I have a few jars that really smell like what was stored in them. Rose snuff in a few (always buy snuff in bulk, it's way better). A Brebbia aromatic that is one of two actual long lasting strong ghosters and a Solani Aro that ghosts just as completely (Sweet Mystery X). So in other words my jar cleaning so far is pretty garbage, any advice???
I’ve successfully gotten the smell out of pickle jars through the following method:
1) place offending jar in the sink, with a very large metal spoon (spatula, etc) in the jar
2) put a lot of baking soda in the jar with the spoon
3) bring large pot of water to boil on stove
4) pour boiling water into the jar that contains the baking soda and the large metal spoon
5) stir with spoon, making sure the baking soda reaches all the internally exposed parts of the jar
6) profit
The boiling water expands the glass and the baking soda does its work on the odor. The large metal spoon should absorb the shock of the boiling water.
Additional tip: before adding the spoon and baking soda, it doesn’t hurt to get the offending jar warmed up by using hot tap-water.
This is my go-to method and it has yet to fail.
(With a mason/ball jar I would use a new lid).