Who smells better...you or your spouse?

[Kieth M.]

Of course, you have to go by the others (or an objective outsider's) judgement.

Here's why I ask: My wife is very annoyed with her deoderant. She says I smell better than she does. She can't understand how in the world I can wear a uniform, vest and all this gear and the next morning I still smell good. Okay, in reality it's the Old Spice stick deoderant who still smells good, not necesarily me.:D

But how do you fair in the smell test between you and your spouse or S/O?

[Jellybean400]

That's funny!!

I cant take the test, i'm alone. But i will say - some people sweat more than others, and some people's sweat doesnt smell. Really it's true. My last longterm b/f could go days without smelling sweaty. I only know because times he was sick and didnt shower for a few days, there was no sweat smell.

[texaschickeee]

I always smell like a rose.



really I do. If I stink I shower.

[MPDCjock]

My spouse.

[Stewie]

Definitely Her for sure, can't get enough of it...:)

[jchughes05]

My fiancee' smells WAY better. :-D

[Guams]

My fiancee' smells WAY better. :-D

Ditto.

[1042 Trooper]

Eh... after doing WHAT, exactly? :D

Keith, do you stare into space at times thinking up these profound questions you proffer? :D:D

[Guams]

Eh... after doing WHAT, exactly? :D

Keith, do you stare into space at times thinking up these profound questions you proffer? :D:D

Sometimes I think you and Keith get together, have a few beers, and think up questions... :D :D :D

Am I right, or am I right? :p

[Presence]

Eh... after doing WHAT, exactly? :D

Keith, do you stare into space at times thinking up these profound questions you proffer? :D:D

I was just thinking that same thing about you after reading your poll about the discerning dude's hair! lol...

it took me back to that time you asked what underwear everyone was wearing... :p

[Omega17632]

The secret for a man not to smell is to shave his pit hair. The hair holds in the smell and the smell is actually bacteria. So therefore lose the hair, lose the smell.

[barkalot]

I do.

My wife has tried many products, none of which work for her.

I use nothing; just shower or swim every day or so.

I've heard taking chlorophyll can help, but wife tried it and it either didn't work or she didn't stick with it long enough.

[willowdared]

The secret for a man not to smell is to shave his pit hair. The hair holds in the smell and the smell is actually bacteria. So therefore lose the hair, lose the smell.

I saw a picture of a man with no pit hair once.

Gave me the heeby jeebies!

[Chit2001]

Definitely her.....

[1042 Trooper]

The secret for a man not to smell is to shave his pit hair. The hair holds in the smell and the smell is actually bacteria. So therefore lose the hair, lose the smell.
Somebody get a rope.

[reils49]

The secret for a man not to smell is to shave his pit hair. The hair holds in the smell and the smell is actually bacteria. So therefore lose the hair, lose the smell.

Sounds a little....well...you know:cool:

[Driven]

Of course, you have to go by the others (or an objective outsider's) judgement.

Here's why I ask: My wife is very annoyed with her deoderant. She says I smell better than she does. She can't understand how in the world I can wear a uniform, vest and all this gear and the next morning I still smell good. Okay, in reality it's the Old Spice stick deoderant who still smells good, not necesarily me.:D

But how do you fair in the smell test between you and your spouse or S/O?

Sort of depends on whether I've shaved my pits or not...:D JK
She usually never smells and usually I smell pretty bad after running and such. I usually only smell good after a show and deordorant.... sooooo.....
I'll go with my wife.


Eh... after doing WHAT, exactly? :D

Keith, do you stare into space at times thinking up these profound questions you proffer? :D:D
LOL you crack me up!

[Jellybean400]

I dont want NO man without pit hair!! :eek:

My ex-husband used to trim his a bit because he was in alot of sports, but the hair was still there... thankfully :)

[LA DEP]

Somebody get a rope.

I agree......that is WAAAAAAAAAAAAY too 'metro' for me......

Take a shower, or use some pit wipe if you are stinky.....

