odor/taste issues - help!

Hey there guys, bumping a really old post I know. Sorry, but I love this topic.

I say this not as bragging, but a point of fact. Ive had quite a few partners over the years. My number one favorite thing to do is go down on a woman. Bar none, its my favorite act. As such I have noticed a huge variation in women's tastes and smells. Im extremly lucky right now in the sense that my current sexual partner has one of the best smelling boxes that ive ever met. Id like to offer up things Ive found over the years in regards to this.


-Hygene - showering
Yes, this is one of the most important things, however contrary to what most people are saying, I disagree with the showering directly before sex. See, if your woman has an unpleasant odor, its probably more internalized than a quick blast of hot water will do much for. Sure it may remove any lingering smells, but once you get her worked up (and by god youd better be) her natural smell will come back. So the key is preventitive hygene.

Someone earlier in the post compared to how in other countrys not everyone showers daily, just washing up. Good point. Also, to be honest, sometimes I enjoy the smell a bit more when my woman hasn't showered too recently. Maybe in a few hours, maybe as long as a day before, depending on the weather, and her activity. As long as things aren't sweaty and swampy, a little natural body odor can be very erotic, as long as it isn't overpowering.

Now, if your girl just came in from rollerblading in the park for 4 hours in the middle of the summer, sure, she should hit the showers. Heck, as other said, hit them with her, thats always good!

By the way, She may not mention this to you, but the showering idea? Good for men also, in fact, far more important because you know, we sorta stink a lot. ;)


-Hygene - pubic hair
Me personally, I like to SEE some pubic hair on a woman. Lets you know shes a woman. Plus its sexy. I know shaving completly bald is the "in" thing lately, but I digress. As Warrior Queen said
another quick hint - maybe she could trim her pubes shorter.
i find that if i leave my pubic hair to go 'au naturale', then it kinda 'traps' any moisture and subsequent odour.
if she doesn't want to go completely bare (i don't) then a trim should do it.
Yes, If she doesn't trim, spend the $10-15 on a beard and mustache trimmer, and just trim down the height of the bush. On top of the moisture issue, it looks sexier in my opinion, and no long pubes stuck in your teeth! Win win my friend.

If your girl DOES shave, for the love of god, make sure she shaves before you go down on her. Razor burn on your lips is no fun for you, and its no fun for her if you have to stop because your face is bleeding from 2 day growth.

I highly suggest that if your woman does shave, the two of you make it into an activity that you preform together. I had a girlfriend of 2 years who refused to shave herself, she made me do it. Afterwards she demanded to shave my face, then we would shower together before having sex. It was always incredibly erotic and fun. I mean, gosh, what a way to make your daily (or every few day) ablutions fun and sexy? One word of caution however. These are razors and genetalia we are talking about. Take your time and for the love of pete, be careful! Her box does NOT Shave the same way as your face. Just like a rose petal is not QUITE the same as an aligator skin boot.


-Hygene - douche and washing
Oh dear god no. If she has a strong odor problem now, this is one of the worst things she can do about it. Ive had several girls in the past who realized they had an odor problem, and douched and each and every time it made it worse.

Now, interestingly enough, Ive noticed a direct corilation here. The girls who smell the best to me (barring diet) are the ones who do the absolute least amount of tampering with their box. Douching, using scented shave gells, scented body lotions, even soap with additives. All of these can change the pH in her delicate enviorment, and almost never in a good way.

The three best smelling girls I ever had the pleasure to go down on (including my current partner) all had the same thing in common. They used additive free soap, like ivory or another similar product and hot water to wash with. Nothing else. Also additive free, or low shampoo may or may not matter, I haven't quite figured that out yet. (soapy runoff from the hair or what not)

If you have a local co-op or health store, see if you can find this soap, I don't know the name of it, but its very additive free, and has olive oil in it as a base. Its wonderfull. It leaves a very clean body with no real scent, and the bar itself smells delicious without transfering that smell to you. But it doesn't taste good, yes, I tried licking it once. :) (it tasted like soap, duh)


-Diet
Now, onto the second most important factor, besides the one above (re:douching and soap) Your woman's diet.

