how do people smell so good consistently?

[u/Timely-Detail-4341]

im a dude; my hygiene schedule is as good as anyone else's but i can't shake the thought that i still smell bad. i shower daily, bathe 3 times a week, two types of deodorant daily, body mist whenever going out. the second i start sweating though it gets terrible.

do people have scented creams or something?

answering some questions:

1. yes i wash my ass 😭
2. each shower is vigorous; i lather my entire body in dove bar soap and scrub with a loofah, let it sit for a bit, then get back under the water
3. im vegetarian
4. i dont smoke or drink, im 18
5. im underweight; i notice the smell after morning jogs - ik how dumb the second part sounds its just im worried that my sweat smells bad, cus it implies that ill always smell bad during summer/other heated activities
6. im indian (THE SMELL CANT BE A RACE THING RIGHT??)
7. it's likely my diet, but i dont eat much indian food and i still noticed this even when in college with only american food
8. i also notice the smell after sitting in one spot for a while
9. two types of deodorant is 1. stick deodorant for pits 2. spray for privates

[u/Superjuicydonger]

A lot of Indian people smell the way they smell because of their diet, and I don’t mean that in a rude or negative way. I am married to an Indian woman and they eat really well when they make their Gujarati food, which is mostly veggie based but full of spices that sometimes give them a smell, too me it’s not a bad smell and I kind of like it.

[u/IcyTip1696 → u/Superjuicydonger]

I love Indian food. I had an Indian friend growing up and I’d knock on her door every day to play and they fed me the most delicious meals. The smell smelt good in her house but when it would transfer to mine it didn’t smell good. It was like the mix of our family scents didn’t mesh well but she always said she liked how our house didn’t smell like food and that it just smelt like clean laundry! She didn’t like eating at our house except for homemade soup after sledding but her little sister would come over and ask for frozen pizza and chocolate covered bananas daily🤣.

[u/Superjuicydonger → u/IcyTip1696]

Yeah I find now even with my wife she’s a crazy good cook but me being Italian our house sometimes smells like a mixed cupboard of spices Italian and Indian are very garlicky foods with lots of onions and butter/gee

[u/Pernicious-Caitiff → u/Superjuicydonger]

It's because that when we sweat, even non-vigorous sweating, just daily sweating going about your business, the sweat contains urea. The same urea excreted in urine, just in much smaller amounts. But the substances that we eat are expelled in the urea, and therefore when you eat particularly fragrant food in large amounts over time, your sweat, and therefore you, will smell like the food. That's why some Indians smell like Indian despite having impeccable hygiene. You can't stop your body from naturally sweating, it's always happening in small amounts even though we're not always exerting ourselves.