# What is it that strippers put on their bodies that makes them smell like CANDY?! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 28, 2003, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-that-strippers-put-on-their-bodies-that-makes-them-smell-like-candy/198144 "2003-08-28T06:17:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-that-strippers-put-on-their-bodies-that-makes-them-smell-like-candy/198144/22 "2003-08-28T20:43:03Z")
**auntie em** , check out **romansperson** ’s link above - it’s the same manufacturer I’m sure. Here’s their [current fragrance list](http://www.fashion-planet.com/shopping/demeter/scents.html). ---
**Author:** ![auntie\_em](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@auntie\_em](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auntie_em)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-that-strippers-put-on-their-bodies-that-makes-them-smell-like-candy/198144/23 "2003-08-28T20:43:20Z")
A-HA! [I knew I wasn’t crazy!](http://www.fashion-planet.com/shopping/demeter/demeterhome.html) Well . . . not about the dirt perfume, anyway . . . ---
**Author:** ![auntie\_em](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@auntie\_em](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auntie_em)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-that-strippers-put-on-their-bodies-that-makes-them-smell-like-candy/198144/24 "2003-08-28T20:45:14Z")
Ooops. Yep. You’re right, **Ferret Herder**! ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-that-strippers-put-on-their-bodies-that-makes-them-smell-like-candy/198144/25 "2003-08-28T21:04:55Z")
> [@](#): > > Say, would this make them candy strippers? grooooooooaaaaaaaaaan 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-that-strippers-put-on-their-bodies-that-makes-them-smell-like-candy/198144/26 "2003-08-28T21:17:31Z")
Can you get those little trees that you hang from your rearview mirror to give your car that “fresh lapdance” smell? Incubus, even if your mom recognized that smell, odds are she wouldn’t even mention it. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-that-strippers-put-on-their-bodies-that-makes-them-smell-like-candy/198144/27 "2003-08-28T21:39:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Giggle Gaggle \* > \*\*Newsflash: Strippers are human and sleep with men, too. \*\* Rich men, with open shirts, hairy chests and gold chains. They ride in the back of Limos and smoke Cuban cigars and drink Champainge, these men who sleep with the Strippers. They usually have important business interests in the Middle East and Japan. Yes, these are the manly men who sleep with Strippers. * * * If the debate centers around price, the title doesn’t change. ---
**Author:** ![Deadly\_Nightlight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Deadly\_Nightlight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deadly_Nightlight)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-that-strippers-put-on-their-bodies-that-makes-them-smell-like-candy/198144/28 "2003-08-28T21:59:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by gatopescado \* > \*\*Rich men, with open shirts, hairy chests and gold chains. They ride in the back of Limos and smoke Cuban cigars and drink Champainge, these men who sleep with the Strippers. They usually have important business interests in the Middle East and Japan. Yes, these are the manly men who sleep with Strippers. \*\* Gee I should tell my sister that she needs to stop sleeping with her Husband because as a stripper she should be sleeping with these men instead:rolleyes: Of course you could be being sarcastic, if sarcasm need apply please insert 😃 instead of:rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![erislover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-that-strippers-put-on-their-bodies-that-makes-them-smell-like-candy/198144/29 "2003-08-28T22:37:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Indygrrl \* > Also, the majority of strippers aren’t the classiest ladies and they probably think those body sprays are just as nice as perfume. Or if they’re smart, even _better_ than regular perfume! ---
**Author:** ![Peach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/67e7ee/32.png) [@Peach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peach)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-that-strippers-put-on-their-bodies-that-makes-them-smell-like-candy/198144/30 "2003-08-28T22:59:22Z")
i collect demeter fragrances and have a scent called ‘sex on the beach’ it totally smells like candy and makes me think of what a stripper would wear:p ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-that-strippers-put-on-their-bodies-that-makes-them-smell-like-candy/198144/31 "2003-08-29T00:24:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by GMRyujin \* > \*\*Good lord, combining boobies and food. If they could combine beer with that… \*\* My friends and I frequently use the favorable comparison, “That’s better than beer flavored boobies.” ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-that-strippers-put-on-their-bodies-that-makes-them-smell-like-candy/198144/32 "2003-08-29T00:25:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Indygrrl \* > \*\*I know the answer to this! > > It’s those body sprays from places such as Bath and Body Works or Victoria’s Secret. Vanilla, pearberry, raspberry, and peach are some of the scents they carry. There are also cheaper, yuckier versions of these scents. > > Strippers use those sprays because they’re cheap and you can spray them on frequently without overpowering people. They don’t want to use their regular perfume because they would run out too quickly. Also, the majority of strippers aren’t the classiest ladies and they probably think those body sprays are just as nice as perfume. \*\* I don’t like perfumes. These body sprays are less offensive. Does that make me not classy? ---