I don't know how often I hear people say "eat this it will make her ejaculate taste sweet!" or "Don't let a man eat whatever, it makes his cum nasty." Quite frankly, I think its a load of hooey..... errr.... sortof.

Eating a pineaple before oral sex has about the same impact as tossing a brand new car air freshener into the hudson river. It ain't gonna do squat. Now, on the other hand, Diet does play a huge part to do with her scent, but its more of a long term approach. If she was to eat pineapples for a week straight with her meals, then you MAY notice a slight shift in her taste. But don't be expecting mai tais down there bud, its not that drastic.

The best thing a man or woman can do for their flavor is eat food that has been "processed" or refined as little as possible. Steer clear of foods with artificial sweeteners or any of that garbage. The best food to eat is fresh veggies, fruits, meats, cheeses, nuts, dates, etc.

On top of that, as others have said, lots of water. People don't drink enough water in our socitey. 8 glasses a day is a minimum. MINIMUM PEOPLE! I try to drink around 2 liters a day. A good thing to remember is we drink a lot of caffenited drinks also during the day. Count each caffineted drink as negitive one glass of water. So in otherwords if you have coffee in the morning, you need 9 glasses of water that day minimum.

Lastly, people have mentioned smoking. This one isn't easy. As a smoker I know how hard it is to quit, and you can't just tell your girl to quit so you will eat her out. But maybe if she wants to quit anyways, you could toss that out there as extra incentive!

Well, I suppose thats all of the info I have for now. If I think of anything else, Ill edit the post. Again, sorry for bumping an old thread, but as you can tell, its one thats near and dear to my heart.

later.
 
psst.... suck on a couple of altoids while going down, you end up getting points for kinkyness and a good excuse :p
 
There are three problems with the whole altoids thing.

1. it doesn't actually solve the root of the problem of an unpleasant smelling box. It simply masks it for you for a short period of time.
2. Sugar is not good for a woman's internal anatomy downstairs. It can lead to problems down the road
3. Some women have very bad reactions to such an intense concentration of peppermint oil on their senstitives.
 
raven7647 said:
You all are amazing! I put up a post and 15 minutes later have three helpful responses.

Mskey- Okay, what I mean by pungent is an extremely musky scent - but not in a good way. It's kinda like the way I smell when I haven't showered for a while - but way, way stronger, almost overpowering. I know that isn't all the descriptive, but I don't have much to compare it to.

lilnymph28- Yeah, the fact that I haven't performed oral on another woman doesn't help the situation. I like the idea of showering together first.

Thank you all!


Hi....
I also have a very musky smell if I dont wash a couple times a day. My doctor says that there are a lot of women that perspire down there and so the smell is unpleasant. It isnt my pussy juices it is (like someone said in an earlier post).///it gets swampy there. I make sure I rinse off before sex.....///An old boyfriend put me on to it......he told me that he was going to freshen up because he had been sitting all day and why dont I do that too.......I did and then afterwards he explained about the smell and he figured it was because of perspiration down there.........A lot of people need to freshen up after a long day......especially if they pee a lot.....
 
Hey again everyone. I'm back after a really long hiatus - sorry for "abandoning" this thread!

There have been a lot of really good posts since the last time I visited... thanks to all of you who took the time to help me out.

Since the last time I posted, I got engaged and married to the girl that got me asking the original question about taste and smell. I've used a lot of the ideas suggested in this post and cunnilingus has gotten better, but it's still a work in progress. Thanks again to everyone who has helped out.
 
