#and then just like a natural predisposition. like how some ppl have particular body smells that run in their family like cheesy feet | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

beeseverywhen · 2 years ago

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today on confessions that probably should be anonymous:

once years ago, I saw an info graph on here that was a body odor wheel. a wheel with all the possible categories of human body odor all split in to different segments so 'fruit' including grapefruit, 'veg' including onion, 'animal like' including goat. anyway for some unexplainable reason this really stuck with me, I've never forgotten it, just lives in my head now and whenever I smell b.o in public my first impulse isn't even to be grossed out now, it's to (I know this is weird lol) try to categorise what type of body odor that bus or train carriage, particularly smells like. Anyway goat comes up a lot. Which has always surprised me as I tend to associate pink grapefruit with sweat. (I won't use pink grapefruit cosmetics cause they smell like sweat to me)

#human experience is so strange #I'm facinated by all the factors at play here #cause first of all my sense of smell (subjective)#and then all the things that can alter someone's b.o #bacterial colonies are the main one and I'm guessing that's what accounts for the big differences in ppls typical bo categories #but also there's all the things that might encourage some bacterial strains while discouraging others (cosmetics ect laundry soap)#i think diet probably comes in to it #and i think the acidity of your sweat has to be a factor. that's probably influenced by hormones and various other things #and then just like a natural predisposition. like how some ppl have particular body smells that run in their family like cheesy feet #anyway i once attempted to (subtly obviously) introduce my friends to this game while on a long bus journey. they were not receptive #apparently it's in rather poor taste for me to be so interested in other ppls bo when i don't really get bad bo.#it is interesting though isn't it. & how some people are prolific sweaters but their sweat doesn't smell at all really. what's up with that #are people doing studies on this because honestly it sounds like a great line of work to be able to ask people about #i love meeting people with interesting jobs. yes!!!! tell me all about your very specific specialised area of study. i want to know

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