# 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:** 2
**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 12, 2000, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeeeewwwww-yuck-a-sexually-related-thread/32814/21 "2000-09-12T15:14:56Z")
Booker57 wrote: > [@](#): > > Phernomes(sp)? Mens smells have an effect on womans hormone levels. The MAN had a story about it. \ Pheromones don’t really “smell.” They usually have no scent at all (unless they’re carried aloft by musk, which of course does smell). Pheromones are thought to be detected by a small organ in the nose called the Vomero Nasal Organ (VNO), which has been shown to be responsible for pheromone detection in other species. The VNO is wired to a different part of the brain than the olfactory nerves are. The matter isn’t settled, though: the human VNO is much smaller than the VNO on many other animals, and may even be only vestigial. \ ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2000, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeeeewwwww-yuck-a-sexually-related-thread/32814/22 "2000-09-12T20:04:58Z")
I’ve never been with a man who applied cologne “down there” but I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t like it. While I don’t like a man to be excessively stinky either, I do like a bit of that “natural” smell. I’ll tell you what I _really_ like, though, is the smell after sex–that combo of me and him, ohhhhh! OK, I gotta go now… ---
**Author:** ![Chef\_Troy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2000, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeeeewwwww-yuck-a-sexually-related-thread/32814/23 "2000-09-12T20:15:54Z")
I remember a comedienne in Vegas once commenting about the irony of men joking about the smell of an unwashed woman: “You guys have NO right to complain. When my husband wants me to go down on him after he’s been working out in the yard, it’s like Balls Parmigiana down there.” ---
**Author:** ![Rodd\_Hill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ab097/32.png) [@Rodd\_Hill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodd_Hill)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2000, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeeeewwwww-yuck-a-sexually-related-thread/32814/24 "2000-09-12T21:41:21Z")
**Chef Troy** quoted: > [@](#): > > “…it’s like Balls Parmigiana down there.” Wasn’t **“Balls” Parmigina** rubbed out in the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, along with **“Glans” Scarponi** and **Vito “Deferens” Vasoli?** ---
**Author:** ![Zumba\_The\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/779978/32.png) [@Zumba\_The\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zumba_The_Cat)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2000, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeeeewwwww-yuck-a-sexually-related-thread/32814/25 "2000-09-12T22:21:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by thinksnow \* > \*\*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…) \*\* Call me crazy, but I love the smell of Dial soap on my SO after he gets out of the shower. He doesn’t need any cologne as far as I am concerned. ---
**Author:** ![Angkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@Angkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angkins)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2000, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeeeewwwww-yuck-a-sexually-related-thread/32814/26 "2000-09-12T23:28:42Z")
I love the faint soapy scent of irish spring on a man. 😃 Freshly cologned pubic regions just do not turn me on! ---
**Author:** ![Nika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ba9def/32.png) [@Nika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nika)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2000, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeeeewwwww-yuck-a-sexually-related-thread/32814/27 "2000-09-13T00:22:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tracer \* > \*\*Booker57 wrote: > > > [@](#): > > > > Phernomes(sp)? Mens smells have an effect on womans hormone levels. The MAN had a story about it. > > \ > > Pheromones don’t really “smell.” They usually have no scent at all (unless they’re carried aloft by musk, which of course does smell). > > Pheromones are thought to be detected by a small organ in the nose called the Vomero Nasal Organ (VNO), which has been shown to be responsible for pheromone detection in other species. The VNO is wired to a different part of the brain than the olfactory nerves are. The matter isn’t settled, though: the human VNO is much smaller than the VNO on many other animals, and may even be only vestigial. > > \ > \*\* However, some research (please don’t make me site it) has indicated that women are particularily attracted to the odor of a man. I know that if a guy walks by me and smells great (not cheap colone great, but clean healthy great) I get a warm tingley feeling in the loins. Even if I then look at him and think “gross” I for sure was initially aroused by his scent. I also often work late and come home after my guy has gone to bed. The first thing I am aware of when I crawl into bed is the smell of him. Sooo, yes smell is important, and if down there is healthy and clean smelling I think it would be a heaven. ---
**Author:** ![Nika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ba9def/32.png) [@Nika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nika)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2000, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeeeewwwww-yuck-a-sexually-related-thread/32814/28 "2000-09-13T00:23:57Z")
sorry, I forgot this, Cologne is wrong mixed with the special sauce… ---
**Author:** ![Hamadryad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2000, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeeeewwwww-yuck-a-sexually-related-thread/32814/29 "2000-09-13T01:20:14Z")
> [@](#): > > **Wasn’t “Balls” Parmigina rubbed out in the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, along with “Glans” Scarponi and Vito “Deferens” Vasoli?** Off-topic, but I have to say…someone’s finally done it. That’s the first time I have _actually_ almost spit a mouthful of coffee all over my keyboard. BAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAA!!! ---
**Author:** ![Chef\_Troy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2000, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeeeewwwww-yuck-a-sexually-related-thread/32814/30 "2000-09-13T14:27:41Z")
I think we’re all glossing over the most important reason not to spritz your pubic regions with cologne, which is that it may smell nice but it inevitably tastes terrible. I don’t even want to kiss a woman’s NECK if there’s cologne all over it…why should people feel any different about kissing other pieces of skin with cologne on them? ---
