How to beat a smell

A_Flock_Of_Sheep

Dunroamin wrote: »

Does he have any (smelly) visitors or could he be sneaking someone in without your knowing?

Crumbs he's always having friends round and going to theirs. One or two do smell a bit not same smell though. That actually is BO and stinky feet.

lostinrates

A_Flock_Of_Sheep wrote: »

He better not be

the bed is changed weekly. Maybe that is not enough.

Its possible for a young man of his age it isn't


Also, just because he says he cannot smell it doesn't mean he's not embarrassed by it. I'd increased the number of times you ask him to strip his bed.


Where do his towels reside? Bathroom or bedroom? However is he changing them? And dressing gown/whatever he sleeps in?

Pink_fairies

You've said he skates. Does he wear any pads? If he does it could be these that smell

susan42

The smell is from what teenage boys do. It's on their hands and they touch things so small deposits are around the room , on handles , doors walls , anywhere they touch. I have tried leaving hankies, wet wipes about but it makes no difference. As they are known for not washing their hands.

It will improve when they get a girlfriend . Mine 21 now and it's a lot better.

I put it down to the natural body odour and the masta , you can't really get rid of it without a deep clean everyday, opening the window for a couple of hours a day helps

Gloomendoom

Get him neutered.

It worked for my cat.

Scrapaholic

Our Dgs used to do ice hockey and after a match the smell of his kit, the pads etc was absolutely rank . That was just with sweat from a 9 year old who hadn't hit puberty . Maybe there is something that you can't see festering away . If you believe the tv ads a good spraying of febreeze will cure all smells . There's quite a rare condition where a person can smell of fish but you'd probably know if that was the smell .

bigmomma051204

When I was a teenager My Mum used to blame the following for Teen Room smell:

*Smelly Socks, Shoes
*Clothes taken off and stuffed into orifices (up sides of cupboard etc)
*moudy food/drink under bed - cups, plates etc
* Moudy stuff left in bags - pe kit, swimming kit, food in bottom of school bag etc


Now, I am female so this wouldn't have applied to ME, but have you thought that it might be, erm, "sex smell"..... by which i dont mean ACTUAL sex but the male erm, smell after erm, male pleasure Not just on sheets and clothes but it still leaves an "aroma" in there - especially if its happening often :rotfl:

bigmomma051204

Gloomendoom wrote: »

Get him neutered.

It worked for my cat.

^^^^^^^^
What they said

Gavin83

bigmomma051204 wrote: »

Now, I am female so this wouldn't have applied to ME, but have you thought that it might be, erm, "sex smell"..... by which i dont mean ACTUAL sex but the male erm, smell after erm, male pleasure Not just on sheets and clothes but it still leaves an "aroma" in there - especially if its happening often :rotfl:

Why wouldn't it apply? Women produce a sex smell too.

Threebabes

jackieb wrote: »

My son's room has a strange smell. It's not bad as such, just different. I'm usually quite good at identifying smells but can't seem to figure this one out. It's not pee. It's not sweaty clothes. It's not damp. I can't really describe it either. I have 2 other sons so i'm used to 'boy smells' but don't know what this is. He has quite bad eczema so I don't use smelly stuff to wash his clothes and bedding. His room is vacuumed every day.

If you find out what the smell is i'd be curious to know lol

It sounds like exactly the same problem we have with our son.

We change the bedding, the window is open. It is not BO. I use fabric conditioner. Its really strange ....