As warmer weather approaches, particular smells emerge like spring flowers or fresh rain. However, aside from the pleasant smells that come with spring, other not-so-great smells blossom thanks to the heat and the sweat that results from it.

The importance of showering regularly, brushing one’s teeth and just in general keeping clean cannot be understated.

Of course, although we are asking, not urging, our peers to remember the bar of soap and deodorant when they head out for the day, we are also asking other individuals who encounter someone who “smells” to be kind and considerate and avoid being a complete and total jerk.

You have to understand, as we do, that people aren’t perfect and sometimes we are in such a hurry to leave we forget to put on deodorant or we wake up late for the class and naturally the last thing on our minds is applying perfume.

People forget it’s natural, and odds are they probably know that they forgot to put on deodorant and are self-conscious about it to begin with.

If you come across someone who doesn’t exactly smell like fresh daisies be polite, pull them aside and whisper it to them.

There’s no need to assault them and humiliate them in front of others just because you can’t stand the smell.

But that also means you shouldn’t stay quiet. It might seem embarrassing to tell someone that a certain onion like stench is hovering over them but it’s just as embarrassing for them, if not more. Don’t be afraid to let them know. Just be kind, because if you don’t, someone else might make them the laughing stock of chemistry class.

For those of us who do wake up late or forget to apply deodorant in general, try carrying some in your backpack or in your car just in case you are having a rushed morning.

And as for those who come across someone who is only human and forgot something in their morning routine, practice being nice and let them know before some other awful human being does.