Ok, I have a small issue here. I am a cook at a local new upscale restaurant and I have been working with a lot of onions. Lately I have noticed that my hands constantly smell like onions,lol.
This is not a good thing when you have to deal with models and you are helping with hair and such around their face and your hands have a faint onion odor.
I have tried washing over and over and pretty much anything else I can think of. Even bleach yet the faint odor is still there.
Any helpful hints?

use latex gloves when cutting onlions, it takes time getting use to but you won't smell like onions, and when you need onion slices use a deli slicer if they have one

same goes for garlic

- latex gloves (benny)
- rub away bar (i haven't tried it)
- rub your hands on stainless steel, your sinks or countertops should be, takes the smell right off
http://chemistry.about.com/cs/howthings … ssodor.htm
don't use citrus, the acid will really cut into your skin

I can not believe I did not try the orange or anything citrus,lol. I have to try this steel thing out first though. If that works that is just plain interesting,lol.
As for gloves we really do not use those for the cooking I and the other chefs do unless there is a cut on the hand somewhere.

LEMON JUICE!

Dilute bleach

For garlic, stainless steel works, cooking shops even sell stupid stainless steel "soap bars".

I've heard it works for onion odor too. Just rub your hands over a stainless steel tablespoon or soup spoon. Do not attempt this with stainless steel forks or knives!!!

Silver or stainless steel.  It works.