# Butt stank that we get. **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 19, 2017, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-stank-that-we-get/796694 "2017-09-19T05:32:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-stank-that-we-get/796694/21 "2017-09-19T21:13:22Z")
Mmmm!..musky!! ---
**Author:** ![whc.03grady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a6a055/32.png) [@whc.03grady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whc.03grady)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-stank-that-we-get/796694/22 "2017-09-19T22:08:18Z")
> [@anomalous1](#): > > You know the smell you or someone else would get around the anus after working out or sweating or whatever for a couple hours, even if you have great hygiene? It kind of smells like spicy cinnamon or something. Spicy cinnamon? \ ---
**Author:** ![Weisshund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba8739/32.png) [@Weisshund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weisshund)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-stank-that-we-get/796694/23 "2017-09-19T22:28:14Z")
> [@CookingWithGas](#): > > I have never smelled myself or anyone else around the anus after working out. How in the world did you conclude that what you are smelling is anus smell? This summarizes what i was thinking exactly Spicy Cinnamon? Wha?? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-stank-that-we-get/796694/24 "2017-09-19T23:15:17Z")
Who is this “we”? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![anomalous1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e56c9b/32.png) [@anomalous1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anomalous1)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-stank-that-we-get/796694/25 "2017-09-20T02:19:49Z")
LMAO at the responses, should of expected less than serious given by post title. I personally don’t have some rank issue, I have fantastic hygiene. Nobody can deny an anus is going to have a slight smell after a period of activity and not showering, so my question remains, what causes it. It is a fairly unique smell. As for splainin’ **TreacherousCretin**. If you are “69ing” with a woman, your nose will go to a certain area. As for requesting the woman to shower first, well that’s just a way to ensure sex won’t happen. So one gets a scent, WTF is it? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-stank-that-we-get/796694/26 "2017-09-20T02:46:08Z")
Um…yeah…that just ain’t right…what goes on behind closed doors…and all…you know ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-stank-that-we-get/796694/27 "2017-09-20T02:55:04Z")
This seems like just the place for this product. Probably NSFW: 😃 [Infomercialism: Aspray - YouTube](https://youtu.be/td8zUxmzUDI) ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-stank-that-we-get/796694/28 "2017-09-20T03:02:07Z")
> [@whc.03grady](#): > > Spicy cinnamon? > \ Hey, beats potpourri. I for one look forward to the day when everyone’s ass smells of spicy cinnamon ;). ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-stank-that-we-get/796694/29 "2017-09-20T03:37:33Z")
Sorry to disappoint. I smell like roses. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-stank-that-we-get/796694/30 "2017-09-20T03:42:12Z")
My shit don’t stink ---
**Author:** ![anomalous1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e56c9b/32.png) [@anomalous1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anomalous1)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-stank-that-we-get/796694/31 "2017-09-20T03:55:18Z")
Opinions are like assholes, we all have 'em and each one of 'em stinks. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-stank-that-we-get/796694/32 "2017-09-20T04:38:05Z")
So my Momma always said… ---
**Author:** ![dirty\_hippie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/57b2e6/32.png) [@dirty\_hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirty_hippie)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-stank-that-we-get/796694/33 "2017-09-20T16:24:06Z")
Lol! I’ve never been aware of such a smell. It must be pretty potent if you can smell it while in a normal upright position–assuming you’re actually not doing some sort of contortion to deliberately smell your butt. Or are you? You sicko! And cinnamon? Really? Sent from my C6916 using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-stank-that-we-get/796694/34 "2017-09-20T16:30:48Z")
Maybe the issue is how the OP perceives the smell. Like how some people taste soap when they eat cilantro. I’ve never encountered a cinnamony butt , however armpits smell like Mexican food to me. ---
**Author:** ![dirty\_hippie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/57b2e6/32.png) [@dirty\_hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirty_hippie)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-stank-that-we-get/796694/35 "2017-09-20T16:36:08Z")
Ok, smelling is pretty subjective, but my question is how did the op come to smell this butt stank? Did the odor emanating from his anus waft up to his nose, or did he bring his nose to his anus? Sent from my C6916 using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-stank-that-we-get/796694/36 "2017-09-20T16:41:12Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > One-time nursing student here. > > There are two kinds of sweat glands in human skin: eccrine and apocrine. > > Eccrine sweat glands are the kind from which your chest and belly, forehead, arms, back, etc sweat. Unless you keep wearing the same clothes and don’t wash them (or yourself) over a prolonged period, there’s not much smell involved. > > Apocrine glands can be found under the armpits and in the genital and anal areas. You may have noticed that armpits smell rather potently under sweaty conditions and have at least a discernable smell even when you mostly haven’t, unless you just got out of the shower. Well, down yonder in your whole crotchal area, you got the same phenom. > > That’s what I was taught. I worked on anti-perspirant products for several years; this is consistent with what I was taught, too. Essentially, any place on your body (below the neck) where you may have hair that’s different in texture from your overall body hair (i.e., armpits, groin, nipples, anus), that’s where you have apocrine glands. Eccrine sweat is largely just water and salts; there’s not much there for bacteria to work on. But, apocrine sweat is a different thing entirely; it contains materials that are food for bacteria. Those areas of the body (esp. the underarms, groin, and butt) also tend to be covered up by clothing, which means that the eccrine sweat in those areas won’t evaporate quickly, either. So, you have a warm, damp environment, with food available…it’s the promised land for bacteria. If your armpits (or groin, or butt) have that sweaty odor to them, it’s not the apocrine sweat itself that you’re smelling – it’s the waste products from the bacteria that’re munching on your apocrine sweat. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-stank-that-we-get/796694/37 "2017-09-20T17:18:15Z")
> [@anomalous1](#): > > Opinions are like assholes, we all have 'em and each one of 'em stinks. 🙂 Except the OP’s, or so he claims. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-stank-that-we-get/796694/38 "2017-09-20T17:23:07Z")
> [@Weisshund](#): > > This summarizes what i was thinking exactly > > Spicy Cinnamon? > Wha?? I suspect there may be a severely disgruntled employee at the OP’s local Cinnabon. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-stank-that-we-get/796694/39 "2017-09-20T17:25:55Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > I suspect there may be a severely disgruntled employee at the OP’s local Cinnabon. I may not be able to look at cinnamon buns the same way for a while. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-stank-that-we-get/796694/40 "2017-09-20T17:33:15Z")
Yeah…shit falls downward…the person on the lowest rung smells wha??..not cinnamon-y rainbows and unicorns, I am pretty sure! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-stank-that-we-get/796694.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-stank-that-we-get/796694.md?page=3)