Do you think most men could get away with not wearing deodorant if they wanted to?

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Anonymous wrote:Or is it just an ingrained habit? My brother in his early 30s has stopped as an experiment. He trims/shaves his armpits, which I guess is a pretty common thing now, and should help. He is convinced that most guys do not actually smell if they shower. I, however, suspect that most guys working an office job would absolutely reek by the end of the day, armpit hair or no armpit hair.

Yeah no. I had a seemingly very clean looking technician repairing a machine in my home today and he REEKED. No thanks!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Or is it just an ingrained habit? My brother in his early 30s has stopped as an experiment. He trims/shaves his armpits, which I guess is a pretty common thing now, and should help. He is convinced that most guys do not actually smell if they shower. I, however, suspect that most guys working an office job would absolutely reek by the end of the day, armpit hair or no armpit hair.

Hell no. Repair man almost blew me away today. Like what the hell?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Or is it just an ingrained habit? My brother in his early 30s has stopped as an experiment. He trims/shaves his armpits, which I guess is a pretty common thing now, and should help. He is convinced that most guys do not actually smell if they shower. I, however, suspect that most guys working an office job would absolutely reek by the end of the day, armpit hair or no armpit hair.

Hell no. Repair man almost blew me away today. Like what the hell?

lol

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No, all men smell.

Not all men.

Guys who shave their armpits don't?

[Anonymous]

Only if they shower and then stay relatively still in a cool home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Most men, no. I think DH probably could. He's weirdly odorless and doesn't really sweat.

Same with my DH, 55.His sweat doesn’t smell! He uses the equivalent of Teen Spirit just because he likes it and it’s cheap.

I, however, use Clinical Strength whatever, wash with antibacterial soap under my pits, shave daily and still am self conscious that I can smell b.o. by the end of the day. Can’t ever skip.

[Anonymous]

Holy shit

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Anonymous wrote:Only if they shower and then stay relatively still in a cool home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Holy shit

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Anonymous wrote:My white husband absolutely needs deodorant. Could he get away with it on a day with no humidity or heat in an AC’d building all day? Probably but there’d be some small odor if you shoved your nose in his pits.

Our teenage son is half Korean and he doesn’t really need deodorant even if he’s been playing sports in the sun. I strongly encourage it though.

According to my Asian husband Asians don't smell. This has proven to be true of our half Asian teenager who never wears deodorant. We bought him some when he started going through puberty, but has never needed it.

[Anonymous]

I don't think so. My son forgot to put deodorant on before we ran some errands not too long ago and even though he had cologne on, his pits were stinky after a few hours. He's a swimmer who prefers to be pretty hairless during competition season.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My white husband absolutely needs deodorant. Could he get away with it on a day with no humidity or heat in an AC’d building all day? Probably but there’d be some small odor if you shoved your nose in his pits.

Our teenage son is half Korean and he doesn’t really need deodorant even if he’s been playing sports in the sun. I strongly encourage it though.

According to my Asian husband Asians don't smell. This has proven to be true of our half Asian teenager who never wears deodorant. We bought him some when he started going through puberty, but has never needed it.

Yes, this is true. My sis (white) is married to an Asian guy. He doesn't wear deodorant and none of their mixed kids need it either.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't think so. My son forgot to put deodorant on before we ran some errands not too long ago and even though he had cologne on, his pits were stinky after a few hours. He's a swimmer who prefers to be pretty hairless during competition season.

Do guys (who are not swimmers) still get teased for this, or is common enough for guys to shave their armpits for it to be considered ok?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Or is it just an ingrained habit? My brother in his early 30s has stopped as an experiment. He trims/shaves his armpits, which I guess is a pretty common thing now, and should help. He is convinced that most guys do not actually smell if they shower. I, however, suspect that most guys working an office job would absolutely reek by the end of the day, armpit hair or no armpit hair.

Hell no. Repair man almost blew me away today. Like what the hell?

I wonder what America smelled like before everyone started wearing deodorant.

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Anonymous wrote:Matthew McConaughey

+1