# Does drinking cologne make poop smell good?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 21, 2016, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-drinking-cologne-make-poop-smell-good/746668 "2016-02-21T03:54:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2016, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-drinking-cologne-make-poop-smell-good/746668/21 "2016-02-22T12:21:17Z")

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It’s going to come down to the individual small molecules that give the cologne it’s aroma. I suspect most of them have some sort of metabolism pathway, either by our own bodies or by the flora that inhabit it.

Someone mentioned capsaicin. That’s mostly metabolized. But we can experience breakthrough if consumed in excess.

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2016, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-drinking-cologne-make-poop-smell-good/746668/22 "2016-02-22T15:17:27Z")

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Myself, my shit simply does not stink.

My father used to tell me there was a problem back in his GI days with guys in some of the barracks getting their aftershave stolen out of their lockers by alcoholic soldiers. The aftershave contained alcohol. I suppose cologne does too?

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**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2016, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-drinking-cologne-make-poop-smell-good/746668/23 "2016-02-22T15:44:44Z")

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Seems like a good place to ask, do [fart pills](http://www.pilulepet.com/en/5-fart-pill-for-humans) (to make your farts smell like flowers or chocolate) actually work?

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**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2016, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-drinking-cologne-make-poop-smell-good/746668/24 "2016-02-22T16:17:55Z")

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> [@Ignotus](#):
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> It’s probably not, but while it’s mainly alcohol, the alcohol might contain some contaminants like methanol. Better safe than sorry.

I think it’s common to use [isopropyl alcohol](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isopropyl_alcohol#Toxicology) as the diluent. It’s not as bad for you as, say, [polonium](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisoning_of_Alexander_Litvinenko), but less than an ounce is enough to start making you sick.

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