Does Castor Oil Stink?

[Je Ne Sais Quoi]

I have some castor oil thats been sitting here for about 7-9 months, in a plastic bottle. I want to use it up and in fact smothered my ponytail and edges in it before I went to bed (i'm cowashing this morning soon). Anyway, it has a smell to it and I want to make sure its ok. Not really rancid, but it does stink. Does yours?

 

[FemmeCreole]

I have some castor oil thats been sitting here for about 7-9 months, in a plastic bottle. I want to use it up and in fact smothered my ponytail and edges in it before I went to bed (i'm cowashing this morning soon). Anyway, it has a smell to it and I want to make sure its ok. Not really rancid, but it does stink. Does yours?

castor oil does have a distinct scent but I would say it stinks

 

[MrsWatson]

I havent used any in a while...but when i was little it was my grandmothers cure for any and every illness and everytime she tried to make me swallow some, i remember yelling "it stinks granny!!" so yea...definitely a very distinct smell!

 

[LynnieB]

to me it does, it's faint but distinctive even the "fresh" stuff. i prolly have an overly sensitive nose for castor oil though.

that's why i was a little nervous when i shelled out the $$ for qhem's products but she mixes the scent away and her stuff smells fine.


essential oils are your friend Bre-Bre. a few drops and all's well.

 

[Je Ne Sais Quoi]

castor oil does have a distinct scent but I would say it stinks

ok great so i'm sure mine is fine. It does stink but not in a quite so bad way.

 

[Twisties]

I think it stinks sort of...I have the Edgar Cayce Cold Press Castor Oil and I don't like the smell of it really. I use it for oil rinses or will use it the night before a wash, but not as a daily leave in because of the smell. The bottle smelled this way when I first opened and used it and it was sealed and everything, so it hadn't gone bad. I don't know if it goes rancid though. I guess u could mix it with something to cover the smell though.

Yes, I agree with Val - the smell is "distinct". LOL.

 

[Je Ne Sais Quoi]

I havent used any in a while...but when i was little it was my grandmothers cure for any and every illness and everytime she tried to make me swallow some, i remember yelling "it stinks granny!!" so yea...definitely a very distinct smell!

I used to have to take a spoonful every morning erplexed

 

[Je Ne Sais Quoi]

to me it does, it's faint but distinctive even the "fresh" stuff. i prolly have an overly sensitive nose for castor oil though.

that's why i was a little nervous when i shelled out the $$ for qhem's products but she mixes the scent away and her stuff smells fine.


essential oils are your friend Bre-Bre. a few drops and all's well.

Gooood moooorning Lynnie I think I have some EO's around here somewhere from my soaping days late last year

 

[Je Ne Sais Quoi]

I think it stinks sort of...I have the Edgar Cayce Cold Press Castor Oil and I don't like the smell of it really. I use it for oil rinses or will use it the night before a wash, but not as a daily leave in because of the smell. The bottle smelled this way when I first opened and used it and it was sealed and everything, so it hadn't gone bad. I don't know if it goes rancid though. I guess u could mix it with something to cover the smell though.

Yes, I agree with Val - the smell is "distinct". LOL.

Hi Twisties Yeah, i have about 14 ounces here that I need to use up so i slathered it on last night and went to bed. It's very thick. I may just start using this every night and cowash in the morning.

 

[Kalani]

To me it always smells like peanuts, or various stypes of nuts blended together. Its not a bad smell per say, but not something I like to smell coming from my hair all day. I remember I bought a large bottle when I first read raves about it on this board. But after using it a couple of times, I could not get past that smell.

 

[LynnieB]

Gooood moooorning Lynnie I think I have so EO's around here somewhere from my soaping days late last year

Good Morning dear Bre-Bre. i saw your post from last night and you took the photos down, from the comments it looks like your hair is just fine and you had nothing to worry about!!!

did you do some twists yet?

 

[chebaby]

i dont think my jamaican black castor oil sticks. if it has a smell its very faint but i use it every day so it cant be too bad

 

[Je Ne Sais Quoi]

Good Morning dear Bre-Bre. i saw your post from last night and you took the photos down, from the comments it looks like your hair is just fine and you had nothing to worry about!!!

did you do some twists yet?

Yeah, I got schooled last night No, i didn't do twists yet. I fell asleep on the couch and woke up at like 1:30 this morning. I am going to cowash this morning and probably cowash again this evening then twist up

 

[Choklatekiss79]

kinda smells like chicken grease to me. But it's a helluva moisturizer.

 

[Je Ne Sais Quoi]

kinda smells like chicken grease to me. But it's a helluva moisturizer.

Yes it does!!

 

[tocktick]

i dont think my jamaican black castor oil sticks. if it has a smell its very faint but i use it every day so it cant be too bad

i have some west indian castor oil and it hardly smells of anything. before i saw the rest of the responses, i was actually going to suggest maybe your oil was off but i see many people's oil has a noticeable smell.

 

[natural_one]

yeah mine smells a little funky...I just purchased some peppermint oil to drop it in..Hopefully it will be soon!

 

[ellebelle88]

It's actually not that bad if you get the one out of the laxative section.