**Author:** ![FarTreker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@FarTreker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FarTreker)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2000, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeeeewwwww-yuck-a-sexually-related-thread/32814/31 "2000-09-13T15:00:26Z")
In rebuttal to the honorable Chief, I must disagree! Applied scent, in my experience, after a period of time, leaves no lingering flavor, especially if daubed on judiciously and not sprayed on with a hose. (Speaking of sprayed on, Walmart sells men’s cologne now in the handy, dandy Windex-style pump sprayer. 🙂 ) Like the scent of a good soap – spring fresh Dial, Irish Spring, Dove and so on, leaves behind a pleasant aroma without any taste. I would assume that many men who daub a bit of scent ‘down there,’ don’t just pull their pants open and pour. Myself, I apply a little to my hands, rub vigorously and pat around the pubes (which is probably more information than any of you want, so, sorry). I got the idea in high school from other guys and later, as a young adult, from some female companions who expressed the opinion that they felt it was a thoughtful act by guys. (Of course, this was in the 70s and there were changes going on and still hippie guys running around, unwashed for days at a time, busily trying to knock up hippie chicks who seemed to not mind their layers of dirt.) I’ve not gotten any complaints, though I don’t apply the cologne heavily. Think about the body and scented feminine sprays on the market. Someone is buying them. Then the scented bath oils, perfumes in atomizers, and spray perfumes. Artificial scents have been around for ages. (Probably the need arose from the Romans getting slathered with olive oil and scraping it and the dirt off, then bathing in communal tubs without soap. Everyone must have walked around smelling like a pizza.) ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2000, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeeeewwwww-yuck-a-sexually-related-thread/32814/32 "2000-09-13T15:42:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by FarTreker \* > **Think about the body and scented feminine sprays on the market. Someone is buying them.** Just say the word, Serlin. _Douche_. You know you want to. ---
**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 13, 2000, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeeeewwwww-yuck-a-sexually-related-thread/32814/33 "2000-09-13T15:48:57Z")
> [@](#): > > **My ex-fiancee loved the smell of Irish Spring on me and in the years since, I’ve never worn cologne.** So I realized a bit later, of course, that I may not use cologne, but I _do_ sprinkle the occasional dusting of baby powder around the ol’nether regions. Keeps you cool, dry and, frankly, I kinda like the smell. Gotta be J&J w/ real corn starch, though. ---
**Author:** ![FarTreker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@FarTreker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FarTreker)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2000, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeeeewwwww-yuck-a-sexually-related-thread/32814/34 "2000-09-13T16:17:34Z")
Corn starch. I remember that. I had to use it as a kid when I mowed lawns a lot in the middle of these wonderful, searingly hot, mostly very humid, simmers – uh – summers. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeeeewwwww-yuck-a-sexually-related-thread/32814/35 "2000-09-14T02:19:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by EJsGirl \* > \*\*I assume he meant that it stings a bit… > > \*\* Yes. Yes it does. Very much. I cannot stress this enough–if anyone out there is feeling a little…impulsive…well, there are better things to do. 'nuff said. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeeeewwwww-yuck-a-sexually-related-thread/32814/36 "2000-09-14T03:25:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by goboy \* > \*\*As a gay man, I can tell you there is nothing sexier than the scent of a man’s sweat after a hard workout, \*\* :::gag::: I hate everything about sweat. The look. The smell. The concept. Just seeing people sweat on TV makes me nauseous. If you are going to be intimate with me, you WILL take a shower no less than an hour before. Period. ---
**Author:** ![FarTreker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@FarTreker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FarTreker)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeeeewwwww-yuck-a-sexually-related-thread/32814/37 "2000-09-14T04:25:21Z")
I agree. I hate sweat. I dislike the look of sweat, the smell of sweat and the taste of sweat – _especially_ if not my own. I used to work with men who would see a woman jogging along the road and promptly comment: ‘Mmmm baby! Git that thang all lathered up for me.’ Then they’d imitate smelling a scent in the breeze and go: ‘Hell yeah! Ah kin smell it from here!’ I’d be thinking about finding a place to barf. Just the idea of a sweaty stink reminded me of the locker room after Physical Education in the summer time at school. The concept of coupling with someone all workout stinky just doesn’t turn me on. Now, right after a shower, all fresh and damp, smelling slightly of soap, to me is cool. I mean, the perfume industry is a multibillion dollar a year business and relies heavily on sexually oriented ads to sell the stuff with. Someone is wearing it. Someone also uses the underarm deodorants, body sprays, foot sprays, mouthwash and breath fresheners. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeeeewwwww-yuck-a-sexually-related-thread/32814/38 "2000-09-14T19:34:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by EJsGirl \* > \*\*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! > \*\* “Baby, why you got your dick in the sink?”. I would think the trick is to spray _around_ the area, not on it. I would never bother with this though because I take a shower before dates and don’t think a crotch smelling like old spice is sexy. ---
**Author:** ![Chef\_Troy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2000, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeeeewwwww-yuck-a-sexually-related-thread/32814/39 "2000-09-15T03:36:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by OpalCat \* > \*\*If you are going to be intimate with me, you WILL take a shower no less than an hour before. Period. \*\* I’d say that’s a SMALL price to pay. It’s a deal, Opal…I’ll be right over. _jumps in the shower and whistles the “Irish Spring” jingle while lathering up thoroughly_ ---
**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 15, 2000, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeeeewwwww-yuck-a-sexually-related-thread/32814/40 "2000-09-15T19:36:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > If you are going to be intimate with me, you WILL take a shower no less than an hour before. Period. \*\* Um, I just showered. Not ten minutes ago. Really. So…wadaya say? ::waiting expectantly:: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeeeewwwww-yuck-a-sexually-related-thread/32814.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeeeewwwww-yuck-a-sexually-related-thread/32814.md?page=3)