Better late than never

I just found this thread and it really hits home. I've been with several women and there are varying degrees of smell. I've had some that had no smell at all, even after a whole day of work, to others that had a prominent smell hours after a shower and some with a strong, but a very alluring smell.
My wife's smell is not the best I've ever had, but with a quick shower, it is just fine. I think part of it is my mind thinking of how many times she has gone to the bathroom that day and I think it is a urine smell, even though I know she wipes her twat ever time she goes. I always get these visions of some cowboy on the open range with a mustach and having snot all over it. Same principle for a hairy bush and what has it gathered throughout the day. She has course hair and doesn't like to shave, so that has not been a solution. The only solution has been a quick shower when I can "suggest it"

I may try to offer her cranberry juice or somethingl like that.
 
Ya know...

Every woman has a different taste/smell.
If the woman has good hygene it really doesn't matter a whole lot what she eats or drinks...its not going to vary the taste/smell much if she changes her diet. True, about the point that women who don't douche have a cleaner/purer smell/taste.

(to me) simple truth of the matter is...
if you don't like the way she smells or tastes...
then you need to find another girl
...she is who she is

If she's willing to change...
get some flavored/scented lube that you can both agree on...water based.
Maybe have her masturbate with her favorite toy a little with the lube...so it mixes with her own juices...before you go down on her
that might make things more pleasurable for both of you

anyone interested in finding out more about the most common tastes/smells of women should look into the kama sutra and varied texts
there's a lot of info in those books about types of women and their pussy personalities too...makes for some fun informative readin :nana:
 
eating fruits will help to sweeten the sent. it is the same for you. it is probably just some of the things she eats. a lot of meat is not a good thing. too much brocolli is bad too.
 
I seem to have been lucky in this regard, as I don't recall a bad-tasting woman in forty years of eating pussy. Leaving illness aside, in which case she's probably not up for lovemaking anyway. As regards bathing, the overriding issue is that she feels comfortable with her body, so if she showers once or twice a day or once every two days this doesn't matter to me, as long as she's at ease. Y'all know the best love letter ever written? Supposedly Napoleon was at the gates of Paris returning from a military campaign, and he sent a letter forward by runner to Josephine, which said: "Home in three days. Don't bathe."

Now that's a man who loves his woman's body.
 
In all my many years (about 35) of loving to go down on my partner, I have never smelled any with an odor other than the ladys natural scent. Each and every one was, and is, unique as well as something to savor.
 
Agreeing on the shower thing- My boy won't go anywhere near my pussy unless I've showered fairly recently.
Some girls also don't actually scrub down there (for whatever reason. I have a friend who is convinced it's "self-cleaning".), so maybe have a shower together before sex.

If her scent is strong enough that you can smell it when she has clothes on, it's probably something in her diet. Curry, for example, can make a person's hair, sweat, even their skin smell like it. And you don't have to eat it all that often for that to happen. Certain vitamins or medications can also a person's scent, in addition to drinking a lot of coffee.
See if you can get to start drinking more water during the course of the day. It'll flush more 'stuff' out of her system.

As far as bringing it up with her, just try to be gentle.
 
I've used a lot of the ideas suggested in this post and cunnilingus has gotten better, but it's still a work in progress. Thanks again to everyone who has helped out.

You know what they say, "practice, practice, practice!" :D;)
 
as one of those women who are unfortunately strong in that area...these are the measures i go through every day to make sure i don't stink.

-megadophilus twice a day with cranberry juice.

-cut down on the artificial sweetners and sugar.

-eat plenty of traditional greek pot set yoghurt, flavoured is fine, lots of sugar is not.

-use unscented soap or baby soap to wash my bits twice a day, making sure all the soap is washed off thoroughly. do not scrub or over clean area. it irritates and makes it worse.

-use cotton undies when i wear them. no undies isn't great all the time either because alot of my clothes aren't all natural fibres.

-a good vinegar and eucalyptus wash in my clothes to kill and lingering "bacteria". mildly scented washing powder is also good.

