Smelly people first thing in the morning making me cross

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I completely understand in the UK we are currently experiencing extremely high temperatures, however......

why is it so many people smell really strongly of B.O first thing in the morning? I was on the bus Saturday morning around 9am and their were one or two people who smelled really strongly, not just slightly. This morning I was in my local shop around 10am and the man in front of me smelled that strongly that when he left, the smell even lingered.

I can understand if it was towards the end of the day, then it would be more reasonable that people would have B.O. I am just really irritated how these people think it's acceptable that other people have to put up with their offensive smell.

They may have tried it, but have they tried Glycolic acid? It’s about £7.99 on Amazon or I know Primark do a cheap one. It removes dead skin and bacteria . I’ve used it on my under arms a few times a week and really noticed a difference.

Also, again, they may have done this, but certain foods can be triggers. I’ve known someone through work who would smell of garlic for a few days if they ate it. It’s like it comes through the sweat. A food diary could help

But showers have been invented. Why would you just not have a shower rather than rub yourself with flannels?

This is like saying" Well people didn't have computers in the past so I refuse to answer my email. Instead, I will only respond to a carrier pigeon."

Only if you are happy to be judged for stinking

I love showering. Such a nice part of the day.

I love putting on clean, freshly ironed and nice smelling clothes, perfume and deodorant. Love it! Such a privilege to be clean!

Of course some people see it as a chore to be avoided but for me it’s such an enjoyable part of self care.

I am only saying that a daily shower is not essential to smelling clean, I am not recommending that people stop showering and use a flannel. I much prefer a nice shower.

Sunlight soap is really good for smelly clothes on the armpits and collars.

There are plenty of what you call excuses.

Medical reasons, mental health issues etc

Stop being so judgemental and I say that as someone who has a ridiculously keen sense of smell so really suffers arounf people with BO and bad breath etc

I used to work with a woman who can't have washed and she never changed her work clothes as she turned up day after day with the same stains. In the summer she made you want throw up but the all time record for me was a bloke in a different job who wore corduroy trousers and they were actually a light beige, they were almost oatmeal coloured but he wore them day after day and they gradually grew darker and darker and more and more waxy looking so us underlings, being evil, made a chart and dabbed it off for every day he didn't wash those dark brown honking trousers and he went 193 days wearing them without washing them once. He stunk too but they must have jumped into the washing machine themselves once they weighed five kilos. Stinky fucker!

Fair enough.
As I said I don’t use them. They can be very bad for your skin and trigger cystic acne.

i buy a sweat remover which you spray on clothing before you wash them....works on my teen son's uniform

Never had cystic acne under my arms but if you are a sufferer then fine, you must be reacting to perfumes or perhaps the metals, there are other types around to try though.. they are designed for the skin and are not bad at all, however some people may react, just as they can react to any product in anything.

But please don't spout rubbish about toxins. Too much misinformation in the world, don't need people adding to it.

Yes, the other thing is to look for washing powders with enzymes. They're good at built up dirt too, but can't be washed too hot otherwise it stops the enzymes working.

Thank god it's a BH.

There's someone(s) in my office whose feet honk when they wear sandals in hot weather. Hate to think what tomorrow will bring.

I feel the same way. I hate the thought of getting into bed dirty ..I much prefer to shower before bed and then have a "pits and bits" wash in the morning. However when the weather is hot like this I do shower in the morning too, though it dries out my skin

I've got along really well with Fussy, it doesn't stop me sweating, but to be honest, nothing else did either, I think I sweat a lot - so I've tried every deodorant on the market, and Mitchum and some other brands made my armpits really, really sore, but still didn't stop me sweating. Now, even after sweating, it never smells at all, even at the end of a long day, whatever prebiotics they use, really work on my skin, and it never makes my underarms sore either.

I hardly ever smell, nor does my mum but DH and DS are both more smelly. How much you smell is down to genetics, diet, how much water you drink, whether you have hairy pits (which trap sweat and bacteria) and hygiene. I don't have to wash everyday to not smell except if I'm exercising in heat.

I use Trust deodorant which was recommended on here and is brilliant, it doesn't clod pores as isn't antiperspirant.

Not sure what's going on but have heard modern clothing isn't helping.

It's much more synthetic cloth that can retain smells and release them when hot - so could be a washed top and clean body but smell coming on from retained smell.

DD2 a teen sweats a lot - but we trying the undertops with sweat pads in - and that seems to help - plus freebze on her tops and sunlight when it's around.

Yep, they will despite the fact I’ve smelt more BO on public transport/spaces in the UK than in Thailand or west Africa.

These places also have poverty, illness, disability etc

Many people in the Uk have an issue with personal hygiene. Think it’s okay not to shower daily and when they do it aren’t doing it well.

The amount of people who smell bad for any good reason other than that is a tiny minute proportion.

I think the push to wash at 30 and everyone insisting they need to use non bio hasn’t helped.

I insist on bio washing powder (mostly when my DH notices one on offer and I’m like no-that’s non bio) and everything is washed at 60 on a 2 hour cycle. And no bloody fabric conditioner which does nothing for clothes but coat them in something that either eats the fabric or stops them from washing properly.

But yeah a lot of people seem to think showers aren’t necessary.

I don't use antiperspirant, it's not good for your skin, and I fortunately don't sweat much. I do however use deodorant though, so I don't smell.

Some people sweat far more than others. B.O. is not a nice smell but it never ever triggered a migraine in my head, unlike the appalling sprays which a few people would spray around at work, not at the loo, where you could dive in and breathe through your mouth for a few minutes, but around the bank of desks where other people worked and couldn't walk off. One prat felt the need to spray her bloody feet one work day and treated us all to the smell. I wish I could have given her my three-day migraine.

I'll fuck off down the garden and play with the bonfire, then.

If you are only going to shower once a day, then surely it’s better in the morning? Washing at night is fine but why wouldn’t you want to put clean clothes on a properly clean body?

Love a mature response

Or better still shower in the evening and the morning.
No one wants to go to bed with deodorant on.

I'm always amazed at MN how people start the day without a shower or at least a thorough armpit wash.