[blparent] Getting Rid of a Powerful Smell

[Jo Elizabeth Pinto]

Hi.  My daughter got into the bottom drawer of my nightstand and found some shower gel that I forgot I had.  I never liked it because it was really strong, and the smell reminded me of incense.  She got a great big glob of it and tried to rub it into her hands and arms like lotion.

Okay, so how do I get rid of the awful smell?  Any ideas?  It's taken over my whole house, I'm not kidding!  I put my daughter in the tub, which didn't help[ a whole lot because shower gel is meant to leave a lingering scent.  Unfortunately, the scent is lingering on my hands as well, and in the air all over the house.  I opened up the windows--thank goodness it's a nice evening.  But the smell is literally strong enough that I can taste it and my eyes are watering.  Any tips would be appreciated.

Jo Elizabeth

"How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and the strong.  Because someday in life you will have been all of these."--George Washington Carver, 1864-1943, American scientist