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Women just love the smell of a man's sweat

Posted on Feb 8th 2007 2:29PM by Brian White

Filed Under: Diet & Weight Loss, Men's Health

Are females attracted to that disgusting fluid that men secrete when exercising or participating in sports? Yes -- women crave male sweat. Maybe it's unconscious, but possibly true.

Some research out of California concluded that women who sniffed a chemical found in male sweat experienced elevated levels of an important hormone. In other words, smelling that sweat made the women studied in the research have higher sexual arousal rates -- along with a faster heart rate and other effects.

Need the perfect aphrodisiac this Valentine's Day to make that special encounter, well, just that more special? Drop colognes and just start sweating, guys.

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Sue Woods 2-13-2007 @ 6:31AM

And I thought that I was the only woman in the world that liked the smell of a little bit of a man's persperation.

Laura 2-13-2007 @ 7:19AM

Uh huh- walk into a gym and get light headed :) This is true.

rj 2-13-2007 @ 7:15AM

yes this true until you marry then its just another excuse for no sex

samah 2-13-2007 @ 9:24AM

ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwww that is so digustimg comon guys i woke to see my e mail and this is what i get im going back to sleep .............god that is so disgusting to see or evn read about

girrl 2-14-2007 @ 2:44PM

OMG... that is soooo true... My hubby was a bit sweaty this morning ad I was aroused and repelled at the same time

KMJ 2-13-2007 @ 12:00PM

I'd like to clarify, there is nothing like a clean, showered man, that knows to put deoderant on,
sweating......Yummy!!!! Now, take a man that
didn't shower, ate garlic pizza and downed some
beers the night before, and didn't put deoderant on,
sweating in your gym,....he smells like s--t!!!

Jennifer 2-13-2007 @ 9:00AM

There is nothing sexier than a man dripping with sweat. It makes you just wanna......ya know.

Hattie 2-13-2007 @ 8:31AM

Absolutely true. Thing is, it isn't actually the sweat that gets me going, it's the natural musk that gets released caused by sweating. Sweat itself just smells hideous but man musk is rather nice.

Sherry 2-13-2007 @ 8:55AM

It is true. However, when a man is sweating because he is actually doing something, that's sexy! But when they are sweating, stuck to the lazy-boy, that's the end of that!

terri 2-14-2007 @ 7:52AM

After 17 yrs of marriage, there is nothing that smells better than my husbands neck after he's been working in the sun.

RUSS 2-13-2007 @ 8:59AM

I DON'T KNOW WHU PEOPLE WOULD THINK THIS IS STRANGE.IT IS NATURE AT ITS BEST.WOMEN GIVE OFF A DIFF SCENT WHEN THEY ARE IN A STATE OF ARROUSAL AND MEN CAN SMELL THAT .THAT IS THE WAY NATURE INTENDED IT AND IT WORKS PERFECT. "NATURE ",WHAT A WONDERFUL THING.

RUSS HARDY

Ohmah 2-13-2007 @ 9:59PM

I don't know ... used to pick up my son and his buddies from football practice ... the odor was so foul, it made me nauseated. I would have to drive them home with my window down, gulping fresh air! We still joke about it. lol
My hubby's sweat smells like old hot tar ... not an aphrodiasiac at all ... he's much nicer fresh from the shower ... better yet, in the shower ...
Then there's this guy at work ... his sweat drives me wild ... unexpected, curious ... he is stinky, musky after working outdoors. Nice fantasy.

Al Lewis 2-13-2007 @ 9:36AM

(1) To the point about the lazyboy, there are two kinds of sweat. One is from exercising (very sexy and sweet). THe other is from nervousness or just sitting around -- quite offputting

(2) To the point about the football team. I think it's YOUR OWN man's sweat which is exciting. nto the sweat of a bunch of random males

LuftKopf 2-13-2007 @ 9:43AM

I can Tell you this... I play Hockey and when my wife comes to a game. She looks at me a whole different way. I am thinking CHA-CHING....Good game or bad game when it is over and she is there it always ends in a good game. Or even when I am working in the yard. She comes out a lot to offfer me drinks and says "Damn your Sexy" As you can tell I cut the grass 4 times a week!!!!!!!

Jane 2-13-2007 @ 1:34PM

Wait! Sweat , fresh as its working , Not body odor, bacteria giving off waste gas and odors. To be clear , start out clean showered, then go work out. and while sweating is nice , not two weeks later! lol

Al Lewis 2-13-2007 @ 10:01AM

One further observation (I just posted the last two): I have dated Asians and Caucasians. Without question the latter are way mroe into it than the former, who themselves rarely sweat under their arms. My suspicion is that the researchers failed to control for this variable.

I have obviously given this way too much thought and need to get back to my day job

Sandra 2-13-2007 @ 10:07AM

Obviously I am the minority, but can't stand a sweaty man! Yuck! Now right out of the shower? Oh yes!!!!! You better believe it!

dolly 4-07-2010 @ 5:53PM

I have to agree, I don't think male sweat is a turn on at all. Give me a man that smells like fresh soap and water right out of the shower.

bjford38 2-13-2007 @ 10:07AM

I agree with Ohmah. It depends on the man. My ex-husband stunk to hell and back. But my new boyfriend, just the slightest perspiration sends my senses and every nerve ending to heaven and back.