Vaginal scent

[MayorReynolds]

I'm talking about the natural aromatic pheromones a woman puts out when she is turned on. That lingering fogbank of pine needles. For me, not sure if I'm in the minority here, I can think of fewer things more intoxicating than aroused pussy scent during vaginal or oral sex.

In the past, I've used it in many stories when delving into sensory input. "Her scent drifted into his nostrils, getting him high, driving him to fuck her harder." But I am wondering how authors and readers alike feel about it. Do you use it, and if so, how often? Does it turn you on to read about it, or would you rather that detail get left out?

 

[Blind_Justice]

I'm talking about the natural aromatic pheromones a woman puts out when she is turned on. That lingering fogbank of pine needles. For me, not sure if I'm in the minority here, I can think of fewer things more intoxicating than aroused pussy scent during vaginal or oral sex.

In the past, I've used it in many stories when delving into sensory input. "Her scent drifted into his nostrils, getting him high, driving him to fuck her harder." But I am wondering how authors and readers alike feel about it. Do you use it, and if so, how often? Does it turn you on to read about it, or would you rather that detail get left out?

As a blind, I'm all for sensory stimuli besides vision and have brought up aroma and taste in my stories. I've also had sex with one woman whose scent actively turned me off. Not that she reeked or anything, but there was ... something off.

 

[Ginlover]

I think describing anything in words has a better chance of capturing the readers imagination if you play into all their senses. Research says people have a dominant sense that brings a description to life. In writing I try to remember I don’t know which sense is a trigger for a readers imagination so I attempt to hit all of them. In moderation and rotation.

I ate a slice of chocolate cake
The glistening dark slice called to me
The scent of sweet intoxicating goodness increased as I drew it closer to my mouth.
My tongue was bathed by saliva in anticipation of what was about to come. My fingers gripped the sticky smooth coating so it couldn’t escape.
As my lips closed around the bliss I could hear my teeth sinking into the moist delectable sponge.
I took my time with each bite, tasting every mouthful, letting it ignite my senses.

A rather crude and simple example but generally one of those descriptions will assist in a reader experiencing what eating a cake is like.

 

[MayorReynolds]

Not that she reeked or anything, but there was ... something off.

Not quite appealing, but not a pee salad either, huh? ;-)

I think describing anything in words has a better chance of capturing the readers imagination if you play into all their senses. Research says people have a dominant sense that brings a description to life. In writing I try to remember I don’t know which sense is a trigger for a readers imagination so I attempt to hit all of them. In moderation and rotation.

I ate a slice of chocolate cake
The glistening dark slice called to me
The scent of sweet intoxicating goodness increased as I drew it closer to my mouth.
My tongue was bathed by saliva in anticipation of what was about to come. My fingers gripped the sticky smooth coating so it couldn’t escape.
As my lips closed around the bliss I could hear my teeth sinking into the moist delectable sponge.
I took my time with each bite, tasting every mouthful, letting it ignite my senses.

A rather crude and simple example but generally one of those descriptions will assist in a reader experiencing what eating a cake is like.

I have played around with cycling through the five senses, using it as a paint palette. The best erotic stories I read got inside my head, a welcome mental intruder, and touch, taste, smell, sight, and sound helped a lot with that.

 

[fma20fma]

hi

strong urine scent from vagina is a turn on for some guys while tipsy and mad horny.

 

[AlexBailey]

By all means, bring on the senses!

A scene from part 2 of my story:


She loosens Shawna's wrists from the arch, leaving her with no way to relieve the tension from between her legs. Shawna begins to sob, struggling to stay on her toes -- but she doesn't say the safe word. Sandy leaves her there for a minute, watching her wriggle in the harness, trying to keep her weight off of the crotch-rope.

Shawna's pussy must be dripping wet, I can smell her from where I'm sitting, though now that I notice, erotic girl-scent of every kind is all around me.

 

[NotWise]

I'm talking about the natural aromatic pheromones a woman puts out when she is turned on. That lingering fogbank of pine needles. For me, not sure if I'm in the minority here, I can think of fewer things more intoxicating than aroused pussy scent during vaginal or oral sex.

In the past, I've used it in many stories when delving into sensory input. "Her scent drifted into his nostrils, getting him high, driving him to fuck her harder." But I am wondering how authors and readers alike feel about it. Do you use it, and if so, how often? Does it turn you on to read about it, or would you rather that detail get left out?

