CAPT; FO AND CABIN CREW OF AN EMB-190 NOTICE A GLYCOL LIKE SMELL IN THE ACFT JUST AFTER TAKEOFF. EXCESS GREASE FROM NOSE LNDG GEAR WAS FOUND IN THE PACK AIR INTAKES; THE FUSELAGE UNDERSIDE AND WING-TO-FUSELAGE FAIRING.

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WE PICKED UP AIRCRAFT X AT THE GATE; OPERATING FLT TO ZZZZ. INSPECTING THE LOGBOOK SHOWED THAT A DAILY INSPECTION HAD BEEN PERFORMED THAT NIGHT AND OIL HAD BEEN ADDED TO BOTH ENGINES. JUST AFTER TAKEOFF; AT APPROX 100 FT AGL; WE NOTICED A SMELL ENTERING THE COCKPIT; IT SMELLED LIKE GLYCOL. OUR CABIN CREWMEMBERS NOTICED THE SAME SMELL AND CALLED US TO SAY THEY NOTICED IT TOO. THIS ODOR WAS DISSIPATING RAPIDLY AND THEN WAS COMPLETELY GONE. UPON LNDG IN ZZZZ WE FOUND ON THE WALKAROUND INSPECTION THE NOSE STRUT HAD BEEN SERVICED WITH A GREEN TYPE OF GREASE. THIS EXCESS GREASE HAD BLOWN OFF THE NOSE STRUT ON TAKEOFF AND WAS FOUND ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE FUSELAGE; IN THE PACK AIR INTAKES; AND ON THE WING TO FUSELAGE FAIRING. TO PREVENT THIS OCCURRENCE FROM HAPPENING AGAIN; I SUGGEST THAT WHEN MAINT IS PERFORMED ON THE NOSE STRUT; ESPECIALLY WHEN IT HAS TO BE GREASED; THAT ANY EXCESS IS WIPED DOWN TO PREVENT INGESTION INTO THE ACFT'S AIR CONDITIONING PACKS.CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATED THEY ORIGINALLY THOUGHT THE GLYCOL SMELL CAME FROM RESIDUAL ANTI-ICE FLUID SPRAY. BUT; AFTER SEEING THE EXCESS GREEN TYPE GREASE ON THE NOSE STRUT; THE PACK INTAKE; LOWER FUSELAGE BELLY AND THE WING TO FUSELAGE FAIRING; HE FELT THAT MAINT JUST DID NOT WIPE THE EXCESS GREASE OFF THE STRUT AFTER SERVICING.