[1042 Trooper]

This conversation, much to the glee of Keith, has lasted WAY too long.

Pit hair...FOR GOD'S SAKE!

[FireCop86]

maybe i am going to take this too literally but i had the same problem, my deodorant sucked. i now use secret platinum clear gel and it works great. secret clinical strength works great too but its like 10 bucks a stick.

[RCKoutWurGLKout]

The secret for a man not to smell is to shave his pit hair. The hair holds in the smell and the smell is actually bacteria. So therefore lose the hair, lose the smell.

I shave mine, and it still can smell bad. Of course, I don't use deodarant period. Working long days out in construction in 80-100 degree weather coupled with NC's wonderful summer humidity...I worked with two other guys, so what was the point in even trying to smell nice?

I'm a hairless Asian....not because I shave it all, per se, but just because I got that lucky Asian gene of five-o'clock-shadow...maybe after five days :rolleyes:.

Oh, but I had someone tell me once that changing your deodarant brand every so often was good (something about the body adapts to the one type of chemicals etc etc). I don't know if I believe that or not, though. I did find (at the risk of sounding even more metro...) that using women's deodarant/antiperspirant was very very effective. I sweat easily, but I don't stink usually...unless it's one of those hot summer days and I go running...

[Monty Ealerman]

I shave mine, and it still can smell bad. Of course, I don't use deodarant period. Working long days out in construction in 80-100 degree weather coupled with NC's wonderful summer humidity...I worked with two other guys, so what was the point in even trying to smell nice?

I'm a hairless Asian....not because I shave it all, per se, but just because I got that lucky Asian gene of five-o'clock-shadow...maybe after five days :rolleyes:.

Oh, but I had someone tell me once that changing your deodarant brand every so often was good (something about the body adapts to the one type of chemicals etc etc). I don't know if I believe that or not, though. I did find (at the risk of sounding even more metro...) that using women's deodarant/antiperspirant was very very effective. I sweat easily, but I don't stink usually...unless it's one of those hot summer days and I go running...Hi, Glock,

Most persons of Asian ancestry have a lower ratio of apocrine (usually more odor-producing) sweat glands to eccrine (generally less odor-producing) sweat glands than persons of more recently European or African ancestry, and consequently are less likely to exude as much "body odor".

There are discussions of, and research regarding, epitricial apocrine glands and the hypothesized but not entirely evident, last time I checked, apoeccrine gland.

If anyone wants a more complete account of all that, I'll be glad to provide one. What I've just said has some tendency to arrange ethnicities in order of propensity for stinkiness, and I think it's important to be careful about the possibility of playing into overideations about ethnicities, even when there is some support in natural facts for some of the hypotheses. It seems obvious to me that we're all adapted in accordance with environmental differences.

Regards,

Monty

[willowdared]

I'm usually not stinky, but I can always tell when I've had onions the next day.

I gave up spicy V8, because of it... :(

[Monty Ealerman]

Hi, Willowdared, if you look at all like your pic, I'll put up with onions, garlic, leeks, and scallions, if you'll just park that crossbow, dear. :D

[iluvpopo]

My S/O shaves his armpits, I like it, maybe thats just my gereration because he is not metro at all lol. He smells really good when he gets out of the shower, but I would say I normaly smell better than him. One time when he was younger and did back yard wrestling, he shaved circles in his leg hair, not actual circles, more like the way a candy kane is striped lol:eek: Now he is a proud Deputy Sheriff :D

[1042 Trooper]

Hi, Willowdared, if you look at all like your pic, I'll put up with onions, garlic, leeks, and scallions, if you'll just park that crossbow, dear. :D
:D xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

[CoffeeRoll]

Sounds a little....well...you know:cool:

fruity pebbles maybe??........j/k!! to each his own!! if women do it, why can't man? except for there not being anything there for a woman to twirl between her fingers while you cuddle ---- :eek::p

maybe i am going to take this too literally but i had the same problem, my deodorant sucked. i now use secret platinum clear gel and it works great. secret clinical strength works great too but its like 10 bucks a stick.

have a friend with a sweatiness factor - she can't stand it - but doesn't smell really - says Dove & the deoderant you mentioned works well -- have you tried Mitchem (or Mitchell - something w/a Mitch...) for women gel? Kinda expensive also, about $5 or something but a little goes a long way & it lasts a long looooooooooong time!

