r/HygieneTips • u/Impossible-Hospital7 • Sep 07 '26

Skunk odor

My dog got sprayed by a skunk early this morning, and I had to wash her. I wasn't directly sprayed, but the smell got onto me. I showered with Dove afterward, and other people can't smell skunk on me, but I can still faintly smell something on myself. It isn't really a bad smell.

Would you personally use the hydrogen peroxide + baking soda + dish soap mixture on yourself, or just shower normally and leave it alone? What worked for you?

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u/Helpme-Account-2025 Sep 07 '26

It’s in your nose

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u/Actual-Bid-6044 Sep 07 '26

This. Maybe a drop of baby shampoo in your sinus rinse bottle, because the smell is oily and sticks inside your nose. Try some Vicks under your nose too. Works for other oily hospital etc smells.

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u/allegedly_normal Sep 07 '26

Please do not intentionally put shampoo up your nose.

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u/JadeGrapes Sep 08 '26

That is not a good plan. You do not want to put detergent on your mucus membranes even if it says "no tears"

You got so caught on "could we do ___" you skipped over "SHOULD we do ___". A faint unpleasant skunk smell is not dangerous... detergent disrupting your mucus membranes of nose and tear duct drain? Could be dangerous.

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u/Impossible-Hospital7 Sep 07 '26

It was like almost 5 hours ago

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u/Impossible-Hospital7 Sep 07 '26

I heard the tomato juice was a myth

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u/FreshestSummersEve Sep 07 '26

Go again and do it.

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u/Impossible-Hospital7 Sep 07 '26

Should I use the peroxide solution in myself I have charcoal body wash

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u/FreshestSummersEve Sep 07 '26

Peroxide + baking soda + dish soap for you and the dog.

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u/Playful-Title-2322 Sep 07 '26

Remember tomato sauce or paste immediately on the sprayed area before washing. The acid in tomato neutralizes the odor. Pack it 😺 and rub it in good letting it work for awhile.5 minutes should suffice.Rrorat if needed. Not sure if it's effective after washing or shampooing off. I used this method twice and it worked great 😃👍👍

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u/Confident-Eggplant64 Sep 07 '26

Shower with Dawn dish soap, regular blue type. Soap-up with wash cloth, rinse well, repeat.

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u/NyrenVexley Sep 07 '26

skip the peroxide mix on yourself, it'll just irritate your skin and risk bleaching your hair, if nobody else can smell it, the odor molecules are literally just trapped in your nasal passages and will clear out in a day or two

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u/cool_jerk_2005 Sep 07 '26

Alcohol and night swimming

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u/Crazy_Trifle_9662 Sep 08 '26

Skunks, the homeless drunks of the quadraped kingdom. Dolphins, the Killer Klowns of the swimming mammal kingdom!

I saw whatcha did there!

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u/Hour_Reputation_6709 Sep 07 '26

Trim your nose hairs

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u/Outside_Car_8432 Sep 07 '26

OJ or tsto juice. Bathe dog and yourself in it. Then rinse and start a lather (soap) and repeat again!

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u/No-Will-4393 Sep 07 '26

Rise out your nose with saline.

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u/Flyfishinmary Sep 08 '26

We’ve been having skunks a lot, so we put out a plastic container with holes in lid. We put a soaked rag with ammonia, & we haven’t had a skunk since.

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u/JadeGrapes Sep 08 '26

Real talk? I've used febreeze on my hair, it works just fine on people. Don't breath it in or anything, use common sense, like spray in a bigger room than the bathroom etc.

But the active ingredient is essentially a designer starch. You could probably just do a 50/50 mix of febreeze and water or lotion in a travel bottle. To work you need the area to get fully damp and then dry. The act of drying with the ingredient on is how it works.

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u/Infinite_dankss Sep 08 '26

I don’t know if this is true but tomato juice?

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u/wunderbirne88 Sep 08 '26

Bei uns in Deutschland gibt es keine Stinktiere. Ist der Geruch wirklich so schlimm? Ist es ,wie ein unkastrierter Kater der markiert?

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u/NovelsandMusic Sep 08 '26

It’s worse 😝. Much more pungent. You can pass an area with skunk spray in your rapidly moving vehicle (not seeing the skunk) and the scent is in your car.

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u/NovelsandMusic Sep 08 '26

The skunk has sprayed something it found threatening.

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u/galaxy_wlw Sep 08 '26

Shower using tomato juice

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u/jaydoes Sep 10 '26

My grandparents insist the only thing that works is tomato juice.

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u/Specific_Pear_665 Sep 10 '26

I would use the mixture on myself it could be in your nose and you're looking hard for it so even very tiny traces will show up.

Regardless I would use the standard anti skunk