Anonymous
04/12/2023 09:39
Subject: Re:How do you go outside... and not smell like outside?
I can’t believe so many of you don’t know the outdoor stink - it’s from humidity! Right now it’s dry so enjoy the few smell-free days, but once it gets muggy, we all smell. That’s why you can’t hang clothes outside to dry here, but you can in California, and they smell like sunshine out there!
Anonymous
04/11/2023 14:02
Subject: How do you go outside... and not smell like outside?
Anonymous wrote:This one comes up year after year and it still makes absolutely no sense to me.
Where are you people going "outside" that you come in smelling bad? Are you hiking over landfills?
NP. Yep. I’m stumbling on it for the first time and it makes zero sense. The outdoors are fresh, clean! Not like wet dog. There’s a reason some people like to hang their sheets up to dry outdoors.
Maybe there’s something in these posters’ neighborhoods.
Anonymous
04/10/2023 21:54
Subject: How do you go outside... and not smell like outside?
Its a faint sweat smell, old people and little kids get it most.
Anonymous
04/10/2023 21:52
Subject: How do you go outside... and not smell like outside?
This one comes up year after year and it still makes absolutely no sense to me.
Where are you people going "outside" that you come in smelling bad? Are you hiking over landfills?
Where are you people going "outside" that you come in smelling bad? Are you hiking over landfills?
Anonymous
04/10/2023 21:17
Subject: How do you go outside... and not smell like outside?
I keep a can of downy aerosel wrinkle release at my desk at work. I spray it before mid-morning and afternoon meetings to ensure that my clothing smells fresh.
Anonymous
04/10/2023 20:04
Subject: Re:How do you go outside... and not smell like outside?
I grew up in NoVA and remember my mom saying we had a doggy smell after a young outside —not in the winter. And we showered, washed hair daily.
I know the smell and I smell it on my own kids if they have been out at the park shooting hoops or soccer practice.
It’s really distinct. It’s not BO.
I know the smell and I smell it on my own kids if they have been out at the park shooting hoops or soccer practice.
It’s really distinct. It’s not BO.
Anonymous
04/10/2023 18:21
Subject: How do you go outside... and not smell like outside?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Outside smells like a wet dog. I only smell it in this area.
Yes, this exactly. Wet dog smell. My kids and husband smell this way after being outside. I probably do too. Sometimes I can smell it in my dryer when a clean load comes out. I live near but not next to I-66 and wonder if it is pollution-related.
This x 100 I am clean and wash my hair, but after spending time outside I smell like a wet dog 🤢 I have only noticed it here in the DMV so odd
It's not the I66 air pollution. I live in Rockville and have the same issue. It's this area. I am originally from out west, and never had this problem there.
I cannot line dry my clothes, even though I'd love to on nice days. The smell makes me gag.
https://www.acs.org/molecule-of-the-week/archive/g/geosmin.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geosmin
Anonymous
04/10/2023 17:57
Subject: How do you go outside... and not smell like outside?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Outside smells like a wet dog. I only smell it in this area.
Yes, this exactly. Wet dog smell. My kids and husband smell this way after being outside. I probably do too. Sometimes I can smell it in my dryer when a clean load comes out. I live near but not next to I-66 and wonder if it is pollution-related.
This x 100 I am clean and wash my hair, but after spending time outside I smell like a wet dog 🤢 I have only noticed it here in the DMV so odd
Anonymous
04/10/2023 17:11
Subject: How do you go outside... and not smell like outside?
Anonymous wrote:I think it’s lotion. Test this out. When you go outside with skin cream it seems to add to the sweat/outside smell. When you don’t, it is not there.
Nope, I can confirm that it's not lotion for me. The outside smell attached to my hair in minutes. I do not lotion my hair.
Anonymous
04/10/2023 17:10
Subject: How do you go outside... and not smell like outside?
We are in "smell like outside" season. And no, it's not the pollen.
Anonymous
03/25/2023 12:56
Subject: How do you go outside... and not smell like outside?
I think it’s lotion. Test this out. When you go outside with skin cream it seems to add to the sweat/outside smell. When you don’t, it is not there.
Anonymous
03/25/2023 08:45
Subject: How do you go outside... and not smell like outside?
Anonymous wrote:Outside smells like a wet dog. I only smell it in this area.
Yes, this exactly. Wet dog smell. My kids and husband smell this way after being outside. I probably do too. Sometimes I can smell it in my dryer when a clean load comes out. I live near but not next to I-66 and wonder if it is pollution-related.
Anonymous
03/25/2023 07:57
Subject: How do you go outside... and not smell like outside?
Anonymous wrote:This thread is a DCUM classic, periodically revived to either look at or display the weird.
It’s amazing.
Anonymous
03/25/2023 04:33
Subject: How do you go outside... and not smell like outside?
This thread is a DCUM classic, periodically revived to either look at or display the weird.
Anonymous
03/25/2023 04:30
Subject: How do you go outside... and not smell like outside?
We all go outside so we all smell the same!