Does Castor Oil Smell?
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Anne26
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No, it's just regular pure castor oil from my own country.
Some people might not mind the smell, but others will notice. I can stand it for an overnight treatment (I mix it with EVOO so isn't so thick), but I wouldn't leave the house wearing it.
prettypithy
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Mine smells nasty but the odor disappears when mixed with some fragrance. I mix mine with Hot Six Oil which is a mixture of oils with some fragrance. I get the JBCO benefits without the nasty smell.
prettypithy
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Yes, it has a smell.
Sounds stupid but it smells like it's consistency - thick and oily. Lightly pungent.
Adding a few drops of essential oils will cut the smell.
Bublin
Actually, your description is perfect!
AnjelLuvs
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I am thinking the lavendar in the JBCO (Jamacian Black Castor Oil) I have is adding the pleasant smell needed, as I the smell really doesnt effect me...Yes, it has a smell.
Sounds stupid but it smells like it's consistency - thick and oily. Lightly pungent
Adding a few drops of essential oils will cut the smell.
Nonie
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@vtoodler, Castor oil has the sort of smell you'd expect to smell in a plain oil used to lubricate machine parts. It's not strong that it would make you jump back but it's not pleasant that you'd want to keep your nose inhaling it. It's a heavy smell that isn't disgusting but it does smell like it tastes. (Yes, Castor oil is a laxative that is gross to swallow--well, much like any other oil really 
but Castor is so viscous that it's just ugh!) @Bublin is right; when you smell it, you'll agree that it couldn't smell any other way. It's like its consistency determines that it has to have that smell and nothing else.
But your sis would not call the smell of Castor oil bad if she smelled Neem Oil.
Now that's just on a-whole-nother league of its own. To respond to this thread, I sniffed Castor oil a few times trying to figure out how to describe the smell. You CANNOT do that with Neem.
Years ago, I bought Neem oil to use it on my nails as had been suggested to me by that lady at Whole Foods (apparently it's good for nails) and opened it ONCE to use it. Girl, I still can't tell you how I was able to get through the application before realizing that hell is an option and I didn't have to live in it yet--not when I still have time to repent. And it's stubbornly "clingy" and doesn't take well to breakups: I had to wash my hands so many times I lost count trying to get the smell off. But you know what? I NEVER opened that bottle again and after staring at it for years, I put it in the trash because clearly there was no counseling or prayer that could bring that relationship to a place of understanding and mutual tolerance. You hear of phobias of living creatures or heights/tight spaces? I have a debilitating phobia of Neem Oil bottles. I don't approach them...and I will never open them. I don't remember the smell but I can tell you, if I was given the options to inhale a fart by a stranger or take a whiff of Neem oil, I'd actually have a dilemma.
but Castor is so viscous that it's just ugh!) @Bublin is right; when you smell it, you'll agree that it couldn't smell any other way. It's like its consistency determines that it has to have that smell and nothing else. But your sis would not call the smell of Castor oil bad if she smelled Neem Oil.
Now that's just on a-whole-nother league of its own. To respond to this thread, I sniffed Castor oil a few times trying to figure out how to describe the smell. You CANNOT do that with Neem. Years ago, I bought Neem oil to use it on my nails as had been suggested to me by that lady at Whole Foods (apparently it's good for nails) and opened it ONCE to use it. Girl, I still can't tell you how I was able to get through the application before realizing that hell is an option and I didn't have to live in it yet--not when I still have time to repent.
And it's stubbornly "clingy" and doesn't take well to breakups: I had to wash my hands so many times I lost count trying to get the smell off. But you know what? I NEVER opened that bottle again and after staring at it for years, I put it in the trash because clearly there was no counseling or prayer that could bring that relationship to a place of understanding and mutual tolerance. You hear of phobias of living creatures or heights/tight spaces? I have a debilitating phobia of Neem Oil bottles. I don't approach them...and I will never open them. I don't remember the smell but I can tell you, if I was given the options to inhale a fart by a stranger or take a whiff of Neem oil, I'd actually have a dilemma.
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