odd bad body odor - be warned - & F--kem!
- Hygiene odor can hurt the nose, can garlic odor do the same??
To some people the smell is offensive, to others the odor of garlic alone - depends on your nose gene setup.
A classic example different perceptions is with a plant that goes very well with garlic, Coriander Leaf or Cilantro. Some people perceive the flavour as a pleasant pungent herby flavour (great with curries) but others taste soap -
I am saying body odor literally hurts your nose, it's very painful, can garlic odor do that? I'm sure garlic odor is totally different than body odor, I've only experienced bad body odor.
I've experienced both and neither is pleasant. I'm sure there's a lot of individual variation in the ability to smell various odours. I also hate being close to someone wearing strong perfume/aftershave. I sometimes sneeze if they just walk past me.
12-Apr-2021 23:28:39
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12-Apr-2021 23:29:19
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Megycal
Megycal
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I've experienced both and neither is pleasant. I'm sure there's a lot of individual variation in the ability to smell various odours. I also hate being close to someone wearing strong perfume/aftershave. I sometimes sneeze if they just walk past me.
Same with the perfume and other smells.
I've sat next to or near plenty of bad hygiene people on a bus. Not all hurt my nose. Most I have to move though.