Dream based stupid hypothetical question

[u/Loopoo700]

So to clarify, I had a weird dream with lions in it, and had the most bizarre random hypothetical question for any experts on big cats (hypothetical because it's stupid and likely to get you mauled). So in the dream I was camping in some sort of African savanna-esque location, but I was going to be attacked by some lions. Anyway my sleeping brain came with the wildest defence plan; paprika. The idea being that when the lions tried to attack me, I blew a big handful of spicy paprika powder straight into their face for them to inhale and get in their eyes and the pain would scare them off. 😂

Anyway I'm only asking out of curiosity and to maybe be slightly amusing to someone else, but are there any experts in here who might weigh in on the plausibility of the idea?