Submitted by haribobosses t3_11jp4cn in askscience
Solid-Warning8793 t1_jc25nw6 wrote
Reply to comment by haribobosses in Why does the armpit smell so different than the other sweaty parts of your body? by haribobosses
The compounds produced are different due to different metabolism. Bacteria are different. There are several types of bacteria and their by products are different. So the environment in the armpits are more suitable to certain type of bacteria that produce the by product that smells like armpit.
haribobosses OP t1_jc48k9m wrote
I appreciate your taking the time.
Can I ask a follow up? Why makes the armpit environment so different from a crotch environment?
Solid-Warning8793 t1_jc490di wrote
It is like a mini ecosystem. Just like how a jungle is different than a sea. Level of sweat, ingredients in sweat, rival bacteria etc.
haribobosses OP t1_jc4j625 wrote
To me it’s more like the jungle is different than the woodland.
Rival bacteria is precisely the point. Clearly a specific bacteria can come to dominate an armpit that never has a chance elsewhere.
I want to know why. What makes the armpit better suited than the crotch for that particular BO smell.
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Solid-Warning8793 t1_jc4ux44 wrote
Well armpits constantly sweat providing higher moisture. While crotch does not always sweat constantly.
haribobosses OP t1_jc4v92m wrote
Interesting. Conjecture or researched fact?
Solid-Warning8793 t1_jc4vvyk wrote
Researched. It should be in the sweat glands section of physiology textbooks
haribobosses OP t1_jc4yjva wrote
So with enough sweat I can get my balls to smell like BO?
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