• TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    2 months ago

    I think it’s diet dependant. I notice there’s a distinct change in my body odor when my diet contains a great deal of onions and spices and a general acrid scent that’s somewhat evocative of funky cheese.

    What have you been eating lately? 🤭

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      2 months ago

      My dad once told me Curry has that effect and that’s why Indian people stink.

      He was also kinda racist tho so that might not be true.

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        2 months ago

        I have two perspectives to this. I once had several male Indian roommates and I honestly don’t remember them having a scent beyond “male”. I could pick up turmeric from one of them, but I think he used a turmeric toothpaste.

        I’m white and afab (not on t at the time) and a decade after having those roomies, I had a half-Indian friend tell me I smell like her dad lol. I think curry odor might just stick to clothing, I make it a few times a week so I’m sure my whole house smells like curry to outsiders at this point