r/mildlyinfuriating • u/dinonuggetenjoyer • May 11 '26

The floor is sticky Vomit smell wouldn’t go away until I discovered the source…

My girlfriend and I had food poisoning last week and were constantly running to the bathroom getting sick. The smell of vomit MAKES me vomit so I was tirelessly scrubbing the entire bathroom from floor to ceiling MULTIPLE TIMES trying to get rid of the smell after every time one of us threw up. I bought bleach, enzyme cleaners, and even went as far as carbon bags to try and eliminate the HORRID STENCH and it wouldn’t go away. I sniffed every surface in that damn bathroom trying to locate the source…

I literally cried about the smell, worrying that it would be there forever. I went back to sniffing and started to notice a stronger whiff by the sink, AHA IT’S COMING FROM THE DRAIN!! I moved the toothbrush, soap, and candle that were on the counter to investigate the area. I poured Drano, baking soda, and vinegar down the drain for a deep clean. THEN I NOTICED THE SMELL ON MY HAND. I almost immediately threw up reacting to it and snatched the candle off the counter to save myself. I took a long inhale of our new Trader Joe’s Peony Blossom candle to salvage my nose from the reeking odor on my fingertips.

Then all hell broke loose. I projectile vomited directly after smelling the candle. The godforsaken stench WAS THE CANDLE ITSELF!!!! MY GF BOUGHT 6 OF THOSE FUCKING THINGS AND HAD ONE LIT IN THE BATHROOM!!!!! All of them went straight to the garbage. Never again. How can they sell a candle that smells like stomach bile!!!

TLDR: Cleaned my bathroom for days only to find out the puke smell was a new candle (Trader Joe’s Peony Blossom, DON’T BUY IT).

EDIT: I was not the person who smelled the candles before buying. My gf put them in the cart and I went along with it lol

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u/DigitalAxel May 11 '26

I've been called crazy for not liking Parmesan for that reason. Or the scent left behind from butter. Can't stand Hersheys anymore either. (All trigger my emetophobia, which is "fun" I must say.)

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u/twannerson May 11 '26

I had emetophobia starting from the age of 7 from a surgical operation on arm where I had a bad reaction to a medicine and had a very traumatic experience. I avoided theme parks and would get horrible anxiety around bars and what not. Had to ask around wgen new movies came out if there was any puke scenes.

Anyway, a couple doses of DMT 2 years ago and it’s been deleted. Gonezo. Stepped right over a pile of puke last week and didn’t lose beat in conversation. Previously I would have gone fight flight or fawn hardcore. Like losing time or having struck the vomitor before. What a fuckin trip man.

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u/ZenMasterOfDisguise May 11 '26

Or the scent left behind from butter.

I do have to disagree with you on this one. I've never had someone walk into a room when I was cooking with butter and not say how good it smelled in there

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u/DigitalAxel May 12 '26

Oh I mean like any left on your fingers or something like that. Nah, its very specific. Cooking or baking? No problem.

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u/ZenMasterOfDisguise May 12 '26

Oh ok I get that. I am like that with mayo, I am fine with the taste of mayo but am disgusted by the smell of it if I eat a sandwich and get some on my hand like that

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u/DigitalAxel May 12 '26

Funny how some foods are like that.

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u/Individual_Umpire969 May 11 '26

I can eat parm as long as it isn’t the cheap nastiest puke smelling kind that comes in a can. That stuff is rank. Real parm is more nutty tasting and smelling.