I can still remember some of the horrendous smells of some of the things my mom tried using on my acne when I was a teenager. We tried various different boughten products. And then she tried natural acne treatment — which, some weren’t so bad, but others … ug. They smelled awful. I don’t know where she came up with some of the concoctions she did, but I would say they were better off left alone. I know she meant well, and she had gone through the same thing as an teenager, as well as an adult. Part of the problem — the acne, I believe was genetic, and I think it was something I was going to have to suffer through regardless of what we did. It did clear up on its own after I had my children, but I still wouldn’t recommend that as a acne treatment. I’m sure it had something to do with my hormones, or maybe the prenatal vitamins. Who knows. But at least I don’t have to endure those smells anymore.