The smell of the product truly is awful. I thought some of the reviews might be exaggerating but no. You get used to it but still... as far as hair removal went, it failed to remove everything, and my hair is fairy light and weak since I have been waxing it for fifteen years now. I can easily spend a month or more without waxing my legs and you can barely tell (unless you look at it from a very small distance). So I mean... not like my hair should be a big challenge. I will try to give it another go but from what I have experienced I wouldn't rate it more than a 3.5. It's very far from perfect and I was glad to only get the small size hair removal creme.