insidious_machinae

This message has been deleted.

SiN

oi...the 'stank' and 'stench' terms....(please, people - try not to think so crudely about such things)..

but anyways - yes, I can tell. something i've notised since childhood, and it is one of my least favourite odors.

I suspect, however, that the particular odor I refer to is a combination of scented pads/liners with menstrual flow.

So...I don't think I notise the smell of every single woman on her period...but sometimes, yes. unmistakeable.

//edit - so, I vote for the nonexistant 'sometimes' option.../me wonders if she should edit your poll..

__________________

Manic_Skafe

I think this is just another one of those things that vary from person to person.

With my woman it's just as fresh all season.

__________________
"Porn is a zoo of exotic animals that becomes boring upon ownership." -Nersesian

Trisk

You can only smell it if the girl doesn't shower (or at least clean up down there) for a day or two during her period or if she doesn't change her pads often enough.

anti fishstick

Will says he can with just about anyone, he has a strong sense of smell and he doesn't have to have his nose in between their legs to do it. Pretty weird.

__________________
And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
~Anais Nin

forkies

yikes, never knew some people could tell in such a manner, thank god i've got myself a guy

Flyguy

I have to agree with Trisk. If the girl doesn't bother to shower or keep herself clean, then the place can start smelling like fish.

Supple Cow

I know that "fish" is the socially accepted smell of a woman (though I can't for the life of me figure out why), but is that really the smell you mean?

Everyone smells different. Furthermore, everyone smells differently. I can smell my own special area grow more odorous and change scent every month no matter how much scrubbing I do, and ubertuber says it all smells fine. (I'm sure he detects something though.) The other thing is that my strongest smell is when I'm supposed to be ovulating (between periods), not actually during my period.

__________________
"I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."
(Michael Jordan)

Esen

There is that reall really sweet smell someyimes I get a whiff of from women at work and such,
I always associated it with them ovolating or period.
Not sure if that is the case or not though

__________________
~Esen
What is everyone doing in my room?

Mantus

Never experienced it. Guess it depends on the girl, her diet, etc.

MSD

Reading the original post, I thought he meant a change in pheromones, not vaginal odor.

la petite moi

Yeah, nwlinkvxd forgot to say that I said what most of you are saying: You can maybe smell it if they use pads. THEN you can smell it. But really, like I said, you can't smell it if the blood is stopped up in a tampon.

Jaca

That's what I was thinking too, and while I've got a pretty good sense of smell, I've never noticed differences of pheromones.

However, some of you brought up the "fishy" smell, and that is generally indicative of an STD or infection.

Though I've also read that the same smell, usually noticed the morning after sex, is caused by old semen.

Ah, I knew all this useless trivia would come in handy someday~

Paq

i can generally tell where my gf at the time is during her cycle from her scent. I don't have to stick my nose in between her legs, but just from being around for a few minutes, i can tell.

it's not 'bad' just a chang efrom last week is how i always explain it. i can normally tell them wehn it'll be early or late as well...

__________________
Live.

Chris

The Phenomenon

I can usually smell it. I guess it varies from girl to girl.

__________________
Do not confuse altruism with kindness, good will or respect for the rights of others. These are not primaries, but consequences, which, in fact, altruism makes impossible. The irreducible primary of altruism, the basic absolute, is self-sacrifice - which means: self-immolation, self-abnegation, self-denial, self-destruction - which means: the self as a standard of evil, the selfless as a standard of the good.

prefect

-A conversation between Adam and God-
Adam: whew!
God: So she was pretty good eh?
Adam: You bet!
God: So whered she run off to?
Adam: Oh she went to the river to wash up
God: No! I'll never get the smell out of those fish!

Sorry, I had to.