# EEEEEWWWWW!! YUCK!! (A sexually related thread.) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 11, 2000, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeeeewwwww-yuck-a-sexually-related-thread/32814 "2000-09-11T20:38:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FarTreker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@FarTreker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FarTreker)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2000, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeeeewwwww-yuck-a-sexually-related-thread/32814/1 "2000-09-11T20:38:45Z")
O.K., I’m grossed out! I was listening to a radio talk show, where the female co-host – a girl in her 20s, who used to be a stripper and is very, very verbal about sex – got into a discussion with the male host and the male engineer on the air about cologne. She started by commenting that some men splash cologne on their faces and then a little in their hair. (I never thought of that.) The engineer (also in his late 20s) commented that he likes to sprits cologne on his butt cheeks and around his pubes. (I’ve heard of that.) The girl promptly tells him that he shouldn’t because many women **like** the _natural_ smell from _down there_!! (EEEEEEWWWWW!!) I assume she meant after showering and not after walking around in the heat all day. Opinions, ladies and please tell me she’s wrong (and that me and about a million other guys have not been wrong in slapping a little cologne down around there prior to dates for years.) ---
**Author:** ![Gaudere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@Gaudere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaudere)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2000, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeeeewwwww-yuck-a-sexually-related-thread/32814/2 "2000-09-11T20:42:48Z")
[Moderator Hat ON] I don’t think this makes it as a Great Debate. Off to IMHO. (Sorry, slythe! 🙂 ) [Moderator Hat OFF] ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2000, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeeeewwwww-yuck-a-sexually-related-thread/32814/3 "2000-09-11T21:02:58Z")
Cologne = Okay, if you must. Natural (clean) smell = fine. Cologne + Natural Smell = No thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Hamadryad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2000, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeeeewwwww-yuck-a-sexually-related-thread/32814/4 "2000-09-11T21:16:04Z")
And might I add that A) not showering and B) trying to cover the natural scent of fermenting natural musk with C) a very musky cologne DOES. NOT. WORK. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2000, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeeeewwwww-yuck-a-sexually-related-thread/32814/5 "2000-09-11T21:20:33Z")
Unless you’re Mark Serlin. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2000, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeeeewwwww-yuck-a-sexually-related-thread/32814/6 "2000-09-11T21:28:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by FarTreker \* > **The engineer (also in his late 20s) commented that he likes to sprits cologne on his butt cheeks and around his pubes. (I’ve heard of that.)** Well, only if I fluff my pubes first :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![KJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b2d939/32.png) [@KJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KJ)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2000, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeeeewwwww-yuck-a-sexually-related-thread/32814/7 "2000-09-11T23:16:57Z")
I think most people would agree with me that the best smell would be no smell at all. Take a damn shower. 🙂 ---
**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 11, 2000, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeeeewwwww-yuck-a-sexually-related-thread/32814/8 "2000-09-11T23:22:23Z")
SHIT! Damn clear fields! Wouldn’t cologne in the naughty bits be unhealthy, like douche and bubble baths? Oh wait, that’s for females. But what if there was an allergic reaction? ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2000, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeeeewwwww-yuck-a-sexually-related-thread/32814/9 "2000-09-11T23:48:23Z")
What kind of cologne? Old spice? ---
**Author:** ![Homer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homer)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2000, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeeeewwwww-yuck-a-sexually-related-thread/32814/10 "2000-09-12T01:04:15Z")
I don’t know, but I hope the girl does the same. :rolleyes: –Tim ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2000, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeeeewwwww-yuck-a-sexually-related-thread/32814/11 "2000-09-12T01:17:52Z")
If you’re clean and such, you don’t need to add cologne. I’ll just give a “me too” to Hamadryad’s post. ---
