Why is there so a big deal made over body odour...

Mister Vain · 10-10-2014 07:36PM #1

but not other rank smells like cigarette smoke and garlic? There was a guy in work today who had a bit of body odour. The woman next to me was complaining about it but I found the smell of smoke of her was much worse. Nothing is ever said about that though. Someone comes in stinking of ciggies and nobody batters an eyelid. A bit of sweat and people are making complaints.

catallus · 10-10-2014 07:38PM

Because cleanliness is next to godliness.

howamidifferent · 10-10-2014 07:38PM

why would you batter an eyelid?

10-10-2014 07:40PM

BO and sweat aren't the same smell.

BoJack Horseman · 10-10-2014 07:41PM

Pheromones play a part I think.

People will find certain peoples odour worse than the next.

If someone is talking to me stinking of fags, I'll tell them.
Their voluntary stench isn't my problem, its theirs.

wretcheddomain · 10-10-2014 07:43PM

Stench in any form is equally repugnant.

Mister Vain · 10-10-2014 07:44PM

wretcheddomain wrote: »

Stench in any form is equally repugnant.

Agreed.

The Strawman Argument · 10-10-2014 07:48PM

I usually don't mind BO at all, only seems to bother me if I don't like the person it's coming from.

fussyonion · 10-10-2014 07:51PM

I don't mind the smell of sweat on my boyfriend, once it's not stale sweat.
It can smelly manly and give me the ladyhorn.

RayM · 10-10-2014 07:54PM

I've never understood why so many people very obviously don't shower daily. You might not notice it yourself, but if you're in an enclosed space with other people (on public transport, in a workplace, etc), and you haven't bothered showering, there's a good chance that they can smell you.

Donkey Oaty · 10-10-2014 07:55PM

I smell of old books, pipe tobacco and a decaying barristers wig.

At least that's what the label on the "Gullible, pour l'Homme" (Aldi, 1.99) says.

on the river · 10-10-2014 07:55PM

fussyonion wrote: »

I don't mind the smell of sweat on my boyfriend, once it's not stale sweat.
It can smelly manly and give me the ladyhorn.

dgt · 10-10-2014 08:49PM

I can smell yis from here

TheBeardedLady · 10-10-2014 09:09PM

howamidifferent wrote: »

why would you batter an eyelid?

Burger 'n' a ba'ered oilid, bud. Sound.

Cigarette smoke smells equally horrible. I'm batting some serious eyelids (batting the fook outta them :mad:) whenever I get a whiff of a smoker tbh and I'm not the only one.

10-10-2014 09:16PM

Mister Vain wrote: »

but not other rank smells like cigarette smoke and garlic? There was a guy in work today who had a bit of body odour. The woman next to me was complaining about it but I found the smell of smoke of her was much worse. Nothing is ever said about that though. Someone comes in stinking of ciggies and nobody batters an eyelid. A bit of sweat and people are making complaints.

Cig smoke smells absolutely disgusting, and so does B.O. Smokers don't realise how horrible stale smoke is, and the worst is when they think a Polo mint or gum covers it up. Minty smoke is icky too.

Sweat is fine if it's relatively fresh, but stale sweat tipping into B.O. isn't pleasant.

Gummy Panda · 10-10-2014 09:27PM

Mister Vain wrote: »

but not other rank smells like cigarette smoke and garlic? There was a guy in work today who had a bit of body odour. The woman next to me was complaining about it but I found the smell of smoke of her was much worse. Nothing is ever said about that though. Someone comes in stinking of ciggies and nobody batters an eyelid. A bit of sweat and people are making complaints.

She is complaining as its giving her the goo for knob.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 10-10-2014 10:13PM

Have had some horrible experiences of sitting next to smelly beasts on Bus Eireann coaches. The worst smell is a mix of stale sweat and some cheap brand of deodorant like Cien Musk for Men.

Mister Vain · 10-10-2014 10:22PM

Candie wrote: »

Cig smoke smells absolutely disgusting, and so does B.O. Smokers don't realise how horrible stale smoke is, and the worst is when they think a Polo mint or gum covers it up. Minty smoke is icky too.

