# Oral Sex (taste) **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 15, 2001, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oral-sex-taste/65544 "2001-05-15T23:00:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Delila](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Delila](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Delila)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2001, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oral-sex-taste/65544/1 "2001-05-15T23:00:33Z")
What does a healthy vagina taste like when performing oral sex? And is the odor of her vagina controlled by what she eats? Please site reference. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![KenP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c0e974/32.png) [@KenP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KenP)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2001, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oral-sex-taste/65544/2 "2001-05-15T23:05:08Z")
It varies. Sometimes like halibut; sometimes like cod; sometimes like tuna. ---
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2001, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oral-sex-taste/65544/3 "2001-05-15T23:17:25Z")
While there are plenty of folks willing to do the research you sitll have to do your own homework. I’ve never found a healthy woman to smell or taste fishy. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2001, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oral-sex-taste/65544/4 "2001-05-15T23:45:17Z")
If it’s clean it shouldn’t taste like anything. The bacteria that men & women have down there is the same, I guess, its the environment that makes the taste/smell vary. ---
**Author:** ![JillGat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2001, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oral-sex-taste/65544/5 "2001-05-16T00:01:22Z")
Bacterial vaginosis causes the fishy smell. We’ve discussed this a number of times on the board. It’s not a dangerous bacteria, and this condition can be cured by a certain antibiotic. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2001, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oral-sex-taste/65544/6 "2001-05-16T00:09:17Z")
1. Usually, not like much of anything. 2. Not in my experience. > [@](#): > > Please site (sic) reference Okey doke. 88, Rocket. Bowing before her: a cunning program to ensure a decade of happiness in the home, _J Oral Arts_, 05:01, 163-65. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2001, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oral-sex-taste/65544/7 "2001-05-16T00:10:07Z")
My cherished Shakti Devi Yoni goddess keeps her Yoni scrupulously clean (she washes it several times a day), and by some miracle she is naturally without body odor anyway. Her Yoni taste is naturally sweet and luscious like a ripe fruit from a tree of Heaven. Please allow me this language nitpick—one does cunnilingus on the **vulva**. The **vulva** is the outside of the Yoni. The vagina is the interior passageway. You may be able to insert your tongue into the vagina a short distance depending on the length of your tongue, but the real cunnilingus action is with features of the **vulva** , especially the clitoris. However, cunnilingus is really nice with a finger inserted into the vagina to caress the G spot. Gently, now, ever so gently. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2001, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oral-sex-taste/65544/8 "2001-05-16T00:11:02Z")
Note: above reference posted with tongue firmly in, er, cheek. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2001, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oral-sex-taste/65544/9 "2001-05-16T15:02:10Z")
Umm, JillGat, the OP was about “What does a healthy vagina…” Would you find that Bacterial vaginosis is “a healthy vagina?” ---
**Author:** ![tsunamisurfer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a698b9/32.png) [@tsunamisurfer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tsunamisurfer)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2001, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oral-sex-taste/65544/10 "2001-05-16T18:09:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by handy \* > \*\*If it’s clean it shouldn’t taste like anything. > > The bacteria that men & women have down there is the same, I guess, its the environment that makes the taste/smell vary. \*\* _WHAT???_ ---
**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2001, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oral-sex-taste/65544/11 "2001-05-16T18:57:35Z")
It tastes like chicken… hmmmm… yummy [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=14006](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=14006) ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2001, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oral-sex-taste/65544/12 "2001-05-16T19:03:43Z")
Delila, just by your user name I’m assuming you’re a female. If that’s the case, and you plan on tasting women in the future, or if you’re worried that you don’t taste good for your boyfriend or girlfriend, why don’t you give yourself a taste the next time you’re masturbating? in things like the taste of your hooha, it’s best to go right to the source! jarbaby ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2001, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oral-sex-taste/65544/13 "2001-05-16T19:05:47Z")
Funny this thread should come along. I was just wondering if there were any- how to put this- “oral sex condiments” to enhance the experience. I’ve heard of using whipped cream and chocolate syrup- anything else that’s good to put on your hot dog or furburger? Vulva Helper? Meat Sauce? 😃 Damn, I’m a dev. ---
**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:** [May 16, 2001, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oral-sex-taste/65544/14 "2001-05-16T19:07:00Z")
An old buddy of mine once told me that lightly-cooked salmon tastes _exactly_ like pussy. I’ll have to take his word for it, though. I don’t eat salmon. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2001, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oral-sex-taste/65544/15 "2001-05-16T19:23:06Z")
> [@](#): > > Funny this thread should come along. I was just wondering if there were any- how to put this- “oral sex condiments” to enhance the experience. I’ve heard of using whipped cream and chocolate syrup- anything else that’s good to put on your hot dog or furburger? > > Vulva Helper? Meat Sauce? Damn, I’m a dev. Molly Ivins, in one of her columns about authors and product tie-ins, suggested that an appropriate tie-in for her books would be “Molly Ivins Barbecue-Flavored Vaginal Gel”. I was listening to this on audiotape and almost drove off the road. ---
**Author:** ![JillGat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2001, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oral-sex-taste/65544/16 "2001-05-16T21:53:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by handy \* > \*\*Umm, JillGat, the OP was about “What does a healthy vagina…” Would you find that Bacterial vaginosis is “a healthy vagina?” \*\* To clarify, I was responding to the posters who described a fishy odor coming from a healthy vagina. ---
**Author:** ![bughunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@bughunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bughunter)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2001, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oral-sex-taste/65544/17 "2001-05-16T22:32:45Z")
My experience is limited to a number of women most humans could count on one hand, however the number of occasions must number in the thousands. Based on my sample set, a clean, healthy _vulva_ doesn’t really taste like anything. Maybe a bit salty sometimes at first, but that’s just sweat or a harmless drop or two of… never mind. Just take my word for it that taste and odor should be inoffensive, if not downright pleasurable. However, the healthy _vagina_ will frequently taste ever so slightly metallic, especially once your partner becomes excited. Yes, it is possible to get your taste buds inside the vagina. I will leave the details as an excercise for the reader. As for condiments, I will heartily **discourage** anyone from inserting anything inside a vagina that could serve as food for little critters that don’t belong there. Sugars and dairy products will promote a yeast infection. (And whatever you do, don’t use a pressurized can of Redi Whip on your girlfriend! Especially not before you’ve huffed all the nitrous out of it.) Meats can even cause nasty things like salmonella and e. coli infections, and even lead to a really nasty UTI. If you want to encounter a nasty smelling hoo-ha, make a habit of putting food in there! Now there are some foods that folk remedies use to promote healthy vaginal flora, namely active culture acidophilus products, but you won’t find many GYNs endorsing them, either. But if you must engage in food play, I recommend unsweetened active culture yogurt. Now, that said, I’ve been told that peeled, seedless grapes are very erotic. ---
**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:** [May 18, 2001, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oral-sex-taste/65544/18 "2001-05-18T15:18:47Z")
Huh huh, you said “vaginal flora.” ---
**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2001, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oral-sex-taste/65544/19 "2001-05-19T01:59:10Z")
_MEATS?!?!_ :eek: …what if they’re well done?.. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2001, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oral-sex-taste/65544/20 "2001-05-19T03:29:51Z")
The only condiment I’ve ever used “there” is pure honey. Which inhibits the growth of bacteria, and for all I know, fungi too. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oral-sex-taste/65544.md?page=2)