Hi, Glock,

Most persons of Asian ancestry have a lower ratio of apocrine (usually more odor-producing) sweat glands to eccrine (generally less odor-producing) sweat glands than persons of more recently European or African ancestry, and consequently are less likely to exude as much "body odor".

There are discussions of, and research regarding, epitricial apocrine glands and the hypothesized but not entirely evident, last time I checked, apoeccrine gland.

If anyone wants a more complete account of all that, I'll be glad to provide one. What I've just said has some tendency to arrange ethnicities in order of propensity for stinkiness, and I think it's important to be careful about the possibility of playing into overideations about ethnicities, even when there is some support in natural facts for some of the hypotheses. It seems obvious to me that we're all adapted in accordance with environmental differences.

Regards,

Monty

I'm not sure if you realize how MUCH I am learning from your posts!! :) So how about posting stinkiness/sweatiness ratio to ethnicity....I'd find it very amusing & fun to know!!

Have any tips for studying the GU/renal system? ;) Got an exam on Fri....:eek:
How about the CV system? ....that's in a couple weeks!

[FireCop86]

have a friend with a sweatiness factor - she can't stand it - but doesn't smell really - says Dove & the deoderant you mentioned works well -- have you tried Mitchem (or Mitchell - something w/a Mitch...) for women gel? Kinda expensive also, about $5 or something but a little goes a long way & it lasts a long looooooooooong time!

never heard of the "Mitch" stuff but thanks for the tips i will try it out the dove

[Monty Ealerman]

never heard of the "Mitch" stuff but thanks for the tips i will try it out the doveIt's called "Mitchum". There was a hilarious gag reel with Kris Kristofferson lying shirtless in a bed with purple satin sheets, trying for lots of takes to say the line "I didn't use anti-perspirant today, and I probably won't tomorrow", and he couldn't say it without busting up laughing. The idea was that Mitchum was so effective that you could skip a day or two.

[Monty Ealerman]

Have any tips for studying the GU/renal system? ;) Got an exam on Fri....:eek:
How about the CV system? ....that's in a couple weeks!I would have to have more detail to make any specific-to-you comments, and I'm not a physician, so any remarks I might make wouldn't constitute medical advice. That said: GU/renal covers a lot. There is the possibility of GU conditions that are not closely related to renal conditions, and vice-versa, even though all of them might in your case be treated by the same urologist. Ultrasound imaging is often useful for determining the presence of kidney stones and for precisely locating them in conjunction with lithotripsy. If you might have serious CV problems, a variety of tests might be indicated, e.g. stress (treadmill), blood workups, respiratory function tests, PET, CAT, MRI, X-ray, fluoroscope, and others. Please feel free to PM me here or to email me at: c u 29@copmail.com. Please remove the spaces from cu29 if you want to email me. (edit - the server there seems to be down right now) The spaces are there for spambot avoidance. I hope your tests go well.

Regards,

Monty

[Athene8107]

My hubby can't go for more than two hours typically without starting to smell a bit, especially if he's been physically active at all. He just has really overactive sweat glands or something. But I still love him.

[willowdared]

Hi, Willowdared, if you look at all like your pic, I'll put up with onions, garlic, leeks, and scallions, if you'll just park that crossbow, dear. :D

I'm not quite as bodacious as my avatar. ;)

[Monty Ealerman]

Me neither.:D But if you're ... well what about parking that crossbow?:) I'll still put up with leeks and scallions.;)

[RCKoutWurGLKout]

At the risk of sounding gross, why is it that if you drink a lot of coffee, you can smell that in your urine? I figure its sorta on topic since sweat is just another form of excretion :rolleyes: ;).

