I've tried everything: masks, clothes pins, mentholatum. I just can't
get around the smell. Mine's a good brand, Three Crabs or something
like that; and granted the taste is mild, just a salty, rich taste
that makes a good dipping sauce. But that smell! I'm not a neutral
scent fanatic. I don't mind the smells of frying permeating the house,
or a long braise or even sauteeing onions and garlic. My wife must
have some hound dog in her genes; she can tell if I've looked at a
clove of garlic within the past three hours. She didn't mind the smell
of my simmering fish sauce; in fact, she kinda liked it. Me? I was
ready to abandon ship, sell the house or raze it and rebuild. Naw!
Just dump the fish sauce and note it as another "cannot do."

How about you? Do it bother you? How do you cope? How do you explain
to guests that your sewer system is fine and that neither you nor your
pets are flatulent or dead and that so far as you know there's nothing
rotting beneath your house?