Odor Stories

Malodorous Mademoiselles

October 13, 2009 Odor Stories

My best friend and I departed San Francisco International Airport on an international flight bound for Germany. We were going to travel throughout Europe. The flight to Germany was hell. It couldn’t get any worse than this folks. We boarded the plane and I sat in my assigned seat. Three young French women trapped me in [...]

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The Malodorous MD

September 22, 2009 Odor Stories

In the Los Angeles LAX airport, there was an odor wafting above the sea of people waiting to board a direct flight from LA to Boston. It just was awful, and I couldn’t identify what it was. I boarded the plane and was seated towards the back of the aircraft. I noticed the odor again [...]

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Ben Gay Brouhaha

September 16, 2009 Odor Stories

I was recently on a flight from Denver, Co to Phoenix, AZ. Right after we were seated, a woman next to me started rubbing Ben-Gay on her husband’s neck and back, not just a little, but tons of the stuff. My eyes started watering and my throat started burning from smelling it! I asked a [...]

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Actress Breaks Wind By Star-Struck Passenger

September 10, 2009 Odor Stories

Once I was on an all night business flight, seated in First Class, beside a very famous and beautiful award-winning actress. She was very sweet and we chatted a bit before she fell asleep. Some time later I heard a distinctive sound usually associated with flatulence, followed by a strong odor also usually associated with [...]

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A Valuable Lesson

August 26, 2009 Odor Stories

Over the years I have logged thousands of hours sitting on planes and it was on one of these flights that I learned where not to sit, if at all possible. I had made a last minute change to my plans so I had to jump on a plane at the last minute. Not too [...]

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Passenger Nailed For Releasing Vapor

August 1, 2009 Odor Stories

I was on a flight to San Diego several years back – pre 9-11. About 40 minutes from landing, the woman next to me pulled out a nail polish bottle and started to open it to work on her nails! I usually am a very tolerant person and never say anything to anyone, but I [...]

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Baby Gets Blame For Bad Odor

July 30, 2009 Odor Stories

My family flew from BWI to MSP on March 25th of 2008. At the time my son was 6 months old. About 20 minutes into the flight there was a horrible smell. I checked my sons diaper and he was clean. Several of the other passengers called the flight attendant to complain about the terrible [...]

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Essence De Lavatory

July 25, 2009 Odor Stories

On an Air Italia flight in 1994 from Toronto to Rome, I was seated at the bulkhead row separating first class from coach – right behind the bathrooms. An absolutely beautiful woman walked into the bathroom shortly after take off. When she emerged, it was the worst smell ever. It was so bad that sleeping [...]

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Bathroom Odor Causes Gag Reflex

July 21, 2009 Odor Stories

I was flying from Washington to Nashville. I knew something was wrong when I got on board, I had been assigned the aisle seat in the last row on a very small regional jet, i.e. just opposite the bathroom. My seatmate, a young college student, had her face hidden under her turtle neck sweater. I [...]

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Puke On A Poor Passenger

July 16, 2009 Odor Stories

My plane was 2 hours leaving from Seattle going to Atlanta. I was sitting in the aisle seat with a mother and her adult daughter sitting next to me. The daughter paged the F.A. before we took off and asked for some ginger ale because she had an upset stomach. The F.A. brought her the [...]

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