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Originally Posted by MissChievous
Not weird at all! I have to say I don't care for BO, but there's an explanation to why you like that.
On a science program I watched on National Geographic once, they explained that scientists has discovered that our body odor secreted at our armpits and in the genital area contain a genetic code, that will attract other persons with a compatible genetic code. This ensures genetic diversity when mating. Or something like that. It went into lots of details which I don't remember all, but they had a test where various females were tested to sniff odors of various males, and each woman had to chose which odor they liked the most. Then they tested both people's DNA and it found out they were a good genetic match. That's why we also have lots of hair around the genitals and armpits because it traps those odors, which are supposed to attract a matching mate.
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Anthropologists tell us that hair,epecially on the areas where there are apocrine glands,are primitive scent wicks designed to disperse odor. Desmond Morris has written quite a bit about that (he's an anthropologist who studies human attraction)
People also may unconsciously "assign" an unpleasant odor to people they do not like or that they fear. A police officer I was interviewing a few years back was recalling high school experiences and said "I never like when I had to wrestle Samoans in gym class. They all have a smell." Some people assign smells they consider to be dirty to foreigners,prostitutes,gangmembers,etc. Its a form of predjudice.
I love the smell of the soap aisle in Ross. I particularly love and buy soaps that smell like lavender,almond,banana,etc. I like powdery,marshmallowy smells. I like people who smell like soap and dryer sheets. I had a girlfriend that liked the smell of somewhat dirty hair. She said it smelled like peaches. Dirty hair,I can smell from a mile away,and its an amazing source of dustmites and oils going rancid if not kept clean. Clean hair smells wonderful. I remember Vidal Sassoon had a shampoo that smelled like almonds with a hint of cherry.
Certain smells carry a sentimental-or "scentimental"! value with people-like a freshly bathed baby,milk chocolate,etc.