About two weeks ago after completing my National Youth service, I first came to my aunt’s house to vacation in one of the most expensive estates in Port Harcourt and her apartment smelled awful despite the air fresher. This isn’t surprising as my sick 96 years old grandmother who is her mother, lives with us.

My grand mum’s body has failed her so much that she can’t hold her pool or urine anymore. She literary wears diapers now. Furthermore, she can’t stand or walk by herself anymore. It’s sad to see her once agile body, deteriorating.

Well, since I first came to live with them, nothing much has changed! However, the suffocating smell is gone.
Where did the pesky awful odour go? It must have gone for good, I guess.

If you believe the odour is no more, then I have a bridge to sell.

Alas! My nose is deceiving me.

I am yet to investigate the science behind this, but I think our nose can get used to certain odours, whether its offensive or pleasant. This is why we can’t rely on our nose to tell us the odour coming from our clothes, our underwear, our rooms, our offices, our bedsheets, etc.

If you sniff your underwear and clothes before changing or cleaning them, you’re being scammed. You smell!

The only way you can stay free from terrible smell is to create a maintenance plan your body.

For the ladies, decide not to wear your underwear twice without washing. Men, decide not to wear your underwear for more than twice days, at most. Even if you can afford only two or three, WASH and WEAR. By all means, avoid bad odour. Put on some cologne.
Change your bedsheet at least every weekend.

Get air fresher for your room too or open the windows, let air enter the room.

By all means, AVOID BAD ODOUR.