Yes, this. If your spouse can't tell you stuff like that, who can? I guess this is what to expect from a culture that didn't want to depict married couples sleeping in the same bed, though.
Himself is a self-admitted pig. And when he eats raw onion, he sweats it out for days. But we're honest in our odorous-ness, we ain't too proud to say "baby, you could knock a buzzard off a gut wagon, can you go hose off?" Same thing with gas, he's driven me (and the dog!!) out of the room.
But he's a 52 year old 8 year old who thinks farts are funny. *massive eyeroll* He blames it on the duck that ran though the room. I tell him "no, that was a butt-quack". ;)
Actual movie there. Bob Burns was the 4th star credited though. I am sure this ad mention was more to do with a radio show he might have been in at the time that had Lifebuoy as a sponsor.
Me too. >_> Men and women smell DIFFERENT, certainly, but I think that the stereotype that men smell more comes from the fact that historically they'd be doing more hard labour than women. Work hard, physically, and you will smell, regardless of gender.
LOL, it's hormones, not armpit hair and big LOL at meat. Men are hardwired to smell more than women due to testosterone. Probably for marking territory.
Interesting things from the internet:
"...women's body odor smells similar to onions or grapefruit while men smell more like stinky cheese."
"Both men and women who participated in these body odor studies preferred the scents from the opposite sex who had MHC genes that are most dissimilar from their own -- and this was most true for women who were ovulating"
"This different smell is how our noses recognize the opposite sex, and more importantly, those members of the opposite sex with whom we can produce genetically strong children."
"They found that even though the female sweat smelled just as strongly as the male sweat did, it was easier to mask with perfumes. About 19 percent of the fragrances tested successfully reduced the strength of male underarm odor, while more than 50 percent decreased the intensity of female underarm odor."
"Men also use their noses to choose mates, research has shown. A January 2006 study found that the scent of a woman's body odor is more attractive to men at certain times in the female's monthly cycle. Female underarm sweat seems to communicate when a woman is fertile, making her more desirable to men." God, that one is a fact. Spouse won't leave me alone when I'm ovulating. He can subconsciously smell it.
I think Lifebuoy was marketed to working men all along, but marketing soaps to women focused soft complexions and perfume, because after all, ladies don't sweat, they glow. This was an effort to extend the deodorant soap market to women as well -- they were doing men's work so they needed men's soap
Maybe less women shaved their armpits back in the days?
Then they'd stink even less as their natural sweat-evaporation system would not be compromised. But thanks for illustrating the sort of advertiser-induced paranoia that this ad targets - and shaving your pits is only necessary to allow (pretty bad for you) anti-perspirants to work.
That would be true for those who are soap-shy, but not for people who bother to shower. Making people who practice decent basic hygiene feel insecure is exactly what this sort of ad tries to do. One of the good things about this community is the number of people who recognise this and treat such ads with justifiable sarcasm.
I used to be a brewer, and brewers get some interesting cultures. Mine get much worse when I shave my pits because the sweat stops evaporating - there's no longer enough of a surface area - and the stuff just, well, ferments. The best thing I've found is to shower regularly and use the same tea tree shampoo that works on itchy scalps.
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Or is it more strange that I don't get insulted by him pointing it out?
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But he's a 52 year old 8 year old who thinks farts are funny. *massive eyeroll* He blames it on the duck that ran though the room. I tell him "no, that was a butt-quack". ;)
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for God's sake, they barely smell in comparison to men :)
Maybe less women shaved their armpits back in the days?
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March 25 2011, 05:26:39 UTC 1 year ago
believe me, the people whose smell can be felt even in the chemistry lab are all men :))
March 25 2011, 05:22:49 UTC 1 year ago
other then that, it's the food, I guess. Most of the women I know don't eat as much meat (excessive protein would make your sweat stink).
Kidney problems and spicy food can also add to the smell very significantly.
March 25 2011, 13:09:47 UTC 1 year ago
Interesting things from the internet:
"...women's body odor smells similar to onions or grapefruit while men smell more like stinky cheese."
"Both men and women who participated in these body odor studies preferred the scents from the opposite sex who had MHC genes that are most dissimilar from their own -- and this was most true for women who were ovulating"
"This different smell is how our noses recognize the opposite sex, and more importantly, those members of the opposite sex with whom we can produce genetically strong children."
"They found that even though the female sweat smelled just as strongly as the male sweat did, it was easier to mask with perfumes. About 19 percent of the fragrances tested successfully reduced the strength of male underarm odor, while more than 50 percent decreased the intensity of female underarm odor."
"Men also use their noses to choose mates, research has shown. A January 2006 study found that the scent of a woman's body odor is more attractive to men at certain times in the female's monthly cycle. Female underarm sweat seems to communicate when a woman is fertile, making her more desirable to men."
God, that one is a fact. Spouse won't leave me alone when I'm ovulating. He can subconsciously smell it.
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not in the b.o. ;)
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too many BO ads for women in that era :)
March 25 2011, 10:42:38 UTC 1 year ago
Then they'd stink even less as their natural sweat-evaporation system would not be compromised. But thanks for illustrating the sort of advertiser-induced paranoia that this ad targets - and shaving your pits is only necessary to allow (pretty bad for you) anti-perspirants to work.
Or if it turns you on, of course.
March 25 2011, 15:24:36 UTC 1 year ago
no... hair retains the sweat and the bacteria grow on it, causing the smell.
it's the same as dirty socks, except socks probably have more anaerobic bacteria because of less air access to the shoes or boots.
sweat by itself barely smells, unless you have a kidney problem...
March 25 2011, 16:10:05 UTC 1 year ago
I used to be a brewer, and brewers get some interesting cultures. Mine get much worse when I shave my pits because the sweat stops evaporating - there's no longer enough of a surface area - and the stuff just, well, ferments. The best thing I've found is to shower regularly and use the same tea tree shampoo that works on itchy scalps.
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And her nose is broken?
Notice she's gone to the point of stinking, yet she still hasn't washed her hair.
GROSS!