Ok, so my MTG came in the mail on Monday. It does smell EXACTLY like bacon, lol. I was worried at first but I tried it that night and this is what I did: I added some strong, sweet smelling esential oil (jasmine to be exact) so that it would cut the smell of the MTG. I applied it only to my scalp and went to bed. When I woke up the next morning, the smell was practically gone. And just to be on the safe side, I have a sheen spray that smells really good and I put that on to mask the smell. It's really not that serious. I'm African American, so the fact that it is oily really doesn't bother me. I thought the oil was pretty light and I put in only on my scalp. It's now thursday, and while I don't want ot jinx it, I already notice fewer hairs in my comb when I comb my hair and everyone on the other forum raved about how is stops breakage. Anyway, I'll update you guys in a couple weeks if I do start to notice rapid growth.