From what I've read, if you want pheromones, then you should snort her armpit, not her pussy. It's not that pussy scent isn't arousing, it's just that it isn't really pheromones.

 

[Privates1stClass]

I'm talking about the natural aromatic pheromones a woman puts out when she is turned on. That lingering fogbank of pine needles. For me, not sure if I'm in the minority here, I can think of fewer things more intoxicating than aroused pussy scent during vaginal or oral sex.

In the past, I've used it in many stories when delving into sensory input. "Her scent drifted into his nostrils, getting him high, driving him to fuck her harder." But I am wondering how authors and readers alike feel about it. Do you use it, and if so, how often? Does it turn you on to read about it, or would you rather that detail get left out?

I think it's a learned response. When you detect the odor of an aroused pussy, you know she's turned on, and you respond accordingly.

Soon after we were married, my wife was embarrassed about the odor of her aroused pussy, but when I told her it was the odor about her I enjoyed the most, her opinion changed.

I'm the kind of guy who will award an extra star for using all five senses in a sex scene.
There's a lot to be said for all the senses--the light touches on your genitals, the odors, the tastes, the sounds, and the sights all come together to enhance the experience of sex. It also enhances reading about it.

 

[MColton84]

But I am wondering how authors and readers alike feel about it. Do you use it, and if so, how often? Does it turn you on to read about it, or would you rather that detail get left out?

I use it "scent" in most if not all of my stories, vaginal or otherwise. It's an important element to creating an atmosphere. In real life, it is a turn on for me, indicating her arousal just as much as "wet/damp panties". A story can quickly lose its heat if the author relies on sight and/or touch alone.

 

[stickygirl]

I think referring to the scent of a body is a two edged sword: some readers will like it, for some it will be a turn-off. Can't please them all, of course, but if you've guided the reader by saying you 'felt her heat and pressed my nose into the slick wetness of her sex' then the smells are implicit. Saying 'I felt the honest acrid tang of her sex filling my head' ... maybe isn't in everyone's hot list, especially if they've experienced cabin puss

Plus I think the whole idea of pheromones is that they are supposed to work at a subconscious level. Saying 'I picked up on her pheromone trail' makes you sound like you're some Amazon Ninja, sniffing the air like a dog, or she didn't make the shower. I don't believe anyone can consciously say 'I smell pheromones' - what they mean is I can smell roast potatoes and starched sheets and a touch of armpit therefore I'm horny.

 

[Athalia]

In my stories, I certainly mention it as a token of arousal, but describing it? That only works, I think, if you can relate it to other smells that the reader is already familiar with...musk, for instance. Otherwise, it's best to just mention it and let the reader add the detail from their own experience.

BTW, if vaginal odors are "off" it's almost always a hygiene problem, or an infection. One of the banes of womanhood that men aren't usually subject to, although I've had a few penises in my time that needed a good clean.

 

[ChasPHX]

In my stories, I certainly mention it as a token of arousal, but describing it? That only works, I think, if you can relate it to other smells that the reader is already familiar with...musk, for instance. Otherwise, it's best to just mention it and let the reader add the detail from their own experience.

Yep. Really, there's no good way to describe the smell of a thing that already smells like it's own thing. Why contort yourself as a writer? I always think of strawberries. I would challenge any writer to describe the smell of strawberries by comparing the smell to something else, where the comparison actually enhanced the reader's impression of what strawberries smell like. It's pretty much impossible.

The classic words used to describe the smell (and taste) of pussy are already in this thread: musk and acrid tang. But no writer can or should really use those, precisely for the reason that they're always used!

Better just to call a spade a spade. Pussy smells like pussy just like strawberries smell like strawberries. Spend the word count on how desperate he is to smell that smell, how it makes him feel, how it fills the room, how it's so thick he can taste it, whatever. So many other ways to bring it to life.

 

[mfan2112]

I ate a slice of chocolate cake
The glistening dark slice called to me
The scent of sweet intoxicating goodness increased as I drew it closer to my mouth.
My tongue was bathed by saliva in anticipation of what was about to come. My fingers gripped the sticky smooth coating so it couldn’t escape.
As my lips closed around the bliss I could hear my teeth sinking into the moist delectable sponge.
I took my time with each bite, tasting every mouthful, letting it ignite my senses.

Crap, I think I just wasted an hour on the treadmill. Now all I want is cake.

 

[tomlitilia]

In my stories, I certainly mention it as a token of arousal, but describing it? That only works, I think, if you can relate it to other smells that the reader is already familiar with...musk, for instance. Otherwise, it's best to just mention it and let the reader add the detail from their own experience.

