How do you smell if you go 48 hours with washing/ showering or using deodorant?

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Especially in terms of armpit. Do you smell a lot, a little or not at all in 48 hours?

Do people really not smell without deodorant?

I dont care if this is a BO troll I find that fascinating
48 hrs without deodorant or showering and I reek!

I think not at all, but then I did read that you can't smell your own stench so maybe not!

Eurgh. I shower once or twice daily. Nothing beats feeling fresh and clean. Everyone is different but I would feel disgusting if I didn't wash for 48 hours

Surely it depends on what you've been doing and how hot it is?

In winter and doing no exercise, probably not much.

In summer and doing some heavy lifting, fairly horrible I'd imagine.

My dh never smells nasty. Doesn't use deodorant etc. He showers every day, sometimes twice but even when we travel and he cant shower theres not a whiff. Me, on the other hand smell awful even with deodorant .

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I never use deodorant and don’t smell. I shower, but not always every day (eg if Im ill, or boiler is knackered etc).

I get up in the morning and smell bad. I shower at least once a day - twice if I do exercise. Even with antiperspirant I sweat

Actually depends on time of the month with me.

I didn't used to smell also have dry earwax but since starting the menopause I smell really bad if I don't shower twice a day

I have 2 adult DC -one doesn't smell ever, they other one can be a bit pongy within a few hours of a shower if they haven't used deodorant

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Do people really not smell without deodorant?

I dont care if this is a BO troll I find that fascinating
48 hrs without deodorant or showering and I reek!

Yes. Honestly. Some people just don’t.

In fact, in places like japan, it’s less usual to need to use deodorant.

No Bath or shower - passable

No deodorant- probably really bad

If I’d been for a run without any of these - people would need hazmats

Not at all. I went a week without a shower or wash when I was very ill once. DH couldn't believe there was no whiff from my armpits. I remember being a bit whiffy at the end of each day as a teenager though.

I wouldn't smell of BO, but my vag area wouldn't be great

If it’s cool then I don’t really smell. If it’s hot, then that’s a different story.

It depends. Sometimes I smell of pizza.

But only if I've been to pizza express in Woking.

Depends how sweaty I get, I would think and that depends on weather and activity.
I've never tried it even when I've been really Ill I have a wash or a wet wipes wash and put deo on.

@worldweary45 is there any difference in diet etc between your adult DC?

Not a troll honestly - just curious to know what normal is. Not a question I’d ask anyone in real life lol

Alright but I'd feel muggy.

Not really any smell for a few days tbh. I am vegan though and from my careful testing of male partners over the years, the veggie and vegan ones do smell far less whiffy than the carnivores. Upstairs and downstairs. I think diet can affect odours Imho. Anecdotal and based solely on my unscientific lovelife haha

Not alot unless I'm hormonal like pregnancy etc

I rarely smell, unless I wear fitted tops made from synthetic material, so I don't. If I stick to loose fitting cotton tops I just don't seem to smell at all.

Don't you mean without? I wouldn't go that long, it's gross.

Not at all I don’t think I’ve ever had BO even when I haven’t been able to shower for a few days whilst being ill. I didn’t know there was a link between dry ear wax either!

I usually shower every 36-24 hours due to a skin condition I have that worsens if I shower too often.

If it's 36 hours it's a pits 'n' bits shower. 48 and it's a full all over. If it's very hot and I'm sweaty I just wash at the sink.

If I've forgotten to use deo I'll start getting a normal BO smell at about 24 hours. Then I wash and apply. I've never deliberately gone without, though.

When using deo I do stay fresh - unless it's a "natural" one. They've never stopped sweat or smell on me.

I'd have hated to be around before their invention!