Why do we use deodorants? Do we really smell that bad? No matter what my wife does, she smells great to me.

Insurance, I guess? 

I've sweated my way through deodorant a few times and I've thought I smelled bad. I've definitely thought other people smelled bad. 

Maybe you just love your wife so much you're immune? 

Some people stink, 99.  
Simple as that. 

  It only took me a few minutes of being around people from other countries where underarm deodorant isn't used to appreciate its existence even more. We use it because it's necessary, that's why. LOL.
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Most people stink when they sweat. 
I have heard of people who not smell bad when they sweat. It is not the sweat it is the bacteria that grows. 

I knew a lady who did not sweat at all. 

This is actually the nicest thing I heard you say about your wife.

We generally use antiperspirants to avoid the sweaty underarm situation. How bad your sweat smells depends on different factors like your diet, your health or your genetics. And your smell may be offensive to some people and not to others.

I chose not to wear deodorant today because I saw your question.

I even was in a difficult exercise class --  but it was outside, and there was a breeze  --

I didn't smell me. But who knows.


:)

EDIT: Oh, I plan on using it tomorrow


This post was edited by WelbyQuentin at August 31, 2019 4:26 PM MDT

Antiperspirant. Sweat stains are tough to get out of light coloured business shirts.

People have body odor.  That odor from sweaty underarms is from a common bacteria to us all and it smells similar on everyone as far as I know.  But we also have individual scents.  I've only known a couple of people who just had a real "stink" when they didn't shower daily.  I shower an average of 10 times per week.  If I get sweaty, I'm going to take a shower when I finish the work project.  I'm allergic to deodorant so I use alcohol twice a day and it's all good.  Cheap and not harmful in any way. This post was edited by Thriftymaid at August 31, 2019 2:50 PM MDT

I'm normally pleasant-smelling but after exercise I can be quite rank. I think maybe we tend not to notice our own smell or the smell of people close to us. 

Uh-huh. Give it a couple of days of sweating and you'll throw your wife in the shower with copious amounts of shower gel. This post was edited by Zack at August 31, 2019 4:15 PM MDT

I'm all about proper hygiene and pleasant smelling deodorants or perfumes
but that doesn't mean I don't occasionally enjoy a little stank.

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