We've inherited a wooden sea chest from 1827 along with accompanying provenance and documentation. That's the good news. The bad news is that it stinks. [more inside]
posted by imjustsaying on Nov 5, 2009 - 20 answers

I live in a place that is rainy or snowy half the year, and during that half it is impossible to keep the floor of my car dry. It has begun to smell pretty bad. I recently had the interior detailed, which included washing the floor mats, and it smelt fine until the floor got wet again, which was almost immediately. Does anyone have a good technique for keeping wet carpet from smelling bad? Drying it is not an option. For bonus points, exactly what is it that causes the smell?
posted by ubiquity on Jan 3, 2009 - 12 answers

Floor scrubber, or WHAT [more inside]
posted by raildr on Oct 18, 2008 - 7 answers

Who has a sense of smell as strong as mine? No one nose! Please help me. [more inside]
posted by susiepie on Jan 31, 2008 - 28 answers

What can we do to stop our smelly neighbors? [more inside]
posted by susiepie on Oct 26, 2007 - 13 answers

There's this odor. I don't know what it is or how to describe it except as dry, organic, and searing. Noisome and musty. But not organic like shit nor like mildew. Not searing like acid. Astringent but not like alcohol. A staleness, certainly, that tickles the throat and makes the eyes water. A malodorous fustiness, raw but not putrid. [more inside]
posted by Grod on Oct 24, 2007 - 16 answers

Getting "OLD" moist smell out of fabric? [more inside]
posted by Pressed Rat on Oct 22, 2007 - 4 answers

Puppy smell. What is it? Where does it come from? Why can I not get enough of it? [more inside]
posted by LeeJay on Jun 3, 2006 - 20 answers

Has anyone had good luck with over the range microwaves? I'm interested in knowing how good these things do at capturing and reducing odors while cooking. We live in a small apartment and there's no vent over the stove. Would something like this over the range microwave actually reduce cooking odors?
posted by teddyb109 on Oct 16, 2005 - 7 answers

I live on a block in browstone Brooklyn, NY. For the last few weeks, the air has been, periodically, filled with a somewhat unpleasant onion-y smell. At first I thought this was someone's bad cooking, but I'm wondering if it's a tree of some kind. Does anyone know what this is? (and no, this is not the horrid smell of the ginko tree, whose "fruit", in the fall, smells like darkroom chemicals...)
posted by ParisParamus on Oct 9, 2004 - 8 answers

What's the best way to get rid of lingering odors? [more inside]
posted by theNonsuch on Oct 2, 2004 - 6 answers

Skunkfilter: Ewww. There's a skunk under my office (which is in a trailer-house). It stinks. How do I get rid of the thing? When I've done that, how do I get rid of the stench? (Or will it just go away in time?) Lord, this is nasty.
posted by jdroth on Jun 24, 2004 - 5 answers

Skunk attack! My friend's house had a large family of skunks living underneath it. Dog went after the skunks, and a nuclear cloud of skunk-stink enveloped their whole house, permeating every single plastic, wood, cloth, or food item. Other than burning the whole thing down and starting over, what can she do? [more inside]
posted by pomegranate on Feb 5, 2004 - 7 answers