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Bathing in cologne/perfume is the issue, body odor or not.

I read a long time ago to do 1 spritz of cologne to the middle of the chest (for guys), ideally right after showering. I think the body heat and it usually being covered up by clothing helps with the overall scent. Can't remember the details.

Also, mom told me when I was a teen, "The only person who should be able to smell your cologne is the person hugging you." That's always been my guide.

If I have to travel by public transportation and I need to decide between someone who thinks they're using perfumes moderately or a homeless drunk with shit in their pants - it's always the drunk. Sure shit, piss, sweat, human-grease and old substances are nasty and unpleasant smells. But those don't cause migraine and asthma for me.

To be fair, if you start regularly showering and keep up with the same amount of cologne, the cologne will become the problem. As it is, the cologne is a problem, along with at least one or two other more serious problems.

Nah,the cologne is just as much of an issue

-signed, someone very sensitive to smells

Wipe yourself down with 90% isopropyl. It kills the bacteria that makes the stench for a day or two, and wipes away any residual oils that might be rotting on your skin.

Make sure you get the worst offending areas like your pits, the back and sides of your neck, your back, and downstairs.

Be careful around the nether regions though, you are in for a very unpleasant burning sensation the more bacteria there is.

But you will smell so much better (i.e. no odor) and it feels better too.

No. It's both. Too much perfume or cologne is almost as bad as just bad bo or a mix of the 2.

Just let me smell the BO without the stinky cologne. 😬

My teenaged boys haven't learned this lesson yet. I've tried telling them not to overdo the body spray/ cologne/ whatever, but they don't seem to believe me.

Most high end fragrances also sell scented deodorants

Bathing and using the deodorant is the best option. You won't overdo the scent

Bad BO makes me wretch.

Cologne and Perfume gives me a headache and clogs up my sinuses.

With those powers combined.......

I'm physically ill from someones olfactory assault.

If I can smell a person at all from more than 3 feet away. I instantly have a negative opinion of them.

15 year old me need this advice

Helloooooooo high school PE memories of the locker room getting fogged with Axe body spray

now listen here. my musky odor smells exactly and precisely like a beaver's anus, crossed with bacon, which as you might recall shares a scent with vanilla. in fact it is called vanillin. then crossed with bacon. my stench has been called by seventeen heads of state, princesses and poodles, and i now begin to quote thusly, "sexilicious". I have finished the quote. I require neither parfum nor cologne to cover any bee oh.

I practiced the art of hoe-bath. Wash my genitals, wash my pits and smell goes down by a lot

I haven’t worn cologne since Drakkar Noir in 1992

i use aluminum deodorant mostly to prevent sweat, not to smell a certain way. i know there's some you can get at pharmacies that might not smell, but i just get the "best" regular deodorant that stores have.

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What's B.O.?

I both stay very clean and use a range of scents, luckily no one's ever complained I give them headaches and I usually get told I smell really good. I work with a lot of stinky people, but honestly sweat based BO isn't the most common issue, it's usually the smell of cat urine which keeps me a thousand feet away from the culprit or the familiar smell of someone who hasn't washed their bed in a while and came to work straight out of it, I call it "sleep smell"... and that one's starting to give me a weird complex because a really hot girl smells like it a lot and I'm starting to like a nasty smell... 😅

HARD disagree. Artificial scents can easily be overwhelming, and even with bad BO, I’d rather not have the cologne on top of that.