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I honestly didn't think deodorant was stil a thing since I decoupled from advertising. I'm a man who can cook and eat well so apparently I smell great even if I go a couple of days without showering sometimes.
Are you relying on your own nose or someone else's?
If they're saying "apparently I smell great", that suggests they're relying on other people's noses.
I think they're relying on people being polite and not mentioning how much he smells.
It's just something people say to me quite often. Even before I met my wife. I don't think it's politeness or flirting. People have literally done a double take and inhaled deeply.
You either have East Asian ancestry, and therefore an ABCC11 mutation, or you reek to high-heaven and are nose blind to it. Diets are not correlated with a lack of body odor, our bodies likely produce strong odor for mating purposes so there would be no circumstance where you wouldn't have one, sans the aforementioned mutation.
So, either you got dry-ass, clumpy ear wax (another mutation symptom) or you stink and can't tell. Sorry bud, if it's the latter.
I think it might be because I mostly wear wool and linen clothing (including underwear). Body odour is mostly bacteria and wet cotton is excellent growing grounds for them. I often have people (mostly women) tell me I smell great and ask what schampo/bodywash i use. Thing is I use the most basic perfume-less one.
Nope. Your body odor is associated with your secondary sex traits, not cotton. You start stinking when you hit puberty. You might not smell as bad because you never made an antibacterial nest in your armpit where just whatever can grow once it's gone, instead it being filled with your natural flora, but that does not change that you have more body odor than those around you (for both good and ill)
You either have a hormone imbalance or you're party of the problem bud
Nah you smell like shit
I honestly think deodorant is 70% advertisement. People were fine without it a century ago. BO doesn't bother me, except after intense exercise or if the person doesn't shower, those are the only genuine use cases I can imagine. Otherwise—meh, a five minute shower every morning and after exercise would result in less consumerism and is preferable IMHO.