**Author:** ![snac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90db22/32.png) [@snac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snac)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-that-strippers-put-on-their-bodies-that-makes-them-smell-like-candy/198144/33 "2003-08-29T00:25:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dantheman \* > \*\*Say, would this make them candy strippers? \*\* True story, though off topic (though much of the thread is off topic too): At the tender age of 21, I made my first foray into an adult bookstore for the purpose of purchasing one of those paperback jerk-off books…poorly edited novels with minimal plot and maximal sex, the kinkier the more normal. Intrigued yet freaked, I grabbed a book that looked promising, and I could’ve sworn that the title was actually “The Candy Strippers.” Nurses and nurse assistants are not my particular fetish, and I was disappointed to find out that the real title was slightly different. (Oh well. Read it anyway and went back later for something else.) ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-that-strippers-put-on-their-bodies-that-makes-them-smell-like-candy/198144/34 "2003-08-29T01:07:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by gatopescado \* > \*\*Rich men, with open shirts, hairy chests and gold chains. They ride in the back of Limos and smoke Cuban cigars and drink Champainge, these men who sleep with the Strippers. They usually have important business interests in the Middle East and Japan. Yes, these are the manly men who sleep with Strippers. > > * * * > > If the debate centers around price, the title doesn’t change. \*\* I’ve never been to Japan. I rarely drink champagne. I do have a hairy chest. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-that-strippers-put-on-their-bodies-that-makes-them-smell-like-candy/198144/35 "2003-08-29T01:11:57Z")
In about 1985 (age 14 or so) I slow-danced with a girl on whom I had a major crush. Whatever fragrance she was wearing smelled like candy; I can recall it perfectly. Unfortunately, I apparently smelled insufficiently of sucrose for her taste. Sigh. Hmm, I wonder if she’s a stripper now? In fact, I wonder if we’re running a _post hoc ergo propter hoc_ fallacy? Maybe the question is not “Why do strippers smell like candy,” but “Why do girls who smell like candy become strippers?” ---
**Author:** ![Nvme77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c89c15/32.png) [@Nvme77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nvme77)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-that-strippers-put-on-their-bodies-that-makes-them-smell-like-candy/198144/36 "2003-08-29T05:10:43Z")
Umm slight tiny tiny hijack- promise. I broke an appendage a few months ago while visiting a strip club on a business trip- thank god my boss was with me. I was, of course, recovering from drinking too many margaritas, and while I was in the emergency room I smelled my blouse and remarked to my co worker-“I can still smell 'em” We had bought each other numerous lapdances with various candy smelling strippers and their banana straberry scent had lasted far longer than the bump and grind. ---
**Author:** ![SanibelMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@SanibelMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanibelMan)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-that-strippers-put-on-their-bodies-that-makes-them-smell-like-candy/198144/37 "2003-08-29T05:32:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dantheman \* > \*\*Say, would this make them candy strippers? \*\* \*I heard that you were feeling ill Headache, fever, and a chill I came to help restore your pluck 'Cause I’m the nurse who likes to - \* ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-that-strippers-put-on-their-bodies-that-makes-them-smell-like-candy/198144/38 "2003-08-29T14:07:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CalMeacham \* > \*\*Ahhh, there’s nothing like that new stripper smell! \*\* And if you could bottle it, you could sell it as one of those air fresheners that people hang from their rearview mirrors. (Ha, get it? REARview? Oh, man. You know. Because strippers sometimes have nice rears. I read it someplace.) ---
**Author:** ![Isabelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5a626/32.png) [@Isabelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isabelle)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-that-strippers-put-on-their-bodies-that-makes-them-smell-like-candy/198144/39 "2003-08-29T14:15:44Z")
I don’t get it. Why do strippers wear perfume at all? I have never been to a strip club but I heard that the women are not allowed to be up close and personal and the guys aren’t allowed to touch. If you can’t be that close then you shouldn’t be able to smell it. RIght? ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-that-strippers-put-on-their-bodies-that-makes-them-smell-like-candy/198144/40 "2003-08-29T15:36:42Z")
\*_Isabelle_, based on what I’ve, uh, heard from friends, yeah that’s it, friends of mine who’ve frequented strip bars, they get thisclose w/o touching, but all bets are off in the “private dance” booths, depending on what you tip. ---
**Author:** ![Wyatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b19c9b/32.png) [@Wyatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wyatt)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-that-strippers-put-on-their-bodies-that-makes-them-smell-like-candy/198144/41 "2003-08-29T16:35:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Incubus \* > \*\* … but the stip club … > One time after one dancer did the whole ‘rub my face in her boobs’ bit, some of the body spray/oil/whatever must’ve gotten rubbed off on me, because when I came home, _ **mom mom** _ asked me, “Why do you smell like marshmallows?” I couldn’t help but laugh about it. \*\* (italics mine) Was it JUST ME? Or did anyone Else find the whole line of ‘… When I got home from the strip club … MOM asked…’ even funnier than “candy strippers”??? “Hi, Dear, how was your night out?” “Oh, Fine, Mom, thanks for clipping those two-for-one coupons for the lap-dances ! They were Great!” “Thats nice, hun, now get right to bed, tomorrow _is_ a school day! Did they give you anything for show-and-tell?” Ok, so I have my own version of “Sense o’humor.exe” … its an off brand, I’ll admit, but it was Really cheap in the discount bin, and the packaging Swore it was compatable with all the name brand sense of humor programs!!! … though there was a crack in the disk … and I Do get those “run.dll.twisted” errors, from time to time … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-that-strippers-put-on-their-bodies-that-makes-them-smell-like-candy/198144.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-that-strippers-put-on-their-bodies-that-makes-them-smell-like-candy/198144.md?page=3)