Or a bit of aftershave/perfume. Nothing covers it up.

woodoo · 10-10-2014 10:41PM

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Have had some horrible experiences of sitting next to smelly beasts on Bus Eireann coaches. The worst smell is a mix of stale sweat and some cheap brand of deodorant like Cien Musk for Men.

Dirty clothes on a clean body is horrible too. That mixture of clean smelling soap and dirty clothes is revolting.

DazMarz · 10-10-2014 10:50PM

There's a guy I know, sadly... I swear, I don't think a healthy human being could or should make a smell like this.

He obviously simply does not bathe at all. The awfulness of his odour is almost impossible to describe. I have, in my time, smelt rotting meat. Rotting seafood. Fetid shít.

None of these smells made me want to wretch.

This guy? Every time. I feel like puking. Awful so it is.

delw · 10-10-2014 11:12PM

It's only a matter of time until the smell is wide spread when people stop showering/washing themselves because of the water charges

moxin · 10-10-2014 11:38PM

B.O. on men is alot worse than on women due to hormones, men sweat more and smell more. So you if you are gods gift to women, do wash yourself and groom yourself to keep yourself attractive

bb1234567 · 10-10-2014 11:42PM

Mister Vain wrote: »

but not other rank smells like cigarette smoke and garlic? There was a guy in work today who had a bit of body odour. The woman next to me was complaining about it but I found the smell of smoke of her was much worse. Nothing is ever said about that though. Someone comes in stinking of ciggies and nobody batters an eyelid. A bit of sweat and people are making complaints.

Sweat means they dont wash themselves, which is disgusting.

Limestone1 · 10-10-2014 11:45PM

DazMarz wrote: »

There's a guy I know, sadly... I swear, I don't think a healthy human being could or should make a smell like this.

He obviously simply does not bathe at all. The awfulness of his odour is almost impossible to describe. I have, in my time, smelt rotting meat. Rotting seafood. Fetid shít.

None of these smells made me want to wretch.

This guy? Every time. I feel like puking. Awful so it is.

You touched him didn't you .... you regret it don't you ....

Henlars67 · 10-10-2014 11:45PM

The smell from smokers doesn't bother me at all, unless it's stale smoke.

One will only smell of stale smoke if they haven't washed that day, or if they aren't wearing clean clothes.

Same goes for sweat. Anybody can smell of sweat if they've been in a rush or whatever.

Smelling of stale sweat is unacceptable though.

wiseoldelf34 · 10-10-2014 11:46PM

Smell of ****e off yiz

wazky · 10-10-2014 11:49PM

I know this heavy girl, and she stinks to high heaven some days, fcuking sweat, piss, clunge, sh1t the lot, don't know if this is side effect of being very fat or just poor hygiene, rotten though.

Henlars67 · 10-10-2014 11:50PM

wazky wrote: »

I know this heavy girl, and she stinks to high heaven some days, fcuking sweat, piss, clunge, sh1t the lot, don't know if this is side effect of being very fat or just poor hygiene, rotten though.

Too lazy to wash herself. Pretty common among fat people.

TheBeardedLady · 10-10-2014 11:50PM

bb1234567 wrote: »

Sweat means they dont wash themselves, which is disgusting.

You smell of sweat after exercise or legging it for the bus or if you forget to put deodorant on to a clean body etc.

pablo128 · 10-10-2014 11:52PM

Mister Vain wrote: »

but not other rank smells like cigarette smoke and garlic? There was a guy in work today who had a bit of body odour. The woman next to me was complaining about it but I found the smell of smoke of her was much worse. Nothing is ever said about that though. Someone comes in stinking of ciggies and nobody batters an eyelid. A bit of sweat and people are making complaints.

You shoulda told her she has a neck like a jockeys boll1x to be whinging about your man with the bang of smoke off her.

And to go off and brush her teeth.

Absolutely cast iron set in stone guaranteed to shut her up for a few days at least.

bb1234567 · 10-10-2014 11:54PM

Henlars67 wrote: »

Too lazy to wash herself. Pretty common among fat people.

lol ouch

Why is there so a big deal made over body odour...

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