Please help me- I’m smelly!

[stinkey6]

Sort of lighthearted thread, but also very serious and genuine!

I work with horses and permanently smell of them- usually a combo of poo, ammonia, horse sweat, fly spray and so on. Sometimes I don’t smell it but my friends and family do. I think it clings to my hair- I shower everyday but obviously before I’m meeting friends/working/doing something non horsey I’ll change my clothes, shower and get rid of any horsey smells but I can’t wash my hair every single day so I wonder if that’s where the smell comes from or if it’s just clinging to me in general.

does anyone have any nice go to sprays or products they use? Not for a replacement for showering and getting freshened obviously, I just want to treat myself to a nice smell that actually lasts as the ones I’m using don’t last very long.

I really like sweet/sugary/fruity products- I absolutely love lush snowfairy spray and body products but unfortunately it’s available at xmas only , and I used to love the body shop strawberry shower gel (in a big round tub) because the smells actually lasted and I adored the scent whereas the products I’m using now don’t seem to last or make a difference even when I’m showered, out my horse clothes etc

so what’s your favourite body product/spray/general product? Preferably something sweet and sickly like the producers I mentioned haha

Luckily, my kids ride and my DH is nose blind after 27 years! He was fussy at first too, really paranoid about horsey smells. But we wore him down! He is now so relaxed about animals he has let us raise lambs in the living room when the weather has been bad. Now THAT stinks! For anyone who asks, wooden floors, removable sofa covers and rugs!

I’m using a bubble bath which can be used as shower gel by imperial called Midnight Orchid. It’s very sweet and long lasting. I love body shop vanilla body spray too.

😂 Respect

Have you tried Nizoral shampoo @stinkey6? DH uses it and it works a treat.

Sorry, but I'm with your boyfriend on horsey smells.

I knew we had broken him when a lamb got the zoomies, hopped up on a coffee table loaded with cups and plates after a TV dinner and skidded across it, scattering everything in her wake! He just turned the TV up louder while we dealt with the chaos. She is now a lump of a ewe, who regularly escapes and turns up a the door, hoping we will let her in for a bit of Cbeebies. Don't worry, OP. Like the CIA always says, everybody breaks.

Like the CIA always says, everybody breaks that's made me properly lol

I have horses and used to muck out 12 on straw everyday! You can't mask the smell you need to get rid of the bacteria as that is what smells. Then try and stop it building up.

Things me and my friends do-

Hair in plaits then in a shower cap then into a hat or cap over the top. Hair is the biggest stink I have found. I have brown hair so just washed it everyday and it's fine.
Wear latex gloves underneath your gloves. I have lots of cheap gloves that I wash all the time.
Wash your hands thoroughly multiple times throughout the day. I mean scrub them with a nail brush and apply hand cream. Dry hands always seem to hold the smell more.
I have multiple pairs of boots
Cheap wellies- only mucking out it
Warm boots- all other yard duties
Riding boots- never see the inside of a stable
It's a pain changing boots but mucking out makes boots stink and you can't get rid of it.
The same with multiple coats. Also waterproof trousers that I muck out in a wash all the time they aren't waterproof but more of a stink guard. I have car shoes as well so horse things stay in the boot. Footwells get so smelly and then transfer onto your nice shoes.

I have 6 horses and have learnt from this thread that I probably always stink of horse 😂🙈

I only muck out one horse now and she is on wood pellets and the smell situation is much better! Never have to take such precautions anymore!

My children and I when we used to ride used to have towels draped over the car seat. That kept the horsey smell off the car seats and we just put the towel through the wash get rid of any lingering horsey smell. We changed back into our ordinary shoes before we got back into the car so no passengers or driver in riding boots. When we got home, jodphurs went straight to the laundry for washing - on their own. Boots lived in a box in the boot. We always wore helmets round horses thanks to having a long line of Irish blacksmith/farrier ancestors who were very careful about never putting yourself willingly in a position where you could get kicked by a horse.

I wondering if instead of shampooing your hair, whether you could just rinse it out with conditioner?

Garnier ultimate blends smells quite strong, I find it sticks around with a nice smell. Sometimes I just shove a bit of the hair mask on and then put my hair up, so it’s a hair treatment and it smells lovely at once, and I feel like I’m doing ‘self care’
jo malone body wash sticks around on me and the hand cream too
i think any citrus smells can cut through that animal smell a bit as well

Are you on straw? That is the absolute worst thing for horse smells

Double wash your hair and do leave in spray conditioner to help stop dry out .