Hey Cactusmcharris..great seeing you here..

Bookwurm. I've heard others say their Aloe's smell like onions. If you like the scent of onions, no problem, but if you don't....yuck.
I'd like the onion fragrance if it smelled of fried onions, not raw..lol..Toni

Actually, with so many hundreds of aloe species out there, many of them have that odor. I've had a couple with no discernible smell at all, while others really stink.

Commercially produces aloe has been processed so that all of the odor is removed.

Yea it grows like weeds down here and it is slimy and stinky, but people swear by it, even put it in the blender and drink it. No way........

Thanks guys, I appreciate it! Haha, there is no way that I would put that onion-y mess into a blender and drink it... It sure makes a beautiful houseplant though.

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Glad I found you guy's here, I have two plant's one was given to me that's potted the other was in the yard of the house I moved in, idk how old it is, but it smells like rotten onion,I use the aloe gel for skin care,my question .. is the one that smells bad not good for that? The smell alone makes me not want to use it but I love how soft it makes my hair and the fullness it gives, but should I toss it out because it's bad to use and will it be more harmful than helpful?

Showing us a picture of your plant would help us a lot to diagnose what the problem is. Generally, though, a rotten plant should be tossed, but maybe it's salvageable.