And Febreze's reward (an odorless home) was meaningless to someone who couldn't smell offensive scents in the first place.
Next year DuPont will introduce a fabric that can temporarily imprison offensive scents -- so that, say, a shirt that spent the night in a smoke-filled bar will arrive home at 5 a.m. smelling as if it passed the hours in a spring meadow.
Comprised of mostly almond oil and beeswax, it has an herbal but non-offensive scent that is actually pleasing.
Studies [ 35] have reported that women who lived with obstetric fistula used scented powders and perfumes to cover for the offensive odour.
Ageratum secretes a scent considered offensive to mosquitoes, and only grows to a maximum of 18 inches (45.72 cm) in height.
Stinky and offensive, hydrogen sulfide has the unmistakable scent of rotten eggs.
This fruit is a fatty fruit, like avocado, is rich and smooth in texture, similar to a custard, and is rich in sulfur, which gives it a scent some people find offensive.
But in staged homes, the scent of cleaning solutions and air fresheners can cover up offensive, lingering smells ― like cigarette smoke ― just long enough to keep them unnoticed.
But the cheap stuff (scented erasers, candy, nail polish, stickers and temporary tattoos) can be equally offensive to parents trying to teach ecological consciousness or simply cutting down on clutter.
I found it offensive that my "sweet spot", which I would come to understand meant "vagina," needed freshening up with scents other than my own and via a moist towelette, no less.
I am not one to shower every day, but this time my roommate was commenting on a more offensive scent cow manure.
