Has my sweat/body odour changed, or my sense of smell heightened, or both?

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I am probably quite far through peri.

Lots of symptoms but no hot flushes. I do 'run a bit hot.'

I swear the smell of my sweat/any body odour has changed. A bit, err, oniony, is the best description I can find for it. It's definitely different. Does this ring any bells with anyone?

At the same time, I'm noticing my sense of smell is heightened. (Or this might just be that there's a new particularly potent Lynx-esque body spray that the men in my area are using.)

I agree, I’m in peri and my sense of smell has got much better.

since I’m on HRT I notice that I smell as I used to, whereas before I was on HRT I had started to smell different iykwim

I think hormones like oestrogen keep us smelling as we used to, and when the levels decline we smell more like onions as testosterone is higher?

im using a new deodorant - dove long lasting and it seems to keep any oniony smells at bay as well.

Lynx is called Stynx round here 😱🤭

Yes I had terrible BO thing going on for a while in peri. Can't remember if it stopped before or after I started hrt. But I don't have any Bo now. I'm not on the right dose yet as other symptoms are still hanging about.

God I’m glad I found this thread was just about to start one of my own! Definitely notice I am pongier at moment, my lovely eco friendly Wild deodorant not cutting it. No amount of showering helping, doesn’t take long before I notice it. Trying not to use aluminium anti perspirants to stave off the dementia I am also paranoid about
And my sense of smell not amazing post covid 18mths ago so really worried I smell ten times as bad as I think 😱

The only yhing I noticed is in the last 2 years, between my boobs smell like there’s a cheesy quaver hidden there. 🥴

I've just started taking garlic tablets in an attempt to ward off mosquitos on a forthcoming holiday, so look forward to smelling onion-y AND garlic-y ...

Omg @MrsDThomas i got that too wearing uniboob sports bras. Very weird.

I had this last summer, couldn’t work out what the smell was or where it was coming from !
Asda’s liquid talc has helped it.