[NTxSarge]

Uhhhhhhh RCKoutWurGLKout, How often do you sniff your urine? :eek:

This thread stinks. :D

[RCKoutWurGLKout]

Uhhhhhhh RCKoutWurGLKout, How often do you sniff your urine? :eek:

This thread stinks. :D

Rofl, good point. I should clarify the fact that I don't bend over to sniff anything, just that the overpowering aroma of coffee smell wafts up to my nose :D. I'm only 5'7" after all :D.

[ford123]

Well, let's see.

Someone mentioned something about switching deodorants.

I will have to say that is true, for me. It works great. I have
to say that if I do not switch every once in a while, it just
stops working. Oh, I use antipespirants.

But...I am the farthest thing from a metro, but trimming of
the pits should be done. (not shaved, weird) But having
hair that you can braid hanging out of your pits is weird too.
And it does make a difference in the smelly factor.

[RCKoutWurGLKout]

Well, let's see.

Someone mentioned something about switching deodorants.

I will have to say that is true, for me. It works great. I have
to say that if I do not switch every once in a while, it just
stops working. Oh, I use antipespirants.

But...I am the farthest thing from a metro, but trimming of
the pits should be done. (not shaved, weird) But having
hair that you can braid hanging out of your pits is weird too.
And it does make a difference in the smelly factor.


Well, I was teased back in high school for shaving my arms and legs...even though I didn't. I was never very hairy. Being asian with a darker complexion its difficult to tell if I have any hair, especially with what little I had. Eventually, I just started to shave it all off, since people assumed I did anyway. I actually like it; not to mention the muscle definition for me looks better, too :D.

[Monty Ealerman]

Hi Glock,

Caffeine is a xanthine, and is a potent diuretic and moderate beta adrenergic agonist (with phosphodiesterase inhibition functionality), and moderate neurostimulant, and has moderate effects on renal partition coefficients, and locally stimulates the jejunum and duodenum and ileum and other parts of the GI tract causing it to flush material.

Coffee promotes urination, and promotes preferential elimination of some of its components into the bladder. Much of some of its odiferous components are passed into the bladder rather directly, without having been broken down into non-aromatic subcomponents. That occurs to a greater or lesser degree based partially on individual hepatic variation.

Consequentially it is to be anticipated that the urine will exude some odors similar to those that coffee does.

Depending on the hepatic variances, and on other factors, that might be more, or less, true for you than for other persons.

Bottom line: it's natural -- nothing to worry about, but try to be moderate about how much coffe you drink.

Regards,

Monty

[RCKoutWurGLKout]

Hi Glock,

Caffeine is a xanthine, and is a potent diuretic and moderate beta adrenergic agonist, and moderate neurostimulant, and has moderate effects on renal partition coefficients, and locally stimulates the jejunum and duodenum and ileum and other parts of the GI tract causing it to flush material. Because coffee promotes urination, and promotes preferential elimination of some of its components into the bladder, including much of some of its odiferous components that are passed into the bladder rather directly, wiithout their having been broken down into non-aromatic subcomponents, that to a greater or lesser degree based partially on individual hepatic variation, it is to be anticipated that the urine will exude some of the same odors that coffee does. Due to the hepatic variance, and to other factors, that might be more true more for you than for other persons. Bottom line: it's natural -- nothing to worry about, but try to be moderate about how much coffe you drink.

Regards,

Monty


I'm glad the latter part of your post was in some form of English language that I could understand ;) :D.

Yeah, depending on how many hours I'm working or how long I've been up/lack of sleep dictates the total cuppage of coffee downed :D. These upcoming 12 hour shifts...I'm hoping the adrenaline rushes will keep me awake more than anything.

[Monty Ealerman]

Hi Glock,

I edited the post to clarify some things, add some minor details and break it into smaller sentences. Sorry if it's too full of obscure argot to be helpful to you. I wanted to be reasonably accurate about why post-coffee urine smells like coffee.

