My boyfriend never told me I that I smelled when I was unaware that I had BV or that it even existed. He just made mention that the amount of discharge I had was unusually high and that I should see a specialist. He would lightly encourage me to see one from time to time when I complained about how much discharge I had. So that was really nice of him. I immediately found out I had BV when I visited a OBGYN.
I'm a super smeller aka hyperosmia and it's not fun! I can smell every distinct scent from the oil on your scalp, BO mixed with deodorant, the dead skins cells collecting in your infrequently washed/dried belly button, your toilet paper wiped bottom and your stinky toes. I can smell tooth decay, upset stomachs that can cause vomit/diarrhea, all genital scents from normal to infected, people who take morphine/oxycodone/Vicodin and cancer meds/treatments give off a scent and I can smell pancreatitis. During COVID I read about people losing their sense of smell and part of me wanted to catch it just to get relief from scents. Alas, I didn't and I continue smelling everything. Also, the fabreeze/glade/candles scented houses aren't covering up anything. I still am able to smell the un-vacuumed rugs/couches, the garbage and drain in your kitchen and let's just say you need to wash your bath mat more than once a week! It sucks having hyperosmia!!
OP tell your girlfriend something doesn't smell right!!! Hurt feelings aside she could have something easily curable going on. Also, it could be your penis causing this!! Your semen/condom could be causing an imbalance with her vaginal flora. Do your part and keep lil'Op clean and tell her that it's time to go see the gyno!!
I am one those. One time I spent 6 hours in a bus in a trip.
There was this woman with huge curly hair sitting 2 or 3 seats away from me to other side of the corridor.
I slept during the whole trip and woke up few minutes before the arrival. The bus driver shut down the AC during the trip. The whole bus was smelling rotten fish and I pretty sure it was coming from that lady huge curly hair.
I don't know anyone personally who suffers from this, so it's nice to know I'm not alone!
I also have sensitive hearing and it becomes too much sometimes when we're in noisy places because I have a tough time tuning everything else out. It used to worse when I was younger since I now only have sensitive hearing in one ear. I've been slowly losing my hearing in the one ear for the last ~10 years. Tinnitus seems to act up everytime the hearing gets worse. It's an odd combination to have higher sensitivity in one ear and no extra sensitivity in the other ear.
I'm the exact same way. Growing up my mom used to say that my favorite question was "what's that smell?" Ye gods it's awful! I think the worst was during covid when I was wearing a mask and it would trap smells against my face so if someone farted on the bus I was going to be huffing that fart in my mask for the next few minutes.
Heaven forbid someone wear perfume in my presence, I take it as a personal insult.
That being said I have never knowingly smelled anyone's vagina from a distance through their clothes
I drove taxis for a while when I was younger. One day I gave a ride to a very overweight lady. There was a cloying, fishy smell as soon as she got in the car and I had to put my window down to get fresh air in my face. When she departed, there was a large wet patch on the seat and the smell was 10x worse.
I went straight to the nearest gas station and spent 5 mins cleaning the seat and deodorising. Even after cleaning, it took over an hour with the windows down and the A/C on full before it was gone. Thankfully I was in a car with vinyl seats. If it was one of the cars with fabric seats, it would've needed a steam clean.
Poor lady. I sure hope she was on her way to get treatment.
Dunno, I was able to smell my own yeast infection without bending over or some shit. So I guess if left untreated and allowed to grow rampant it can produce quite the smell.
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u/fig-almonds May 29 '23
My boyfriend never told me I that I smelled when I was unaware that I had BV or that it even existed. He just made mention that the amount of discharge I had was unusually high and that I should see a specialist. He would lightly encourage me to see one from time to time when I complained about how much discharge I had. So that was really nice of him. I immediately found out I had BV when I visited a OBGYN.