[JW19517]

This smell is more so on men because men have more muscle mass, more thermal mass than women and generate more heat. I have noticed the same phenomenon you have, but I have some good news for you: you are probably dealing with people who are predominantly if not entirely vegetarian, who eat curries, and curries contain a spice called cumin. It’s also used in Mexican cooking. It’s in the fennel family (curiously, in East Indian restaurants, you are frequently offered fennel seeds after dinner, the same way we offer after-dinner mints – as a breath and digestion aid. Fennel smells and tastes very pleasant, nothing like its cousin cumin. Cumin has a ‘fleshy’ odor and is good to add that character to foods that do not have meat, so it’s mostly dietary, the male person factor is attributable to more sweat glands and more surface area (generally) and more muscle mass, hence more body heat. Not to worry, they bathe very well, and if that is all you smell, observe that it really doesn’t get stronger with East Indian gentleman. It’s consistent, which means they are not getting ranker and ickier during the day. Cumin does mimic certain human odors mainly found on men, but the human-produced smell will get stronger and nastier (and this is usually non-East Indian gentlemen) whereas on your East Indian co-workers you will see that it will remain constant. That’s due to diet, not lack of hygiene.

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