# What does sex smell like? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 25, 2007, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-sex-smell-like/427698 "2007-11-25T15:15:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2007, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-sex-smell-like/427698/1 "2007-11-25T15:15:24Z")
I’ve heard this asked before in some other places, but I’d like to know here. Having sex produces a very specific smell (in my experience). So what sort of collection of scents does it involve? Could I collect and market this? It would be a very popular spray-on I believe. ---
**Author:** ![askeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2007, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-sex-smell-like/427698/2 "2007-11-25T15:37:24Z")
> [@](#): > > What does sex smell like? Depends on who you are and who (or what) you are having sex with, doesn’t it? Who the hell would want to smell other people sex? Have you ever walked into a room that others have just had sex in? Not pleasant in the least, to me. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Slant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@Mr.Slant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Slant)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2007, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-sex-smell-like/427698/3 "2007-11-25T15:44:13Z")
That is a peculiar question. Here’s my impression: 1. Sweat 2. Cut grass This probably belongs in IMHO, if the idea even warrants comission to electronic media. ---
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2007, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-sex-smell-like/427698/4 "2007-11-25T16:10:06Z")
[What does Sex smell like?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=248096) ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2007, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-sex-smell-like/427698/5 "2007-11-25T16:37:53Z")
Risotto? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2007, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-sex-smell-like/427698/6 "2007-11-25T16:58:14Z")
For those who don’t get the “risotto” reference, see: Why does my risotto taste and smell like vagina?[Why did the risotto taste and smell like vagina? - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=430352) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2007, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-sex-smell-like/427698/7 "2007-11-25T17:03:16Z")
A good friend of mine in high school swore that Burger King’s bacon double cheeseburger smelled like … um … his girlfriend. I couldn’t look at his girlfriend _or_ a bacon double cheeseburger the same way ever again. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2007, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-sex-smell-like/427698/8 "2007-11-25T17:13:26Z")
I’ve never smelled old semen. ☹ (From the old thread–old semen is apparently pungent.) In fact, I’ve never really smelled new semen. I swallow too fast, I guess… ---
**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:** [November 25, 2007, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-sex-smell-like/427698/9 "2007-11-25T17:43:06Z")
It all depends on the participants: different for heterosexual, gay, lesbian, or whatever combination… ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2007, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-sex-smell-like/427698/10 "2007-11-25T17:53:40Z")
I love the smell of my palm in the morning. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2007, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-sex-smell-like/427698/11 "2007-11-25T17:59:33Z")
[Carob trees?](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_363.html) ---
**Author:** ![askeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2007, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-sex-smell-like/427698/12 "2007-11-25T18:03:05Z")
[QUOTE=Chez Guevara] I love the smell of my palm in the morning. [/QUOTE] Does it smell like…victory? ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2007, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-sex-smell-like/427698/13 "2007-11-25T19:41:11Z")
[QUOTE=Mr. Slant] That is a peculiar question. Here’s my impression: 1. Sweat 2. Cut grass This probably belongs in IMHO, if the idea even warrants comission to electronic media. [/QUOTE] \*Mrs. Slant to Mr. Slant: If you want that from me after mowing the grass, you MUST take a shower first!!! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2007, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-sex-smell-like/427698/14 "2007-11-25T19:44:59Z")
[QUOTE=Zoggie] I’ve never smelled old semen. ☹ (From the old thread–old semen is apparently pungent.) In fact, I’ve never really smelled new semen. I swallow too fast, I guess… [/QUOTE] Oh, and BTW will you marry me??? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2007, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-sex-smell-like/427698/15 "2007-11-25T19:47:21Z")
A bag of wet sand. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2007, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-sex-smell-like/427698/16 "2007-11-25T19:48:11Z")
[QUOTE=Zoggie] I’ve never smelled old semen. ☹ [/QUOTE] You don’t want to. It’s not a very pleasant smell. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2007, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-sex-smell-like/427698/17 "2007-11-25T20:08:29Z")
Better suited to IMHO. MOved. **samclem** GQ moderator ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Slant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@Mr.Slant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Slant)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2007, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-sex-smell-like/427698/18 "2007-11-25T20:46:18Z")
[QUOTE=Aesiron] You don’t want to. It’s not a very pleasant smell. [/QUOTE] Really, I smelled it once [we’re talking weeks old], and it was a genuinely gag-inducing smell [this from a distance, mind you], but I could not describe the smell to save my life. ---
**Author:** ![priapus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@priapus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/priapus)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2007, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-sex-smell-like/427698/19 "2007-11-25T22:37:37Z")
Smells like Vulva! (NSFW) [http://buzzfeed.com/link/Crotch-Scented\_Perfume/vulva\_a\_vaginal\_aroma\_perfume\_seriously](http://buzzfeed.com/link/Crotch-Scented_Perfume/vulva_a_vaginal_aroma_perfume_seriously) ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2007, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-sex-smell-like/427698/20 "2007-11-26T00:00:46Z")
I just read the thread that Gfactor linked, and I can’t believe someone said a “chlorine pool”. That’s exactly it, at least for MY contribution (male). I remember the first time I had a wet dream, I woke up and thought, “Wow! It smells like Clorox!” Cut grass? Never thought that… But ladies, I’m sure it tastes like chocolate fudge 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-sex-smell-like/427698.md?page=2)