Do you like the way men smell?

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This poll is for females who are sexually and/or romantically attracted to males.

It applies to men (past puberty) in general, not just the ones you've dated or had sex with. So try to think of how you've felt about this throughout your life.

Also it applies to odor in general, not just when fresh out of the shower and not just after a long day of sweating.

You can vote "no opinion" if you have a very weak sense of smell. You can also vote "no opinion" if there's really only one or two guys you have any opinion about.

Interesting thread. I was unsure about for what I should've vote for. - I went for sexually/romantically attracted: yes.
But I kinda can't say it.

What I don't like, is when the odor is manipulated by the smell of their clothes, due to laundry detergent.
The influence of perfume is quite huge and can be a big turn on.

When I was younger, other people smelled awful to me, no matter their age or gender. Almost everybody.
Later on I learned, that the smell has to do with our genetic compability. But obviously, you don't wanna be with someone that doesn't smell good to you.

Since 2-3 years my ability of smell declined. Which turns out to be good for others I guess.. And I really don't know how it would be meanwhile, if my abilty to smell would be to the full extent. I'd probably be more aversed by the other gender, somehow.

I don't tend to smell a lot of random men. That said, sure. I like the way that guys I've dated have smelled, ig... but that's only because I would get close enough to pick up on it.

The average guy sitting in class doesn't typically have much of an odor to him. If he does, he needs to take a shower!

(if we're allowed to be weird here, I kind of miss the scent of my ex... he just had a certain [not good or bad] smell to him.)

Definitely.

External smell: if he doesn't wash his clothes timely / right (mold stench), I won't get close to him and not date him - or quickly educate him about keeping mold out of your clothes.

Body smell: I dated guys that didn't smell alike. It would come up when he would sweat. I would continue to date the guy. Just took it as 'different'. Few years ago, I cuddled a guy with which I was set up to start dating. He just smelled wrong. Couldn't cuddle him, washed my bedsheets right after he stayed one night, had to say no. Then I met my current boyfriend, and suddenly realised he had a nice smell - even his breath in the morning is 'okayish'! If I ever have to find another one, I'd want one with the same easy-to-handle smell.

Or would it adapt, based on how much you want to be with the other?

I've heard that once you have sex with someone, the chemicals in your brain shift to make you prefer that person's scent.

Being a virgin, I can't verify this but it seems plausible. Sexual attraction does weird things to our brains.