Body musk, are you turned on or off

[thirstygirl]

I love the smell of clean sweat. If that makes sense. Let's say my man has a shower then goes for a run. I love the musky male scent coming off him. Unless he's had something particularily aromatic to eat the night before.

The smell of musky balls in my face is instant pussy moistener.

 

[nattynatt]

If you took a shower that morning and you just got back from a hard sweaty workout at the gym -- Ooooooooh Baby! Perfection.

Couldn't agree more!!

 

[D_Tim McGnaw]

You see for me the original question of the OP is an interesting one, and being someone who has an extremely sensitive sense of smell I take an interest in all things fragrant. Especially perfumery.

But that doesn't mean I don't love natural bodily smells too. I can smell people regardless of how many showers they've taken, or how much perfume or deodorant or antiperspirant they have on, so to me unwashed people, especialy guys even if they smell pretty clean to most people smell extremely, extremely strongly to me. But more importantly everyone smells very very different to me washed or unwashed, wearing the same fragrances or not.

Some men smell absolutely fucking amazing, really intoxicating no matter what state of cleanliness they are in or how much fragrance they do or do not have on, and some men smell utterly repellent. I have been known to find myself more attracted to a man with an delicious odour than his more handsome friend and conversely I have been known to find strikingly handsome men completely revolting because of their (to me at least) overpoweringly awful funk.

As someone with a very sensitive nose I know what people mean when they say "funk" or "Musk" but what I smell is much more subtle and unique than that, underneath the more pungent smells of dampness, sweat and civet and other "musk" indicators, I can smell the foods a man eats, the things he cleans himself with (even if he hasn't cleaned himself in a while), what state of health he's in, how hormonal he is, if he had sex recently, other aspects of cleanliness like how fresh his sheets are at home, the places he's been recently, and a host of other things some of which I couldn't even name or describe.

So yes sometimes I do love a specific man's specific smell, regardless of how clean he is and sometimes I can't stand a man's smell no matter how clean he is. I can't say I love all men's smells though regardless of how clean or dirty they are.

 

[D_Ismeal Loogielugger]

Love the smell of a freshly worked out sweaty crotch. Not BO, but just a good sweat. Mmmmmm

 

[Jay1074]

Some guys natural musk is repulsive. I've been with a few guys who were pretty rank in the crotch, even after a shower. Armpit odor has always grossed me out. I will not do anything with a guy who doesn't use some kind of deodorant. I'm not into pits so this doesn't bother me. This isn't to say I don't enjoy a good natural scent of a man. There have been some guys whose scent I couldn't get enough of; all completely unenhanced with colognes or chemicals. It's just one of those variables that can make or break a good sexual experience. I know a good natural man scent when I come across it but it's sadly something I rarely experience. Most men stink to me.

 

[nick1014]

Yeah, this one really depends on the guy. Some dudes smell great even not so fresh. Other guys need help right out of the shower. It's always been a pretty big deal for me to find a guy I'm into scent-wise. Either he's got to smell good to me naturally, or he's got to practice good enough hygiene to make it seem like it.

 

[earllogjam]

Body musk is one thing...smegma under the foreskin is another.

I dislike the taste and smell of smegma on men.

 

[Bbucko]

Some men smell absolutely fucking amazing, really intoxicating no matter what state of cleanliness they are in or how much fragrance they do or do not have on, and some men smell utterly repellent. I have been known to find myself more attracted to a man with an delicious odour than his more handsome friend and conversely I have been known to find strikingly handsome men completely revolting because of their (to me at least) overpoweringly awful funk.

As someone with a very sensitive nose I know what people mean when they say "funk" or "Musk" but what I smell is much more subtle and unique than that, underneath the more pungent smells of dampness, sweat and civet and other "musk" indicators, I can smell the foods a man eats, the things he cleans himself with (even if he hasn't cleaned himself in a while), what state of health he's in, how hormonal he is, if he had sex recently, other aspects of cleanliness like how fresh his sheets are at home, the places he's been recently, and a host of other things some of which I couldn't even name or describe.

So yes sometimes I do love a specific man's specific smell, regardless of how clean he is and sometimes I can't stand a man's smell no matter how clean he is. I can't say I love all men's smells though regardless of how clean or dirty they are.

Dairy has a very distinctive odor. It works on some men and not others.

Personally I want a man to smell like a man, not a cleaner or deodorant, and I'm certainly not afraid of something ripe in the pits or groin. I personally draw the line as dirty asses (no thanks) and really terrible smeg.

Still, a man can wash off funk much easier than he can wash off cologne, which I cannot stand, ever.

 

[plumbr]

Perhaps I'm lucky that I can draw a fine line between odor and stink. I don't mind the odor because everyone as them. What I mind about is the stink. At the end of the day, I'm with the guy because it's him, the whole package, not the deodorant.

 

[pitloverfl]

I remember reading somewhere that women respond to male sweat pheromones based largely on the variations between their own genes and those of the man being smelled. Evidently, this serves the purpose of making more reproductively advantageous mates attractive to the opposite sex. Genetic diversity being a big plus.

Given that gay male brain scans show very similar activity to female brain scans when subjects are exposed to male sweat pheromones, I can only assume there is some vestigial genetic component to what male scents us gay guys find intoxicating. So the next time one of us get a whiff of musk and our mouth starts to water, just remember your brain is doing a complicated genetic assay... oh what the hell am I saying? Just rip his boxers off and go to town.

 

[lilbear]

Clean and odor-free please. Musk is an odor, body musk is one thing and the smell of smegma under the foreskin is another.

I do not like the smell of smegma at all.

