I'm already using the universal solvent (uh, which is polar, come to think of it, though that distinction had completely failed to occur to me until you mentioned it); I'm seeking a solvent better suited to a specific task. (Specifically, in this case, removing glued-on labels from glass and plastic spice jars -- so I'll Google what homebrewers use to get labels off of beer bottles.)
Meat smelled really awful for a month or two in the late 1980s; now it's only certain meats certain ways (like turkey being rendered into soup) and not a specifically "garbage" smell. I'm not at all surprised to hear that other noses work differently.
I do seem to be more sensitive to the rotting-meat smell of meat in the garbage that actually is rotting, than I used to be, but most folks take out their garbage often enough for that not to come up often.
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Meat smelled really awful for a month or two in the late 1980s; now it's only certain meats certain ways (like turkey being rendered into soup) and not a specifically "garbage" smell. I'm not at all surprised to hear that other noses work differently.
I do seem to be more sensitive to the rotting-meat smell of meat in the garbage that actually is rotting, than I used to be, but most folks take out their garbage often enough for that not to come up often.