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Foods that make you smell more attractive

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Re: Foods that make you smell more attractive

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Post by astrange »

sh4rks wrote: post #9
skopje wrote: post #4

no mention of curry? the Jain guy that works with me smells so good of curry every day that i breathe deep whenever i talk next to him. it is quite pleasant. very much the opposite of stereotypical insults about men from india.

Probably because Jains don't cook with aliums

The article says that people who eat a lot of garlic smell better than without it.

(Although maybe not their breath. Last time I was in Japan I tried an iekei ramen place and smelled so much like garlic to myself I was too embarrassed to go outside for the next day or two.)

IIRC the lingering curry cooking smell is from fenugreek.

Re: Foods that make you smell more attractive

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an0malous wrote: post #28
sixtyj wrote: post #22

In 4-Hour Chef, Tim Ferris mentions eating steaks from grass-fed cows… He became almost magnetic for women.

> Another study of adult men from 2006 by Havlíček's team can offer insights about whether meat makes us more attractive. The scientists looked at 30 men who were either eating a meat or non-meat diet for two weeks. Women rated their scent for their pleasantness, attractiveness, masculinity and intensity. The odour of the men on meat-free diets was on average rated as more attractive, more pleasant and less intense.…

> "To our surprise, those who were eating meat smelled slightly worse than when they were not eating meat," says Havlíček.

My guess would be non-adapted gut microbiome.

Re: Foods that make you smell more attractive

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Post by skopje »

PessimalDecimal wrote: post #6
skopje wrote: post #4

no mention of curry? the Jain guy that works with me smells so good of curry every day that i breathe deep whenever i talk next to him. it is quite pleasant. very much the opposite of stereotypical insults about men from india.

I hope you don't actually start inhaling deeply each time you're around your coworker.

Oh boy i did not say that the right way.

Re: Foods that make you smell more attractive

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Post by trallnag »

skopje wrote: post #4

no mention of curry? the Jain guy that works with me smells so good of curry every day that i breathe deep whenever i talk next to him. it is quite pleasant. very much the opposite of stereotypical insults about men from india.

You must be one in a million. I can't even stand the smell of my (opened) curry jars. Where are you from

Re: Foods that make you smell more attractive

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downut wrote: post #20

I used all of the plants discussed, interesting meats like various types of game, lamb, offal, turtles, frogs, raw oysters, all shellfish in general, and a whole bunch of fermented foods including every kind of cheese, and all the curries, to filter out the squeamish during the partner search. 45 years later I think the strategy has proved itself spectacularly. During the pregnancy all that stuff was in the mix every…

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Re: Foods that make you smell more attractive

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Post by trallnag »

downut wrote: post #20

I used all of the plants discussed, interesting meats like various types of game, lamb, offal, turtles, frogs, raw oysters, all shellfish in general, and a whole bunch of fermented foods including every kind of cheese, and all the curries, to filter out the squeamish during the partner search. 45 years later I think the strategy has proved itself spectacularly. During the pregnancy all that stuff was in the mix every…

Rent free in your head.

Re: Foods that make you smell more attractive

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Post by burnt-resistor »

lazide wrote: post #37
goda90 wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've heard anecdotes that some athletes find they don't even need deodorant because they sweat so much during practice that it's nearly odorless.

Deodorant is also for when that sweat sits and things grow in it. If they get cleaned up after their workouts, then yeah they probably don’t need it so much when actually working out. Sitting in the cab/at home afterwards though will get a bit rank without it.

Aluminum-based antiperspirants, commonly called "deodorants" as a misnomer, do no such thing. Their purpose is to prevent sweating by sealing sweat gland pores. Many are dual action deodorant-antiperspirants but not that much of the former.

Re: Foods that make you smell more attractive

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Post by burnt-resistor »

goda90 wrote: post #27
lazide wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sweating releases whatever is in your sweat glands - which builds up. If you sweat a lot really fast, it even ‘washes’ them out in a sense. Sweat glands are under the skin, and a shower doesn’t touch them.

I've heard anecdotes that some athletes find they don't even need deodorant because they sweat so much during practice that it's nearly odorless.

Maybe only female athletes who exercise in hot weather who have adapted to excreting extremely low sodium levels and also happen to have (relatively) low testosterone levels. Dudes with normal T levels are almost always going to stink no matter what because microbiology.
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