 

[Sardonic]

But what about if it's your scent your partner is into, even if you're not into scents? My issue is that my partner doesn't seem too comfortable with letting himself getting a little bit musky because it turns me on. I'd love for nothing more for him to let himself build up some musk for a day or two, push me down on my knees and order me to feast on his musky foreskin!

How do you uncut guys feel about that? Would you find it a turn-on that your partner goes wild about your taste/smell and allow it to build up for a while or would you freak out and go wash before letting them suck you off?

 

[NCbear]

My man and I are both uncut. We both vary in terms of our squeamishness with being "unwashed."

It just depends on how it smells. And tastes. :tongue:

NCbear (who knows that special odor coming from a man's balls when he's aroused :biggrin1

 

[D_Tim McGnaw]

But what about if it's your scent your partner is into, even if you're not into scents? My issue is that my partner doesn't seem too comfortable with letting himself getting a little bit musky because it turns me on. I'd love for nothing more for him to let himself build up some musk for a day or two, push me down on my knees and order me to feast on his musky foreskin!

How do you uncut guys feel about that? Would you find it a turn-on that your partner goes wild about your taste/smell and allow it to build up for a while or would you freak out and go wash before letting them suck you off?

It's a fine line between natural unwashed manly muskiness and just dirty and gross. That line is in the eye of the beholder I suppose.

I would enjoy a sexual partner really getting off on my personal body odour (from whatever part of my body) just as long as the smells that turned them on weren't what I'd think of as representing actual dirtiness.

I'm pretty obsessively clean though so dirtiness wouldn't be an issue.

 

[fatddyslam]

its funny because in my experience, women got more turned on by my musk than men. with men, i believe in CLEAN. i dont usually like to be with a man unless he showers beforehand. i like to explore the whole body with my hands and tongue, and like it clean.

back to the women...i went to the gym the other day and i only rinsed off in the shower, used a little shampoo, and bounced. i met a friend of mine (girl) for lunch and when she hugged me she was like "ooooo" and after i asked her why she did that, she explained "you smell like man, i love it" haha.

i think it's kinda sexy for a rugged, sexy, handsome man to smell somewhat musky. but often times it gets too pungent. i have to agree with a previous poster that exclaimed "we should start off clean, and if we dont smell musky half way in (or at least smell like sex), we arent trying hard enough" lol

 

[Chase1600]

I am odor sensitive and wildly responsive to it.

My emotional response to smell is significant.

Mostly, it has not been, I think, that someone smells good, therefore I like them, or the opposite disliking someone’s smell I dislike them; instead it has seemed to me that if I am attracted to someone, I entirely adore their smell. It is possible that I have defined it wrongly; that it is the opposite; that smell makes me attracted to someone initially.

I, a gay male, don’t know that I was ever attracted to a guy whose odor I could not recognize. I can’t imagine responding to someone whom I could not smell. It is possible that a guy whom I love, or was attracted to, might produce an odd odor that isn’t right: he farted, too much garlic and his breath is wrong the next morning, sometimes his cum tastes off; nevermind, if I love or lust for him, I don’t know it ever gets too wrong.

I, a gay male, am really responsive to female smells, not that I usually respond sexually. Just today, I followed a female at the gym and could smell her at each of the machines we used. It wasn’t good or bad, and I genuinely figured it was a shame I wasn’t a straight guy. She should have driven one of them nuts.

I claim I can tell if a women is having her period. I even claim I can tell if she’s working in the toll booth and all I did was hand her my buck as I drove past. I believe it. It isn’t that it turns me on; I respond to guy smells, but I don’t anywhere near dislike it.

As responsive as I am to guy smells, I don’t think I could ever mistake the aroma of one guy whom I found attractive with another. I declare; each of us smells differently.

Keep it a secret and don’t tell the others, but if I like the way a guy smells, he can have his way with me.

 

[deleted509196]

I love the smell of my man. He loves his smell, too.

Oh yeah the musky smell of his cock and balls turns me on. He's clean (he actually has a bath every day, finds them relaxing!), he just has a natural man smell and it's lovely!

 

[deleted509196]

To be honest though I never really noticed a 'smell' of guys before my boyfriend now.... I guess because I'm SO into him more than anyone else!

 

[thadjock]

every guy at some point, should go backcountry camping and not take a shower other than swimming in lakes or streams for at least 10 days and notice the evoloution of your body odor, don't use any soap or shampoo, or deoderant, just let your body achieve an equilibrium, what it would normally in nature without chemical intervention.

at first (maybe like 2 days in) you actually stink, especially if you've been sweating, like you would expect to, but then the stink goes away and is replaced by a more neutral skin & hair smell, even your pits aren't as strong, it's like you have to get past a smell plateau, and then your body regulates it, so that by the 7th or 8th day you actually have a smell that's nice, earthy, maybe musky, but not at all offensive, and it stays that way. and it's not just that you get used to your own stink because i've monitored other guys i've been with and it happens to their bodies too---all in the name of science of course.

maybe an MD could explain the physiology?

 

[B_thickjohnny]

It's an interesting topic. I like the way a man smells naturally - ok not every man and it depends on where he's been, what he's eaten or drank etc. But some guys really smell incredible. Here in central Europe deodorant was not in use during the communist days - at least not in wide use. It sort of stayed that way. Many guys don't bath but twice or three times in a week. If they are clean and wear clean cothes (believe me it makes a difference) than there smell can be a huge turn on. But if they wear the same shirt for three days (which many do) that smell can be revolting. They work, go to the pub and smoke usually, throw the shirt over a chair and use it again the next day. That's just rank!