**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2000, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeeeewwwww-yuck-a-sexually-related-thread/32814/12 "2000-09-12T01:28:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tracer \* > \*\*Unless you’re Mark Serlin. \*\* Score 10 points for you, tracer…that comment made my sandwich-chewing mouth explode with loud laughter. And no, unlike the others on the board, I turned away from the monitor…so there’s nothing to clean. 🙂 Oh, and as for the OP…natural and clean RULES. Cologne is only _slighty_ better than “natural fermenting musk.” Mmm…yeah, I like clean. ---
**Author:** ![Lor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ea666f/32.png) [@Lor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lor)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2000, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeeeewwwww-yuck-a-sexually-related-thread/32814/13 "2000-09-12T03:19:10Z")
Didn’t Elayne Boosler, a stand-up comic, have a joke about how men should use cologne AFTER a shower, not INSTEAD OF a shower? 🙂 Yes, clean is definitely the best thing of all. Being allergic to perfume and cologne, I could do without it. I hope I never meet a guy like the OP described, though. Yucko! ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2000, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeeeewwwww-yuck-a-sexually-related-thread/32814/14 "2000-09-12T03:48:57Z")
Wasn’t it Eddie Murphy who did a bit about being a kid & splashing Old Spice on his package, while he whistled the theme song? Doo doo doo-doo-doo doo, doo doo doo-doo doo… AAAAUUUUGGGGHHHH! I assume he meant that it stings a bit… ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2000, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeeeewwwww-yuck-a-sexually-related-thread/32814/15 "2000-09-12T09:19:33Z")
I know this guy named Daniel. I wouldn’t call him a friend, he’s more like a rude sponge. My roommate lets him crash on our couch every now and then. (actually it’s MY couch) Daniel often has an oder. As Richard Pryor put it, an ‘Oh dear’! Not showered for a week to 10 days stink. I have had to speak to him about it. “Daniel, if your gonna sleep on my couch, go take a shower! I will lend you a towel, motorcycle boy!” Now the thing is this. Daniel always has a girlfriend, sometimes several at once. I have seen them drape their arms around his shirtless body when he was at his most pungent. It made me wretch. And I’m talking about fine, fine looking women here. Has the world gone mad? What gives? I guess some women do not mind a stinky man. Obviously, there’s no accounting for sanity. ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2000, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeeeewwwww-yuck-a-sexually-related-thread/32814/16 "2000-09-12T09:22:32Z")
I’m all for natural smell but stink? That’s different! Also, don’t be putting cologne on your nether regions if you want them to be receiving any “special” attention. If I wanted to taste Old Spice I would pour it over my cereal. ---
**Author:** ![Booker57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Booker57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Booker57)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2000, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeeeewwwww-yuck-a-sexually-related-thread/32814/17 "2000-09-12T10:02:40Z")
Phernomes(sp)? Mens smells have an effect on womans hormone levels. The MAN had a story about it. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2000, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeeeewwwww-yuck-a-sexually-related-thread/32814/18 "2000-09-12T14:34:04Z")
Natural is best. A shower in the last 24 hrs should be good enough (if no strenuous activities to cause excess sweat). There’s something to that pheromone theory… ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2000, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeeeewwwww-yuck-a-sexually-related-thread/32814/19 "2000-09-12T14:46:37Z")
As a gay man, I can tell you there is nothing sexier than the scent of a man’s sweat after a hard workout, and, yes, I dig the scent of a man’s body after a shower. OTOH, the smell of a healthy woman working out I find repellent, even though my hetero brothers swear that a woman’s natural smell is intoxicatingly sexy. It must be hardwired into the brain. ---
**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2000, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeeeewwwww-yuck-a-sexually-related-thread/32814/20 "2000-09-12T14:49:07Z")
The “natural” smell everyone claims to like is really the combination of ones normal bodily odor and that of the cleansing agent, usually soap. My ex-fiancee loved the smell of Irish Spring on me and in the years since, I’ve never worn cologne. So the question becomes: what fresh soapy smell to you women really like? (I think Maxim, Men’s Health or Playboy had a thing on this a few months ago, but what the heck…) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeeeewwwww-yuck-a-sexually-related-thread/32814.md?page=2)