Smelly sex?

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Registered: 11-17-2003
Smelly sex?
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Tue, 06-15-2004 - 7:44am
I've always heard people say things like, "sex smells nasty," and "it smells like sex in here," and so on, but I dont get it. I have sex with my boyfriend, and it has never once "smelled" in our room, or anywhere else for that matter. I have even walked out of the room, then walked back in, just to see if it smelled in our room, and it didnt. Why do people say this, and WHY do people smell when they have sex? That just sounds like they're dirty to me. Thank you.:)

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Registered: 05-18-2004
In reply to: codybear22
Fri, 06-18-2004 - 7:18pm
>>One person's "stinky and nasty" is another person's SEXY!<<

Count me in with the sexy LOL. I love the smell of sex, atleast *our* sex ;o) Part of the whole experience. I like to use all my senses to their fullest potentional lol.

>>But of course, smelling the evidence of someone else's sexual activity isn't too appealing! It's different when it's your OWN though!<<

Ewwww lol. Yeah, I don't care to know when other people are having sex, much less smelling it ;o)

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Registered: 04-21-2003
In reply to: codybear22
Sat, 06-19-2004 - 11:50am
Okay, I was wondering....did I argue that sex has an odor? I thought I was agreeing that sex has some odor. Not a bad one, but an odor. I was saying that if BO is what this person is smelling or her friends are smelling then bathing is essential.

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Registered: 03-26-2003
In reply to: codybear22
Sat, 06-19-2004 - 11:05pm
"I just dont get why the majority of women I've talked to say it smells strong, and "nasty"."

Because it is designed by nature to attract MEN!! Not body odor/bacteria but the natural, normal musky aroma of an aroused woman. Most women think they 'smell' when actually it is the normal way TO smell! Our genitals were not supposed to smell like floral potpourri. Americans in paticular are so obsessed with this. And marketers do a good job of convincing us that there is something wrong with our own natural scent, and playing upon that insecurity.

"My own scent is not noticeable, so that's why I dont smell anything when I have sex with my boyfriend."

Exactly! We're talking about *normal* body odors and aromas, not dirty bodies (although even people with BO don't notice it). You are USED to your own scent and so you don't notice it. After the first few minutes of smelling *any* scent, our noses and tastebuds become accustomed to it. Tonight I was cooking a spicy shrimp marinara. After a half hour of smelling onions, garlic, red peppers, etc, I simply did not smell it much anymore. But the minute my family came in, they were sniffing the air and saying "Mmmm...it smells so good in here!"

Try lighting a scented candle. You will notice the scent for the first few minutes. Then you won't really smell it. But if you leave the house for a bit and then come back, you'll notice it again. Another reason why women who douse themselves with perfume aren't bothered by it like those around them.

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Registered: 10-18-2001
In reply to: codybear22
Sun, 06-20-2004 - 7:49am
"Using brain imaging, Swedish researchers have found new evidence that men and women can in fact send and receive subconscious odor signals. And, that men and women, it seems, respond to the smells differently.

Pheromones are airborne chemical messengers released from the body (through, for example, sweat and urine) that have a physical or emotional effect on another member of the same species. " Taken from ABCNews.com, 'The Sex Sense Study: Men and Women Send Subconscious Odor Signals',Amy Malick

"There are basically eight different chemical compounds in perspiration. There are five different kinds of bacteria that generally inhabits the human body at all times. What you have, then, is a combination of these eight chemical compounds and five kinds of bacteria comprising odor. As you can see, you can come up with a figure something like 5,565 different smells. By mixing the different chemical compounds, such as when you are afraid or guilty or whatever, you can give off different odors for each. This is why different people give off different odors when frightened, etc."

Taken from 'Scent - Pheremones(sic) and Odor' by William G. Syrotuck

"The hype surrounding pheromones has engendered a slew of perfume-like products, from pheromone underwear to neckties, which claim to act as love potions to attract the opposite sex like flies." Taken from Wired News, Kristen Philipkoski

I don't think that it's too much of a stretch to figure out that the air around two people (especially if it's in a small room) that have been extremely sexually aroused will be warmer, more humid and loaded with scents and pheronomes. Nothing to do with cleanliness.

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Registered: 03-26-2003
In reply to: codybear22
Sun, 06-20-2004 - 8:54am
I agree. And if the BF can't smell it, that's because *he's* got the same scent on him and is used to it too! I distinctly remember one night when I still lived at home, coming into my parents house and being very aware (very suddenly) that I could smell sex on the two of us (then-BF, now DH). Perhaps because we'd been in the enclosed environment of car (lol), I wasn't aware of it then, but I was very aware of it when we entered the house. I was just hoping that my parents didn't notice it too!

Cody you need to understand that we're not talking about body odor or unclean genitals. We're talking about an..aroma, I guess, of two bodies who have engaged in sex. It's pheremones and hormones, good clean sweat and bodily fluids mixed. It's not a nasty smell and has nothing to do with the way your body or genitals smell.

Tally33


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