# Vaginal smell / taste **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 8, 2000, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaginal-smell-taste/9165 "2000-03-08T08:21:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2000, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaginal-smell-taste/9165/21 "2000-03-09T15:57:00Z")
I still don’t get the not leaving his apt. comment. Somehow I don’t think it means what Chris thinks it means. I’m scared. I’m really scared. Enlighten me Alpha, please, with your knowledge of flora. * * * How 'bout we sing ‘Kyle’s mom is a stupid bitch’ in D minor? ---
**Author:** ![Alphagene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Alphagene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alphagene)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2000, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaginal-smell-taste/9165/22 "2000-03-10T22:17:00Z")
Uhhhh, it’s hardly anything to be scared about. Just a goofy (and apparently lame) guy joke. Chris got it right. My comment had nothing to do with flora. > [@](#): > > Alphagene what did you mean by “Wow” Wow is term used in amazement or surprise. As in “Wow, if I waited six months to go down on a woman, none of my girlfriends would stick around longer than a week.” But maybe that’s just me. * * * **Gypsy** : Tom, I don’t get you. **Tom Servo** : Nobody does. I’m the wind, baby. ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2000, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaginal-smell-taste/9165/23 "2000-03-10T00:02:00Z")
## Whew. I can call work and tell them I’ve decided to leave my apartment after all. How 'bout we sing ‘Kyle’s mom is a stupid bitch’ in D minor? ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2000, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaginal-smell-taste/9165/24 "2000-03-10T16:16:00Z")
Hey Alph, Im with Cecil that men & women have the same bacteria down there. I believe that Cecil is correct. If you don’t, let me know. Now, if this article explaining why men & women have the same bacteria down there doesn’t make some of you gag, well, you got some strong stomachs. Is oral sex dangerous: [http://www.straightdope.com/columns/960202.html](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/960202.html) ---
**Author:** ![Alphagene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Alphagene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alphagene)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2000, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaginal-smell-taste/9165/25 "2000-03-10T22:19:00Z")
I believe the quote in question is this: > [@](#): > > A key factor in gay bowel syndrome and in the spread of STDs generally is multiple sex partners, which geometrically increases your exposure to infection. > > In contrast, monogamous couples, whether gay or straight, soon achieve “homeostasis”–they’ve swapped germs, didn’t come down with anything, and thereafter coexist in a state of microbial equilibrium. That’s not to say they’re germfree; they may simply be “asymptomatic carriers” of some bug that doesn’t make them sick but that might lay low an outsider. handy, Cecil is not saying that the exteral surface of the male penis has the same flora as the interior of the vagina. He is saying that in a monogamous relationship, both the man and the woman have been exposed to each other’s different flora enough times to develop an equilibrium. “Equilibrium” refers to the state of tolerance to each other’s flora. It does **not** mean they _obtain_ each other’s flora. Thanks to the menstrual cycle, vagina is constantly changing and renewing itself. Any bacteria from the penis would not last terribly long inside the vagina, much less actually replace the flora there. If I missed the part where Cecil says the flora are the same, let me know. * * * **Gypsy** : Tom, I don’t get you. **Tom Servo** : Nobody does. I’m the wind, baby. ---
**Author:** ![Major\_Feelgud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3be4f8/32.png) [@Major\_Feelgud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Major_Feelgud)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2000, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaginal-smell-taste/9165/26 "2000-03-11T09:11:00Z")
Got my first test results after 3 days. We’ve been eating out Chinese all 3 days. Went down on her tonight, but forgot to ask her to wash up. Tasted like pee. ---
**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2000, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaginal-smell-taste/9165/27 "2000-03-11T09:20:00Z")
It seems this is so subjective… I was hoping for some scientific study with a more representative sample. Maybe I should start such a study myself…🙂 ---
**Author:** ![toecutter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@toecutter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toecutter)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2000, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaginal-smell-taste/9165/28 "2000-03-11T20:50:00Z")
One thing I can say for sure is that women who have a diet rich in red meat taste very different than those who consume vegetarian/fish diets. Not worse, or better, just different. In my experience, eating a single red meat meal or going ‘veggie’ for a week hardly makes much of a difference. I have no idea why this is so. Back in grad school residence it was kind of fun trying to separate one group from another and I found that this a handy measure. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Masterson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/53a042/32.png) [@Michael\_Masterson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Masterson)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2000, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaginal-smell-taste/9165/29 "2000-03-11T22:18:00Z")
With my higher level sense of taste and smell I have catagorized 247 different variations of the vaginal product (my bedroom is the largest “sex lab” on the east coast). Some ladies have odor producing bacteria, (down where?), there. I once had a girl that tasted like bubble gum though. I think she was one of those doublemint girls. * * * ~-MCM-~ ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2000, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaginal-smell-taste/9165/30 "2000-03-12T01:58:00Z")
_\>sound of Phil laughing\<_ OK, that one was actually funny, MM. Gee, I wish they tasted like pink bubblegum hereabouts… * * * I was born with the Moon in Pisces!! Leave me alone!! _SOB!!_ ---
**Author:** ![Major\_Feelgud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3be4f8/32.png) [@Major\_Feelgud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Major_Feelgud)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2000, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaginal-smell-taste/9165/31 "2000-03-12T06:54:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Michael Masterson: > \*\*With my higher level sense of taste and smell I have catagorized 247 different variations of the vaginal product (my bedroom is the largest “sex lab” on the east coast). Some ladies have odor producing bacteria, (down where?), there. I once had a girl that tasted like bubble gum though. I think she was one of those doublemint girls. > > \*\* Licking centerfolds or your computer screen doesn’t count! ---
**Author:** ![Skeptic23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac8455/32.png) [@Skeptic23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skeptic23)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2000, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaginal-smell-taste/9165/32 "2000-03-13T02:40:00Z")
It all depends on diet. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2000, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaginal-smell-taste/9165/33 "2000-03-13T16:34:00Z")
sailor, I suggest you make an appt with a gyncologist & bring some paper & pens. For about $75.00, you could sit there asking the gyno all about women & also how each one smells based on what they eat & where they are from. You won’t need to take the exam, of course, but Im sure they would be more than happy to answer your question then you can come back here & post the data. ---
**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2000, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaginal-smell-taste/9165/34 "2000-03-14T06:51:00Z")
yes, on the other hand I can think of better things to do with the $75 :-)) I was hoping someone here would have the answer for about $0.02 or under. I will continue my research personally… it does have an enjoyable side to it. ---
**Author:** ![CLedet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b487fb/32.png) [@CLedet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CLedet)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2000, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaginal-smell-taste/9165/35 "2000-03-26T00:55:00Z")
I am a little late in posting but just could not resist… If it smells like fish its a dish, If it smells like cologne, leave it alone ---
**Author:** ![Alphagene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Alphagene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alphagene)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2000, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaginal-smell-taste/9165/36 "2000-03-26T03:17:00Z")
I can think of one particular poster who would strongly disagree with that. Don’t get him started. ---
**Author:** ![toecutter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@toecutter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toecutter)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2000, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaginal-smell-taste/9165/37 "2000-03-26T03:59:00Z")
CLedet … Hahahahahaha! _snif_ Now THAT is funny. Thanks [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaginal-smell-taste/9165.md?page=1)