My smell

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So this man i know says he can 'smell' where a woman is in her monthly cycle. Is he full of shit? Or does anyone know any men who can genuinely sense this?

I read recently that smelling is like listening to an orchestra. If you (any human) hears the triangle, your dog can smell the whole symphony. Dogs' sense of smell is about 100x better than humans, so it's not stupid to think your pet "knows" your body is changing before you realise. My dog senses what is happening around her, movements of animals/prey because her hearing is better than human and so is her sense of smell. But I often see things before she does. Species specialisation and all that.

Crisps, yes. It does. Perfect sense. I guess our smell is awesome mid cycle.

Before my late dm passed, she was in a care home where there was a cat who the staff said could sense or smell impending death. It would come into the room and snuggle up on the bed. I spent a number of times chasing it out of my mum's room. I thought it was nonsense at the time.

Having said that, I watched the sniffer dogs (blood) on Murder 24/7 on BBC2 and it was unreal. She found blood down a crack in a pavement and also picked up a black flannel in someone's bathroom. They thought she had it wrong, but again it had blood on it which was not obvious to the eye. She indicated by lying down.

I have never noticed a different smell to anyone, but dh said he could "tell" I was pregnant before we did the test whatever that might mean.

At certain times of the month, My sweat smells like weed.....Whats that about?

Sorry phone ran out of charge...DS struggles in hospitals, and as he's vegetarian struggles with cooked meat as well as raw. He isn't even good with his own poo and has been known to vomit at the smell of it.

He also has increasingly hearing, which is much less of a problem. Weirdly his taste does not seem to be so acute, or if it is it's never been an issue.

Wow, illberg. Thats quite something.

I knew a guy who could smell when a woman was on her period. I found it (and still do) interesting--is it an actual smell, or pheromones, or what?!
It gotta be linked to our reproductive biological roots somehow.

*It's go to be..

Not sure about the smell but my husband can tell where I am in my cycle as I heat up with the hormone levels and when I would be on he says it like being next to a radiator!
I am on the cool so do not have periods but do still have the hormone cycle

Yes, because men are known for their sense of smell.

Women do smell different at different parts of there cycle, I don't mean unpleasantly or the smell of blood. I've noticed with partners in the past, it's very subtle, the sort of thing you only notice when kissing their neck for example.
Probably pheromones I'd guess

Lynette, that sounds pretty hard on your DS. Hopefully he will adapt to it somehow? Or find some career in it. Sounds special too

I can smell when other women are having their periods. I don’t like it but just makes me more conscious myself when I’m on. Men tend to have a much stronger smell even when freshly washed. My poor hubby!

I can tell when a woman is 'on' - it's not an unpleasant smell at all.

Far better than the flashing-neon smell of bloody Femfresh, which is hideous.

I can definitely smell other women who are lax with personal hygiene. My waxing lady loves me as she has some daily horrific experiences. I can smell when somebody really needs to change their external sanpro. I wish I couldn't.

Sorry for being morbid here but my late mother could smell death.
She said it came as a distinctive (to her) odour all of a sudden, and shortly afterwards, within a few days she would hear someone she knew had died. She said it never failed.She had first smelled it as a teenager just before her grandfather died.

I smell like out of date butchermeat when I’m on but I’ve never noticed anyone else

We are animals, so it makes sense that our background odours alter to signal fertility, receptiveness to sex etc. Biologically, reproduction is the Holy Grail. Intellectual appeal counts for very little in reproduction, but much more for courting/ mating behaviour.

He has nice manners/good conversation/pleasant parents: proceed to step 2. No manners/ no conversation/ghastly family= run fast.

www.health.com/condition/sexual-health/can-men-smell-ovulation

Wasn’t there a study that showed strippers consistently got better tips when ovulating or something along those lines? Indicated that men can subconsciously ‘know’ or be drawn to ovulating women which makes sense.

1. It's possible.

1. That doesn't mean a bloke has to talk about it. Ever. It's creepy and inappropriate.

Why? @MitziK... It seems to be inbuilt and hard wired, so why are you revolted by the concept?

Why shouldn’t anyone talk about something that is real?

We ain't nothing but mammals...