Regards,

Monty

[Blackavar]

Good question. Let me think......


...since my smell doesn't turn me on I will have to say she smells better.

[Blackavar]

I'm not quite as bodacious as my avatar. ;)

That can be fixed :D

[willowdared]

That can be fixed :D

Ha! The girls are a respectable handful each, thank you very much! :p

I could trade in the crossbow for an ocelot....and a pistol....:cool:

[Blackavar]

That's okay too. Anything more than a handful and someone may sprain a thumb.

[Kieth M.]

I could trade in the crossbow for an ocelot....and a pistol....:cool:


I recognize her, I think! Is that Honey West?:cool:

[Monty Ealerman]

Hey Willowdared, that cell phone in your left hand looks a little like a wheel gun. It's even scarier than that crossbow. Can we have your old pic back? :( I didn't mean the crossbow removal thing to make you shy about bodaciousness. I miss that pic already. :D I'm sure you're a heck of a lot prettier than I am. :)

[willowdared]

I recognize her, I think! Is that Honey West?:cool:

Yes it is! She joins Emma Peel and Pepper Anderson on my list of role models. :D

[Ninja Styx]

My husband usually smells yummy.....he will stay away from me and clean up if he is stinky......

Right now, I smell like vanilla and Merlot.....had a glass and put lotion on my hands...nice combination.

[Monty Ealerman]

Yes it is! She joins Emma Peel and Pepper Anderson on my list of role models. :DWhen I was studying martial art in my preteen years I really liked Honor Blackman's Book of Self-Defense. You'll recall that she played Emma Peel in The Avengers and was a prominent character in "Goldfinger".

[willowdared]

When I was studying martial art in my preteen years I really liked Honor Blackman's Book of Self-Defense. You'll recall that she played Emma Peel in The Avengers and was a prominent character in "Goldfinger".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrPuOO2_Q44 :p

[e-man]

I dont know if I posted in this thread yet, but my wife smells intoxicating.
well only after her shower and putting on lotion from Bath and Body Works, the lotion is either 'Sensual Amber'
'Rice Flower and Shea butter'{if you can find that, its an older one they dont stock} or 'Chocolate Amber'
OMG even if she is pi$%ing me off which is frequent these days, she smells amazing.

[StainlessSteve]

I like the smell of my own gas and I actually instructed my two daughters on the "cup and toss" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuZELpIk3bE&feature=related technique along with the phrase "package for ya" poof! So I'll say I smell better that most other guys and I know I smell better than my wife, she hates that... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmeVYcv8Gxk

Oh, and also I showed them their first flaming fart...

[Kieth M.]

When I was studying martial art in my preteen years I really liked Honor Blackman's Book of Self-Defense. You'll recall that she played Emma Peel in The Avengers and was a prominent character in "Goldfinger".

Unless Honor Blackman played Emma at the start of the series, and I'm not aware of it, Dianna Rigg was Emma Peel - she was also the one and only Mrs. James Bond, in On Her Majesty's Secret Service...I had contact with John Steed (Patrick McNee [sp?]) when he came into the Hollywood Desk on some police matter. I didn't get to talk about any of the stuff, I wanted to, with him.

[Kieth M.]

Steve,

I would expect the Dad ofthe year award in your mail box any day now! :D:p

Or a call from Child Protective Services!:D

[StainlessSteve]

Steve,

I would expect the Dad ofthe year award in your mail box any day now! :D:p

I got that years ago Sammy. I'm thinking of writing a book, "Fun with Farting" or "101 things to do an a Saturday Night"

[Sharp]

My SO smells WAY better. She keeps a big bottle of somethingorother in her car (her parents are allergic to many perfumes and such) and uses it every now and then. Not overbearing, but if youre close enough to smell it, its pleasant.
Me on the other hand.... well supposedly I dont stink, but after some of the days I have, I wonder.