Today's topic du jour is body odor, I guess - as a gay man, [View all]

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I find that body odor in a physically attractive man can give me a 5-second ... thrill, ok? Preferably when fresh, lol.

But in 95% of the rest of the population - young, old, female, male, fat, thin, ugly, beautiful - body odor is repulsive, and offensive. Deodorant for under the arms is essential in a civilized society. As is daily bathing, frequently twice a day, if you exercise.

Also, while I am 0% attracted to women, I do get that "Scent of a Woman" was probably a fun concept when whoever wrote it thought it up. It's a concept which is not unheard of at all - in fact, Napoleon - it is said - told Josephine in a communication upon returning from a successful battle, "don't wash!" I think the idea here of pheromones and body odors sometimes being attractive and such is an intuitively sensible idea, not only to sophisticated people but to the most ignorant.

Regardless of that, almost every stranger you encounter in society will find your lack of personal hygiene as rude as chewing your meal with your mouth open, or going to midnight mass in sweats and t-shirts.