How many times could you wear the same dress or top before it smelled?

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I genuinely can’t wear a dress or top twice in summer no matter how much deodorant I put on. I don’t have terribly BO but anything that touches my armpits all day doesn’t smell fresh.

I have to put a tight top underneath the dress to keep it fresh but that often spoils the look if the dress is at all low cut or has short arms or is tight. Even in winter I do this to wear the dress more than a couple of times.

I’m always frustrated there aren’t more tops for sale cut so that they can be used like this without showing - but maybe there aren’t such tops because others do not have to wear them. Do you?

Only once for a top or dress, I can wear trousers a couple of times though.

Totally depends on what it's made of. Merino wool t-shirts I can wear for 4 to 5 days (or until I drop something down them) before they smell at all. They are also easy to hand wash and dry overnight so perfect for travelling.

Usually only once but if it's not a close fitting top, it hasn't been hot and I've not been very active then sometimes I'll wear a second time.

Second wears though tend to not be for work or going out, just for being at home as I'm conscious that you can get nose blind and would be worried about smelling.

A matter of opinion. I have a colleague who thinks that clothes only smell “clean” if they been through fabric conditioner. That’s not a clean smell, that’s a chemical smell.

I used to be able to do it for up to 3 days. It wouldn't smell. But recently I smell in half a day. Anyone else had this, did you figure out the cause?

Once for the office and then once at home normally as not perfectly fresh second wear. I can't justify washing things that often.

Absolutely, damp mildew is from drying too slowly, sweat smells are completely different.

Agreed. It’s definitely stale sweat I smell on my morning commute into work 🤢

A week! I would be twice maximum, normally once.

Several days, unless I’m doing something intentionally sweaty. I don’t wear layers though (no wonder you’re sweating). And this will freak the clean brigade out, but I don’t shower every day, only if I’ve actually left the house or done something dirty. And I don’t put deodorant on daily either., maybe 3 times a week after a shower. I think sometimes we mess our bodies up by washing and putting all sorts of stuff on them so that we lose that natural equilibrium.

Wear an antiperspirant, rather than a deodorant.

Easily get 2-3 wears out of most things if it's just been normal wear. Obviously gym stuff needs washing every time, or if you've worn it whilst frying onions etc. I normally have to wash stuff because I've dropped my dinner down it, rather than it smelling!

I've not counted, but I often wear something and return it to the wardrobe to be worn again. Everything gets washed at 30 degrees eventually. Pants I wear once but everything else has to pass the sniff test

Stale perfume is more offensive than BO imo. Worse if you wear the item again and end up with layers of the stuff. Yuk.

Wear an antiperspirant, rather than a deodorant.

Easily get 2-3 wears out of most things if it's just been normal wear. Obviously gym stuff needs washing every time, or if you've worn it whilst frying onions etc. I normally have to wash stuff because I've dropped my dinner down it, rather than it smelling!

Ditto.

No the smell of BO smells mildewy to me. It's the damp underarms mixing with the bacteria. Listen if you want to wear your tops for days at a time, do it. Lots of people do.

I change when I get home so I don't get cooking smells on my good clothes or spill my dinner down them, or add excess wear. Work clothes then don't need to be cleaned as frequently and last longer.

See the fact that this person believes they don't smell like the man in the other thread who does shower every day is mind boggling to me. With all the love in the world, you must reek.

This.

Once for anything that's an inner layer. A dress maybe twice, but it depends on the fabric and on what I've been doing during the day.

I barely sweat post menopause so I can wear things for a week in winter if I want to, I don't tend to do that though and shower a lot because I work in the NHS.
In summer if its hot I change my clothes everyday whether I need to or not.
Also weight has a lot to do with it. When I was fat I sweated more, now Im thin I feel the cold a lot more and don't sweat.

I'd only wear a top or dress one day before putting in the wash.

I wash a tshirt or top after it has been worn once. May get a couple of wears if it is a shirt or sweatshirt worn over the top though. I tend to sweat easily though so would worry about smelling of BO.

I know if something smells or not. I have a very sharp nose. If you wear an under layer under a jumper it doesn't need washing so much.

I wonder how many women who feel not showering.daily and wearing dirty clothes is acceptable also find themselves in the large group of women who find men reluctant to go down on them. They don't realise that their lack of hygiene really is smelly everywhere

Tops , jumpers and shirts once , even in winter .
Trousers / skirts 2 days.

Huh? Why? I don’t generally sweat - I did on holiday at 43 degrees but below 30 degrees I only sweat if I’m exercising. Walking around I just don’t. Washing clothes for the sake of it is so bad for the environment.