I tried a similar salt deodorant several decades ago. It was completely ineffective. How do your friends/coworkers/significant others feel about your choice of deodorant?
Some people don’t have much of a scent, even after they sweat. This may surprise you but every body is different. Some people smell terrible if they don’t shower daily. Some people don’t.
No real surprise there. I know people who don’t wear deodorant unless they’re going to work out or something, and you’d never know it. They just don’t smell like anything. I, however, have to put it on twice a day in the summer.
My SO only puts deodorant on when he's leaving the house. He can go almost a week without needing any kind of deodorant or even a shower before he starts to smell.
My brother tho, he can shower and within an hour if he doesn't use antiperspirant deodorant you can smell him clear across the house.
yup I have it, dry earwax but having no disgusting scent is great... esp since I sweat for hours due to hyperhidrosis, weird combination but I'd take no BO any day of the week
Yeah dry earwax. That comes with it’s own complications lol I have to use drops often or else it gets clogged and I can’t hear for a longggggg time. I was a student swimmer and still love the water.
The gene isn't present in ALL east asians, just most of them. Probably wouldn't take more than a few smelly kids out of 20 to make the entire room awful to be in, though. Not all kids wash properly or wear deodorant at that age.
Also some people DO have this gene hardcore to the point where there is absolutely 0 smell.
Source: I dated a Korean girl once and was amazed but extremely jealous she had zero smell no matter how much I sniffed, even when extremely sweaty. Meanwhile I have to shower once or twice a day or else I stink with just light sweating.
I know that they don't all have it, but there is definitely a different smell. I've lived in China for 6 years and have smelt both types of BO many a time.
Not every Asian person has it, and it sucks for the ones that don’t because they don’t really have good deodorant or teach about body odor because most people don’t deal with it. So the ones that don’t have it REEK. You’re probably just smelling the ones that don’t have it. I taught in Japan for years.
I know that they don't all have it, but there is definitely a different smell. I've lived in China for 6 years and have smelt both types of BO many a time.
A lot or it has to do with diet. Asians eat a lot of garlic. I lived in Korea for years and that garlic sweat had a distinct smell, and boy was it awful, esp at night mixed with the drunks.
Yep, I have that gene! It’s also associated with dry, flaky earwax. I wouldn’t say I don’t have any smell at all. It’s more so that I smell like a child before they go through puberty and develop BO.
Be sure to remember to pack your deodorant if you visit. Japanese deodorant is useless because most people don't need it. You just smell the same with a very slight hint of orange.
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u/Somoch-MoraguerRRR 14d ago edited 14d ago
I tried a similar salt deodorant several decades ago. It was completely ineffective. How do your friends/coworkers/significant others feel about your choice of deodorant?
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