Vicks works pretty well to mask, deaden, the sense of smell and really helps to take the edge off the stink.

While it is not considered vital enough to make it in a BOB a decent supply of mentholated vapor rub, Vicks or generic, is a valuable addition to a larger and more comprehensive disaster kit.

Fact is people stink, literally, alive we emit foul vapors and materials. Dead, it only gets worse. And the worse the conditions get and the greater the numbers of people the worse the smell gets.

Mentholated vapor rub is good for calming dry coughs. And helping clear stuffy noses. And dealing with the eye-crossing pong that humans create in life and in death.