# What does Sex smell like? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 30, 2004, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-sex-smell-like/237244 "2004-03-30T04:07:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![TheKingOfBread](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5a626/32.png) [@TheKingOfBread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheKingOfBread)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2019, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-sex-smell-like/237244/61 "2019-09-11T17:18:50Z")
Sex doesn’t really smell like anything after the first few times. If you’re doing it with the same person over and over again it’s something you don’t notice. It can sort of smell like sweat with a hint of “body odor”, but that’s about it. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2019, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-sex-smell-like/237244/62 "2019-09-11T17:30:17Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > Well, we’re far enough in to this thread that I think I can safely say : > Q: What Does Sex Smell Like? > > A: Your Mom. I covered loneliness and shame already! ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2019, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-sex-smell-like/237244/63 "2019-09-12T04:06:57Z")
> [@TheKingOfBread](#): > > Sex doesn’t really smell like anything after the first few times. If you’re doing it with the same person over and over again it’s something you don’t notice. It can sort of smell like sweat with a hint of “body odor”, but that’s about it. Not IN the act, but coming home after work the next day, nobody else has walked in and thought “Yup… that happened.”? ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2019, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-sex-smell-like/237244/64 "2019-09-12T04:08:21Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > I covered loneliness and shame already! And THAT, sir, I can’t comment on. That’s between you and…well…your…mom. Damn. It’s not funny now. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2019, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-sex-smell-like/237244/65 "2019-09-12T04:22:07Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > And THAT, sir, I can’t comment on. That’s between you and…well…your…mom. > > Damn. It’s not funny now. Maybe if you changed Mom to Wife. Q. What does sex smell like? A. Your wife (or girlfriend, woman, squeeze, side action, what ev’) Mom or Sister just sounds…ewwwww! Just tryin’ to be helpful.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2019, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-sex-smell-like/237244/66 "2019-09-12T04:25:59Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > Well, we’re far enough in to this thread that I think I can safely say : > Q: What Does Sex Smell Like? > > A: Your Mom. > [@Slash1972](#): > > I covered loneliness and shame already! > [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > And THAT, sir, I can’t comment on. That’s between you and…well…your…mom. > > Damn. It’s not funny now. Longer story arc 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kevlaw](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kevlaw/32/2281_2.png) [@kevlaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevlaw)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2019, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-sex-smell-like/237244/67 "2019-09-14T10:45:12Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Raise your (damp) hands if you just tried it, too. I tried it and it made me realize that there’s a huge distinction to be made between “the smell of sex” and “the smell of sexual organs”. It’s not just the intermingling of male and female juices. It’s much more powerful than that. I remember house sitting with a girlfriend about a hundred years ago where we had sex on the couch and then fell asleep. When we woke, the owners were due back at any moment but we realized that the room absolutely reeked of sex. It wasn’t an unpleasant smell by any means (we were quite proud of ourselves actually) but we knew the owners would have recognized what we’d been up to right away. We had to open every window and door in the house to make the smell go away. ---
**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:** [September 15, 2019, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-sex-smell-like/237244/68 "2019-09-15T04:57:39Z")
> [@kevlaw](#): > > I remember house sitting with a girlfriend about a hundred years ago where we had sex on the couch and then fell asleep. When we woke, the owners were due back at any moment but we realized that the room absolutely reeked of sex. It wasn’t an unpleasant smell by any means (we were quite proud of ourselves actually) but we knew the owners would have recognized what we’d been up to right away. We had to open every window and door in the house to make the smell go away. Nah, that’s when you sit there with a shit-eating grin. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2019, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-sex-smell-like/237244/69 "2019-09-15T05:15:27Z")
[I Can Tell By the Way You Smell](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nn1C-oR8zCI) Ry Cooder > [@](#): > > Your hair is all wrecked > You’re full of sweat > Your underskirt is wringing wet > You come in here walking > Just like a goose > It looks like somebody > Just tranked you to loose > You’ve been doing something > You’ve been doing something wrong > You’ve been doing something > You’ve been doing something wrong > I can tell by the way you smell [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-sex-smell-like/237244.md?page=3)