If you're soaked with sweat after a power-packed workout, you're not alone.

New athletic gear promises to help you catch a whiff of a pleasant scent, instead of body odor, while you work out. Some fabrics even claim to stop stench completely. 

They could come in handy to Tony Morando and Michelle Zimmerman, who love to hit the gym.

"Just the feeling of -- that you did something proactive during the day," said Morando said. "I think it gives me more energy."

But after a grueling workout, they're ready to hit the showers and toss the sweaty gym clothes.

“Most of the time they're kind of damp, wet,” Morando said. “And obviously, they smell like you just worked out."

Athletic wear treated with stench-fighters -- like activated carbon, which works by absorption – are the latest trend. Dr. Kay Obendorf of Cornell University says they work like paper towels.

"The same way you would use a paper towel to wipe up a milk spill off of the counter," she said.

There’s also clothing infused with silver. It works a bit differently. Obendorf likens it to Neosporin.

"You put Neosporin on your cut as an anti-microbial to retard the growth of bacteria,” she said.

Morando tried out one. He took to the treadmill in a silver-infused tank by Adidas and a shirt by Patagonia which contains amino acids that claim to beat bacteria. He gave both a run for the money.

"When I was done working out there was no sweat on me,” he said. “So it was kind of a relief not having to go home with wet clothes."

How do you decide which odor-fighting fabric is best for you?

"I think all of them work,” Obendorf said. “It's going to depend upon how much add-on there is in the product and how you use it."

While Zimmerman liked her tank's fresh scent, she isn't sure she would buy one. But Morando called his shirts a breath of fresh air.

"I would definitely wear these shirts in the future," he said.

Odor-fighting fabrics typically cost between $25 and $50.