-diet is also a big one for me. i love my garlic and onions and spices etc. but if i know that there may be a chance of "downstairs action" i refrain from eating them for about a week. alot of fatty foods is also a bad idea.

and even still there are occasions when i am more pungent than i would like. mostly due to "that time of the month". it's not offensively stinky (at least, no-one's ever complained). but i notice and don't like it.
for god's sake, don't douche. if you really must give yourself an internal wash, mild salinated water will do the job well.

edited to add: glad that the OP is happy and well in the bedroom with his beloved. hope it contiues.
 
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well i may be new here but this is old stuff for me lol
ok diet find out what she eats through the week cause
what she has to eat also effects the way she tastes
down there the same goes for you you eat a lot of
sour n bitter foods then your cum an her secreations
are gonna taste bitter an smell bad its all in what you
eat
 
Yeah some women naturally smell strong and that's perfectly fine. But they should not smell *bad*.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacterial_vaginosis

Check out that link. Bacterial vaginosis is basically an imbalance in the naturally-occurring bacteria ratio in a woman's vagina. If the Ph gets out of whack, the wrong types of bacteria grow too numerous. It's not an STD or anything and usually has no symptoms other than odor and maybe thicker than normal (and stinky) discharge after sex. Some women are naturally succeptible to it. Environmental factors play a part as well.

I've been in your shoes before with one or two women. You're getting it on hot and heavy and make your way down to her panties and you're kind of stunned for a moment....

One ex gf had these kind of strong odor issues. I thought it was just normal and just kind of endured it. Then one day she calls me after a routine gyno appointment and said she had bacterial vaginosis. She asked if I'd smelled anything "off" with her and I'm like.... "um..... no not that I can think of" even though the odor was way the hell off.

After just a few days on antibiotics she smelled completely different. All trace of odor was gone, replaced by her own wonderful natural scent. The gyno asked her of she took bubble baths - she was taking them regularly. Apparently the soap in bubble baths can throw off the Ph in a vagina, leading to BV.
 
Also, having a new sexual partner (especially unprotected) can lead to a case of BV. Some women have issues adjusting to the new chemicals, bacteria, oils, fluids, etc from a new man.

Also, ever wonder what exactly the disease is that you can get from having anal sex followed by vaginal? It's bacterial vaginosis!

This doesn't even require vaginal penetration, simply a penis that's had anal contact coming into direct contact with the vulva. This is very easy to accidentally do. IN the heat of the moment if the penis slips out during anal sex and you hurry to get it back in, it can easily slip into the vagina instead or at least start to do so. That's really all it takes.
 
unless she has a bacterial infection, a lot of it depends on whether you like to perform oral sex or not. i much prefer going down on a woman who smells and tastes natural than one that smells like a glade plug-in
 
OK, so random thing, I may recently have been involved with a woman that is diabetic, and I noticed a similar issue that was originaly stated here a pungent odor.

Any ideas if being diabetic could be related to it? Or just more showers?
 
OK, so random thing, I may recently have been involved with a woman that is diabetic, and I noticed a similar issue that was originaly stated here a pungent odor.

Any ideas if being diabetic could be related to it? Or just more showers?

Diabetes is sometimes related to PCOS, and I've heard several people say that PCOS affects a woman's odor. Besides that, diabetics may be on medication, and absolutely are going to be on some kind of special diet, both of which are likely to affect body smell. On top of that diabetics may have liver damage, and liver problems commonly result in weird-smelling breath, pee, and other body odors.
 
Interesting so I'm not actually imagining things, when I think she smells different down there than other girls.

Good to know.
 
I had to jump to the last page to see if his girlfriend went hysterical, broke up with him and kicked him out, and threw all his shit in the yard after he told her her yang smells pungent. :D

How'd that fly?


The responses were great, helpful and some amusing, but I couldn't help wonder if there's actually a real issue or not. He said it was his first time so he has nothing and no one to compare with...could it be a natural musky scent that he assumed wouldn't be noticeable or something? If he had some preconceived idea of what he should expect then a completely normal scent could be something harsh or "pungent" but if he hooked up with others would find it the same?
 
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