Does mild body odor bother you?

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I have read several things about aspies being smelly/unhygienic and I'm curious why these people don't seem to notice that they smell bad to others.

Since sensory issues are part of autism, I assume some may just have a bad sense of smell and can't smell themselves or their clothing. Also possibly sensory issues with showering.

However, I've noticed that I actually like <b>mild</b> body odor. Not the smell of someone who hasn't showered in a week, but the natural human smell of a person that starts to come out maybe several hours after the last shower, or something you can smell on a clean person who's not wearing deodorant and scented products and not sweating heavily. I like my own odor and I like the odor of women I've dated.

So I wondered whether other people feel the same way. Maybe people just have different standards of what smells bad.

I don't like the smell of body odor on strangers. I have and do like mild body odor on the people I've been romantically involved with. Not anyone else though. I don't wear deodorant. I used to rub that crystal stone type deodorant on, but for the last year or so if anything I'll dampen a few cotton balls with white vinegar and rub that under my arms after a shower. That seems to help for a day or two. I showered daily without fail when I was working at the office. Now that I've been working from home I shower every other day or at the longest every three days or so. I have had mild armpit B.O. My wife hasn't minded. I know this because I've told her on those occasions that I've noticed me smelling and she doesn't believe it so I've asked her to smell my armpits. She has and she's not offended. I've also smelled hers and I'm not offended.

Long winded, but bottom line is that I agree with you (but only in the case of my wife).

I kind of like a little bit of body odor for myself (though I understand that other people may not want to smell it and so try to avoid it, at least if I'm not going out anywhere) and don't mind a little bit on someone else, but there is an unpleasant aspect it takes on if it's too strong, to me.

For me, hygiene issues stem from sensory issues, I really hate getting wet at all (and have issues with the way things like brushing my teeth or brushing my hair feel). I can go two or three days between showers/baths because my hair doesn't look gross until about two and a half days, I don't sweat a lot, and I still do things like change my clothes and put on deodorant in between showers/baths - my parents would not hesitate to tell me if I actually needed to cleanse more often than that for any reason, and they haven't, so I assume that is adequate and there is not any odor I don't notice or anything. But I admit sometimes I put it off longer than I should because of my aversion to being wet.

Depends whose.
Some people smell repulsively and some smell attractively for me.
I mean, their smell of relatively fresh sweat. After a longer time of not showering and not changing clothes, everyone stinks.

Different people find different scents fragrant

Cultural

Not everyone has the same olfactorially acuity

Particles per billion

The wrestling coach told me that "you have bacteria"

correct

The implication is wrong

The implication is that I took out a patent on bacteria and anyone that copies has to pay royalties, less plagiarism

Wrong

Everyone has bacteria

I find that peoples odors solely depend on their diets and what they are consuming more then anything else. Though I know some people feel that it varies by ethnic make up but meh I don't study the crap or nothing. The only person I ever "tolerated" mild body odor from was my ex who was raised vegetarian his whole life. At the time I wasn't vegan but for the most part what I considered at the time to be "health conscious" but always remembered to wash and use deodorant ... xD

I have since gone vegan in the last 3 and a half almost 4 years ago and switched deodorants also and notice that I don't generate as strong of a scent as I did before going vegan. Again I am still mindful of washing and deodorant and the like but I still feel like there is a link between how clean your diet is and how likely you are to smell like fresh anal leakage from a sweaty wet butt crack in NYC on a hot day o-o

But to answer the question directly I would say it depends on the person honestly because as I said my ex did not use deodorant and I was with him for 10 months without an issue. But as I said people with bad diets smell really terrible and rank. I've been to anime conventions from my late teens all the way up into my mid to late 20s so I have experienced all kinds of stink all over the joint and the worse part is when you can smell exactly what they ate perspiring through their skin o-o Obvious again I'm talking about the burger kings and the McDonalds lovers.

I'm very sensitive to smells, and I'm self-conscious of how I might smell to others. I have always been one who showers every day and applies deodorant a few times a day. I don't notice the scents of others as much but if I start feeling like I'm "dirty", I find it hard to focus and I find myself needing to shower as quickly as I can.

I don't really notice or mind natural B.O. but there's a particular acrid smell that I associate with heavy alcohol use, which I dislike.

The best thing about working from home in lockdown is that I don't have to smell my colleagues. They can start out fine, but by afternoon I can't take it.

One guy never seems to wash his coat.

There is a saying that holds true to everybody: "You are the last person to smell yourself." Your subconscious blocks out your own body odor so that it can smell other things.

Now with that being said, there are at least 4 body odors: freshly bathed, armpit, stinky feat, and it's been a long time since you showered, rotten decaying odor. As you can tell by my description of the last type of body odor, I can't tolerate it.

Years ago, I used to work with a guy who bathed about once a month, and he fit into the last type of body odor. People used to complain to him about it all the time. He was held back from promotions because of it. People tried to work at least two isles away from him. He really stank.

Then there was this autistic guy who used to come over to visit. When he lived with his parents, he had no odor that I was able to smell. When he didn't live with his parents, his body aroma (sarcasm intended) would hang around my apartment for hours. I would NOT allow him to take off his shoes because that was even worse. His body odor could be smelled from a few feet away, his foot odor could be smelled in the other room.

Believe it or not, I actually don't have a problem with arm pit odor.

Taking a shower, like sensory processing dysfunction

After shower, itchy

Eczema flare up

Especially in rain or cold

This might sound weird, but buff guys who work out and smell a little musty can be attractive.

I don't like the smell of body odors, not even myself. I used to shower every single day (or sometimes twice a day) but with chronic hives that isn't possible because of how much showering triggers my hives(which is sensory hell). I usually don't shower for several days unless I have to go somewhere. So I am stuck between my own body odor or hives(severe full body burning, itching, stinging, crawling sensation), so I reluctantly chose body odor...