Well, NASCAR races smell different from dirt track races, and while I’ve never been to an F1 race I’d imagine with the different fuels it would have a different smell.
Err…what?
Stress makes you stink. There is nothing like a gallon of flop sweat to really make you attractive. :dubious:
I know that’s not an answer to the question, but I’m not going to go around sniffing people any closer than I already do.
What I ll say is the definite answer to this question.
A. Regarding Races. There is a difference of smells according to race. But no race stinks. Its just a different smell, noticeable only if the person hasnt bathed for a long time.
B. Regarding Hygiene. It is reasonable that if a person hasnt bathed for a while, he will stink. It may strike us more if that person is from another race, since we are ,more familiar with our own race’s smell.
C. Habbits. This one I ve noticed on myself. At some point, I realised I ve started smelling exactly like some Pakistanis (I ve noticed their stink in buses). Funny thing is, I have it only in my right arm.
As I found out, it was due to the fact that I ve been frying food containing onion every day for a long time. My right hand is the hand I use to fry.
So, the distinctive smell the author is referring to, is that of everyday frying, especially with onion. As I have found out by my own experience.
I bet the Zombie race has a distinct odour.
(ducks and runs)
I always wondered what Frodo smelled like.
I have to admit, like Sketch back in 2003, as soon I saw this thread I thought “Oh shit it’s going to be about Indians/Pakistanis.” Some stink, I’m sure, but mostly I think it’s just “different” and all too often different=bad.
The Maya in Mexico have no body hair other than on their head. Under arm hair, pubic hair and other bodily hairs are non-existent. And they are frequent bathers. When the Spanish conquistadors arrived, they really stunk! They stunk because they were not frequent bathers, had bodily hair (opportunity for bacterial growth) and of course, because they stole the Maya land. I have read that the Mayan word for foreigner is “sak bok” or white smell. I have not been able to confirm this word usage.
For a semester in college, an Irish exchange student roomed with me in upperclassmen housing. The arrangement was 3 people per small apartment, with a living room, bathroom, kitchen, and communal bedroom. She didn’t bathe often, and our living room smelled like rancid russet potatoes on hot days. She ate plain old American food in the campus dining halls. Never cooked in the apartment, so that wasn’t it.
My beef is why do they put that sweat smell into mens colognes.
dgo45566, even though this is not the General Questions Forum, many SDMB users like to see proof of statements like yours. If you have such, it is customary to provide links or URLs so we can easily examine the evidence, since not all claims are equally valid.
Perhaps you are quoting this PubMed article. If so, are you involved in any way with that research or paper?
Another zombie resurrected by a brand new recruit. Twice! Our boot camp training manuals need work.
Boot to the head! But I shouldn’t whine about training, being barely housebroken myself. I suspect zombis are raised when diligent gargling unveils tantalizing links whose dates are disregarded. It happens all the time. A music site member posts a picture of a rare instrument; it’s found and questioned 18 years later. I get inquiries into forums I last edited in 1996. Luckily, nobody has found Helen Keller jokes I posted in 1982.
About smelly bodies: they’re common worldwide and were normal in the US until savvy advertisers hired psychologists to convince consumers that “She offends!” was a serious boner-killer. Deodorants are now a ~$15+ billion market so I guess adverts work.
Nothing better than 927!
For the last time, Voldemort is not an ethnic group!
You’re a fucking Beagle. Your ONE JOB is to settle this entire argument.
All you all are talking about surströmming, right?