garlic breath

Post-aioli oral aura

Garlic breath is the pungent odor that lingers on someone's breath after eating garlic.

The smell comes from sulfur compounds that persist for hours, resisting mouthwash and breath mints.

I'd kiss you, but I have garlic breath.

The term often appears in warnings about food choices before dates or meetings.

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G