[Jen]

Okay, I consider myself a connoiseur of body odor (believe me, I’ve huffed a few pits in my day), so here’s my take on it. My boyfriend is Mexican, but because he eats so much Indian food, he smells like curry a lot. If he eats a burger with a lot of onions, then he smells oniony (and consequently, I tell him to go shower). I haven’t noticed any different smell from blacks other than the unwashed nerd smell of my old roomie, who would sit in front of the computer looking at porn for hours on end, and the smell of lotion of ladies on the bus. I don’t know what that ‘stale cornchip’ comment was all about. I haven’t gotten close enough to any indian people in order to smell their body’s true odor, but I have smelled lots of Japanese, and they just usually smell like clothes. My Korean boyfriend smelled like deodorant and garlic. My conclusion is that body smells are mostly diet-related, so while you may be somewhat correct in your statement, as far as the ethnicity/cultural connection goes, it’s a very general comment, and those are dangerous to make. It’s not socially responsible to tag an odor on someone’s ethnicity.

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Name : Jen, Gender : F, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Agnostic, Age : 27, City : LA, State : CA, Country : United States, Occupation : customer service rep, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Lower class, 

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