"kilikini" > wrote in message
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> I made a double-stuffed potato for the soon-to-be hubby last night and
diced
> up some chives for some color to top off the 'tater. My fingers *still*
> smell like chives and I've washed them and washed them. The same thing
> happens to me when I peel garlic. It's at the point where the smell is
just
> nauseating. Garlic or chive odor will stay on my fingers for up to 4 days
> after I handle them.
>
> Is there any way to get rid of it? HELP ME PLEASE!

If you have long fingernails it's a worse problem because there's more space
for it to hide in.
Nail biters generally have less trouble (and get garlic flavored nails in
the process, yum)

Anyhow... getting serious. Rub salad oil or olive oil generously into your
hands, rubbing and working it in everywhere (especially under nails and
around cuticles) for a few minutes. Then wash it all off with ordinary
deodorant soap, again working the lather into nail areas. The smell will be
greatly diminished if not eliminated. The reason is that the odorous
substances are fat soluble.