Agreed. I might write something along the lines of "her scent was intoxicating," i.e. what the scent is making the recipient feel, but I'd never try to define what that scent is or compare it to something else. Smell, I believe, is the most abstract of our senses, so there's no point trying to pin it down.

 

[yowser]

The non-visual, non-aural senses get complicated when folks try using words to describe them (see the 'prismatic luminescence' school of practice when it comes to wine-tasting). But that doesn't stop individuals and groups from trying to put words to primal senses.

Admittedly, this is a description that was trying, perhaps in an overly contorted fashion, to capture a genital gestalt, but it has some of the parts of which we speak, I didn't try to shy away from a description of smell:

I grazed my hand over her dark groin hair, tickling softly. May keeps her nether regions in a primitive state. Not exactly old growth, yet neither assarted, clear-cut, devoid of lushness. The bracken fur around her vulva excites me, holding her scent close like a low-lying fog. She is musky, like a forest floor after a light rain. Mushrooms, fecundity, porous yielding earth, soft and springy under your footstep.

 

[Ginlover]

Crap, I think I just wasted an hour on the treadmill. Now all I want is cake.

Sorry, not sorry lol

 

[stickygirl]

Crap, I think I just wasted an hour on the treadmill. Now all I want is cake.

One of my Covid wins has been making cakes. The real win is realising what goes into a cake - I nearly retched making a chocolate cake with arterial junk it's made from. So the take away has been avoiding bad foods even more.

 

[ShellyHunter469]

Thank you for the new phrase!

I think referring to the scent of a body is a two edged sword: some readers will like it, for some it will be a turn-off. Can't please them all, of course, but if you've guided the reader by saying you 'felt her heat and pressed my nose into the slick wetness of her sex' then the smells are implicit. Saying 'I felt the honest acrid tang of her sex filling my head' ... maybe isn't in everyone's hot list, especially if they've experienced cabin puss

I hadn't heard of 'cabin puss or of Katherine Ryan either. (I gave up so much when I stopped watching television because it was a time-waster/brain pollution!) Thank you so much for introducing me to both!

 

[SisterJezabel]

One of my Covid wins has been making cakes. The real win is realising what goes into a cake - I nearly retched making a chocolate cake with arterial junk it's made from. So the take away has been avoiding bad foods even more.

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[stickygirl]

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only just realised I posted a cake reference in a vagina thread

 

[AlexBailey]

only just realised I posted a cake reference in a vagina thread

Lol! I was stumped on the vagina - arterial junk connection....

One of my Covid wins has been making cakes. The real win is realising what goes into a cake - I nearly retched making a chocolate cake with arterial junk it's made from. So the take away has been avoiding bad foods even more.

 

[Athalia]

only just realised I posted a cake reference in a vagina thread

What is all this about cake? I thought we were talking about jelly roll.

 

[HappySpouse]

Does it turn you on to read about it, or would you rather that detail get left out?

As the smell is a massive turn-on for me, personally, I like it to be mentioned. However, as many have said, its unique nature (even person to person) defies description. So, it's probably best to describe the experience of smelling, rather than the smell itself.

Do you use it, and if so, how often?

I think there have been several throw away references, but only one time I spent more than a couple words on it. To explain the layout here, they are long time married couple in a sixty-nine.

Also (trigger-warning) the run-on is intentional. Look away if it bothers you.

"My nostrils were filled with scent of her, a perfume that inhales deep into the animalistic parts of my brain, driving away rational thoughts and causing me to stiffen and twitch in her mouth."

 

[46n2]

From my perspective - at least where writing that down is concerned? She doesn’t want to hear it all perfume and fluffy white pillows.

No more than she wants to read Erotica and hear the word vagina (nor I the word “penis”).

Call it a cunt.
And it stinks just a little bit awkward.

But he’s all voracious about it anyways. In fact, more so because of the “stink”.

Durrrrrrrrrrrty, durty dirteeeee…

“I’m sorry it doesn’t smell like Fabrage - but will you bash the crap out of me anyway?”

 

[46n2]

I kinda wish there was a "like" mechanism here (been away for awhile). Where I can note to a poster, yup - solid. And not have to announce myself in the process. Ya know?

I can see where I might start "Me, me, Me-ing" a lot. Rather than respond to 10 other posters with an, "uh huh. Yup. Indeed."

Is that how the chasm occurs?