Trust me, you'll still smell like garlic if you eat a lot. Every now and then I have a 'garlic bomb' and I can smell it - especially under my fingernails, even after repeated scrubbing. If you and your partner are both full of garlic, you won't notice as much after a good smooch. The sense of smell stops noticing things when there's a constant level of smell, as in no changes in the level of intensity.

Another factor is parsley. Parsley somehow keeps you from smelling when you eat garlic. That's why health food stores sell 'garlic/parsley' tablets, and why it's a good idea to eat that hunk of parsely as a garnish on your plate in a restaurant. It might not be enough to stop it coming out your pores, but it WILL freshen your breath.

And Poor Misery, if you cook with whole corms of garlic... when's dinner?