# Why don't boogers smell bad?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-boogers-smell-bad/570081>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 3, 2011, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-boogers-smell-bad/570081 "2011-02-03T23:20:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2011, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-boogers-smell-bad/570081/21 "2011-02-05T23:16:24Z")

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> [@naita](#):
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> Have you actually tried smelling these fresh under laboratory conditions before bacteria have had the time to develop?

Heh, are you going to say that water doesn’t have a smell either? 😃

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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2011, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-boogers-smell-bad/570081/22 "2011-02-06T00:50:01Z")

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> [@WhyNot](#):
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> How do you know?

It snot rocket science.

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**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2011, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-boogers-smell-bad/570081/23 "2011-02-06T08:47:01Z")

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I’m recovering from a sinus infection, and I can assure you that my nasal explusions have had a MOST disagreeable odor for the past week.

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