Successfully Unscented
Last time I shared with you the fact that I can smell you coming, and talked about some of the ways I could do so.
This time I’ll tell you why you can’t smell me.
First, I never use any colognes. My wife, with regrets, does not wear perfumes.
For underarm deodorant, we … don’t use any. But we do not smell bad. In fact, quite the reverse. We use colloidal silver under our arms and any other places that might generate scent. Because most body odor (if we are healthy) that is not caused by the food we eat comes from bacteria which grows on us and releases sulphur based wastes that, of course, smell very bad. Colloidal silver simply kills them, so that your sweat does not become a breeding ground for germs. Very nice. No body odor, no added scent.
You can also use baking soda, or hydrogen peroxide, as a deodorant, but those both have some drawbacks and I do not recommend them. Plain old clean water and non-scented soap is probably better in the long run, if you wash often enough.
Which brings up the huge topic of scented detergents and soaps. They are a disaster in two ways. First, if your clothes are freshly washed, I can smell them even more than I can smell your body. Second, all those perfumes they include in the soaps and detergents are allergenic to most people. Probably you. Although chances are you do not believe that yet. You may think the sniffle that happens from time to time with no other symptoms is a little cold. It isn’t. Something has brought your histamine reaction to allergens just over the threshold. You may think the slight darkness like bags under your eyes is from lack of sleep, when in actuality it is usually another symptom of an allergic reaction. You sneeze. You have an itch. A hundred little things that you thought were just normal. All caused by a confluence of allergenic substances that pile on top of each other until you experience a whole host of minor discomforts. And perhaps over time, a systemic reaction that impairs your immune system. This is much more serious than it appears at first. But I will let you think about reducing allergens at your leisure. Right now we’re concentrating on the scents these substances produce in overwhelming abundance.
A large portion of the successful solution to scents is simple. Stop wearing scents. I know, you don’t want to. But if you don’t want me to smell you coming, you simply must.
Currently my wife and I do eat lots of garlic, we brush our teeth with minty fresh toothpaste, my wife wears cosmetics, and we enjoy an occasional Altoid. But if things go seriously south, we will immediately change our habits. Toothpaste will be hydrogen peroxide and baking soda. No more cosmetics nor mints. And we will review whether the health benefits of garlic is worth the giveaway quality it imparts to our breath and body odor. We will also consider the various scents on our clothing, like the telltale smell of waterproofing, or the scent that some fabrics naturally give off when heated by body warmth. We’ll take a close look at everything else that could cause a scent that would be unnatural in our location.
If we choose to do so, we can make ourselves practically invisible in the realm of scent. You can too.
So now please buy a little food and water and store it. Being unscented is good. Being unstarving is even better.
