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[arethinn]

Anywhere from a few days to a week before my period starts, my body odor slightly changes, which in my case means that I acquire a bit of one whereas usually my sweat smells of pure salt water.* This in and of itself is not weird -- hormonal changes and all. (I'm glad I seem to have mostly grown out of the whole "tender nipples" thing -- that can get owie.)

What is weird is that it's usually only the left armpit, not both.

WTF body?


* Another one for the quirks list, I guess: Under normal conditions I only shower once a week, and that's because my hair is starting to get oily and uncooperative. I can go about ten days before I feel like my body needs washing, aside from my hands and face. I almost never wear deodorant and, though I know this goes against the "toss cosmetics after six months" rule, have literally been working on the same stick for years because I wear it so rarely. This characteristic would seem to be genetic, as neither of my parents smells like much of anything either.

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TMI back atcha'.

[amberite.livejournal.com]

Sometimes one of my armpits is stinkier than the other, too. I believe it's to do with different bacterial colonies, since bacteria are what make odor.

John also has the 'BO smells like nothing' advantage. Not to quite the same level; he needs a wash after about three days. Alas, I think you must purchase it in Chargen. I shower daily. :P I also think Chinese people get this on their character sheets for free (I don't know whether that's a genetic thing or a cuisine thing) as I haven't caught a single whiff of armpit the whole time I've been here, including on a city bus that must have had a hundred people jammed in together, many of whom were holding the ceiling rails. And antiperspirant simply isn't sold here except as a weird specialty import -- deodorant is available, antiperspirant isn't.

on character sheets for free

[dancinglights.livejournal.com]

I've noticed that my BO changes significantly and diminishes when I've taken dairy completely out of my diet for a few weeks. Cull doesn't really smell like anything ever, and after being vegan for ten years or so, swears that babies and many Americans smell like rotting milk.

So maybe the lactose-intolerant dairy-minimal diet over there is a big factor?

[amberite.livejournal.com]

P.S. -- does *anyone* actually toss cosmetics after six months? I try not to leave my eye makeup around longer than a year. Other than that I toss things when they get grody...

[rhiannasilel.livejournal.com]

I only toss cosmetics after six months when it's something that I bought thinking I'd like it and ended up hating it but spent too much on it to toss it to begin with, so around the six months mark I toss it because "it's six months old so I really should throw this away." If I actually like it, though, then I either use it up by six months or I keep using it. I think my eye liner is maybe a year or two old, but it's kajal from the Indian store so I'm not sure if the six month rule applies.

[shalora.livejournal.com]

I am jealous.
Frankly, I can't tell if I smell or not (too many years in vet clinics, my sense of smell is weird), but given how much the rest of my immediate family does, I must assume that I do also. I do know that I sweat more when my period is near. Which is odd, since I also retain water. Go figure. And my breasts get ridiculously sore about every 3d month (which of course prompts all of my cats to walk on them several times a night!) and my emotions go absolutely bananas.
Sometimes, I really hate my cycle. Especially like now, when I'm on day 35, have been premenstrual for a week, and am just so over the whole thing!
All I can figure, bodies are just weird.

[rainsingingwolf.livejournal.com]

Gack! I know what you mean. For about 5 months I was running 29 days, which was awesome. But for most of my life I've run a very long cycle and not consistent either. :P

[starlightforest.livejournal.com]

You guys go enjoy your long cycles. Mine tends to be quite short, as little as 23 days, 27 at the most lately. Means sometimes I get it twice a month! Oh yay! (Mostly in the sense of a hassle. They aren't painful, or nothing two aspirin on the first day doesn't take care of, and I don't have serous PMS like some people do.)

[rainsingingwolf.livejournal.com]

:P Yeah, I know the feeling. I go through scent changes during the different stages of my cycle. The person who mentioned the bacteria colonies is probably right. Those can have an affect on how it smells too. I know one of my mate's arm pits normally smells more than the other.