Article: on stainless steel to remove the smell of garlic. If a garlicky odor is clinging to your hands after you’ve chopped up garlic cloves, rub your hands across a stainless steel object. Pieces of steel silverware work well. Hold your hands under a stream of cold tap water while rubbing a stainless steel item between them for 1–2 minutes. A metal alloy called chromium that’s contained in stainless steel works to neutralize the smell of garlic on your hands. Acidic citrus fruits like lemon and lime are great at neutralizing the odorous compounds contained in garlic. If your hands smell like garlic, try squirting out about 1 teaspoon (4.9 mL) of lemon juice onto 1 hand. Rub the juice over both of your hands (including your fingers). Then wash your hands with cold water and soap. Give your hands a sniff; the smell of garlic should be gone. Fresh lemon works best for removing garlic’s smell. If you happen to have a lemon fruit at your home, cut it in half and squeeze the lemon juice right onto your palm. If you have fresh coffee grounds in your kitchen, pour 1 scoop into your palm. Put your hands together and rub the coffee grounds over the fronts and backs of your hands and between your fingers. The coffee grounds will get rid of the garlic smell and replace it with the pleasant smell of coffee. Rinse your hands under the tap to get the grounds off. As an added perk, the coarse coffee grounds will exfoliate your skin when you rub them over your hands. If you don’t have the time or equipment to remove the smell of garlic from your hands, your best bet may be to cover it up with a more pleasant odor. Pick up a bottle of perfume (or cologne, if you prefer) and spray 1 or 2 blasts directly onto your hands or wrists. This should mask the garlicky smell for 4–5 hours. Once that amount of time has passed, you can either reapply perfume or use another method to deodorize your hands.
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Rub your hands Spray your hands with fresh lemon juice if you don’t have steel objects. Rub coffee grounds over your hands to scrub off embedded odors. Spray 1–2 spritzes of perfume on your wrists to mask the smell.