Current Events > Did you know that Koreans don't smell?

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https://www.reddit.com/r/korea/comments/5ibef6/why_is_it_that_koreans_dont_produce_body_odor/

http://www.verygoodlight.com/2016/12/14/koreans-dont-produce-body-odor/

A high percentage of Korean patients have the mutation called ABCC11 which alters the composition of sweat so that they do not produce body odor, he confirms with Very Good Light. Body odor is produced when sweat is broken down by bacteria that live naturally on the skin. Depending on the composition of the sweat, odor may be different or have no smell at all when broken down by bacteria. The mutation does not alter the production of sweat at all, so wetness itself is not affected. Antiperspirants may be still necessary to reduce sweating, even if a deodorant effect is not needed.
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My wife's Chinese and she's the same way. She's never used deodorant, never smells. Sweating her ass off doing yard work in August, smells like a flower.
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Wonder what the evolutionary advantage of smelling like ass is
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i've met some SMELLY ASS koreans so nay to this
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sure thing. thanks for quoting *wink wink*
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r4X0r posted...

My wife's Chinese and she's the same way. She's never used deodorant, never smells. Sweating her ass off doing yard work in August, smells like a flower.

Flowers have a smell. Smelling like a flower =/= not having a smell.
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This is an important find for when GATTACA becomes reality.
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The fuck
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"Smells" in common vernacular carries a negative connotation. If somebody says "That smells!" nobody's wondering whether they mean if it smells good or if it smells bad.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABCC11

The gene is responsible for determination of human cerumen type (wet or dry ear wax) and presence of underarm osmidrosis (odor associated with sweat caused by excessive apocrine secretion).

The frequency of alleles for dry ear wax and odorless sweat is most concentrated in East- and Northeast Asia, most notably Korea, China, Mongolia, and western Japan.[7] Conversely the frequency of the allele for wet ear wax and odored sweat are highest in African-American and sub-saharan populations.[7]
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SkittyOnWailord posted...

r4X0r posted...

My wife's Chinese and she's the same way. She's never used deodorant, never smells. Sweating her ass off doing yard work in August, smells like a flower.

Flowers have a smell. Smelling like a flower =/= not having a smell.

The point is that she has been working with flowers all day and only smells like flowers.
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While I was abroad, a common complaint I heard Japanese people make about foreign travelers was that they smelled. I thought it was a hygiene issue at first or people not wearing deodorant, but talking through it I realized it was a difference in genetics.

Sweat composition is different for a lot of Asian people such that they don't need deodorant, thus why a lot of travelers to Japan and Korea have difficulty buying deodorant. Most people born there will never need it.

This isn't just a north or east Asian thing, or even really an Asian thing. These genetic differences manifest across continents and really any major community in which there are significant genetic differences.
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I don't smell as far as I know of. I smell in traditional ways, like if I don't take a shower for a week and a half I start to smell.

But I won't be offensive after just sweating.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nc_-l5zpTWE

Steve Nick posted...

I don't smell as far as I know of. I smell in traditional ways, like if I don't take a shower for a week and a half I start to smell.

But I won't be offensive after just sweating.

It may not be offensive, but you almost certainly have a smell. Even after just twelve hours after showering, your perspiration will have left residue in the fibers of your clothing.

When you wake up in the mornings and pry yourself away from your pillow, do you really notice nothing?
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Never understood why English language has universal word for "smell".
There should be two word, one for smelling good and one for smelling bad.

josifrees posted...

Wonder what the evolutionary advantage of smelling like ass is

letting the animals know who's boss around here

like beards I guess
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hollow_shrine posted...

Steve Nick posted...

I don't smell as far as I know of. I smell in traditional ways, like if I don't take a shower for a week and a half I start to smell.

But I won't be offensive after just sweating.

It may not be offensive, but you almost certainly have a smell. Even after just twelve hours after showering, your perspiration will have left residue in the fibers of your clothing.

When you wake up in the mornings and pry yourself away from your pillow, do you really notice nothing?

I've never noticed a smell, or been informed of a smell, except when going without showering or changing clothes for 4-6+ days.
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GunmaN1905 posted...

Never understood why English language has universal word for "smell".
There should be two word, one for smelling good and one for smelling bad.

There are several words to indicate both states of smell. Noisome, pungent, acrid, rank, musty, putrid, fragrant, aromatic, heady, redolent. There's even a word for smell that would generally be good in moderation but are offensive in excess, cloying.
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ThyCorndog posted...

josifrees posted...

Wonder what the evolutionary advantage of smelling like ass is

letting the animals know who's boss around here

like beards I guess

Beards keep you warm. Body odor may have at once been identifiable, and in a thing by which someone else might recognize you. Or it might have been useful for marking territory.
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hollow_shrine posted...

There are several words to indicate both states of smell. Noisome, pungent, acrid, rank, musty, putrid, fragrant, aromatic, heady, redolent. There's even a word for smell that would generally be good in moderation but are offensive in excess, cloying.

Yea, but none of those is commonly used.
For example, in my native language there's two seperate commonly used words for smelling nicely and badly.
While there's no common word for smelling well in English.
When someone says "smell", I instantly assume it's bad. Idk, maybe it's just me.

hollow_shrine posted...

ThyCorndog posted...

josifrees posted...

Wonder what the evolutionary advantage of smelling like ass is

letting the animals know who's boss around here

like beards I guess

Beards keep you warm. Body odor may have at once been identifiable, and in a thing by which someone else might recognize you. Or it might have been useful for marking territory.

It's literally meant for sexual attraction. people don't associate it with that anymore though because of an entire century's worth of marketing campaigns designed to tell them they shouldn't.
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I hooked up with a Korean girl once who definitely had a smell.
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GunmaN1905 posted...

Never understood why English language has universal word for "smell".
There should be two word, one for smelling good and one for smelling bad.

Odor
Scent
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bump
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TC why do you keep bumping this. Are you waiting for someone to say something comically racist or do you have a smell fetish or is it something else?
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TC own up to your bumps, stop deleting them
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GunmaN1905 posted...

Never understood why English language has universal word for "smell".
There should be two word, one for smelling good and one for smelling bad.

I'm always annoyed how English doesn't have (afaik) word like he or she that doesn't assume gender.
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Lucky bastards. >:(
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Sami1000 posted...

GunmaN1905 posted...

Never understood why English language has universal word for "smell".
There should be two word, one for smelling good and one for smelling bad.

I'm always annoyed how English doesn't have (afaik) word like he or she that doesn't assume gender.

"Scent"
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I teach in Korea. I have some stinky students. They aren't as bad as American students but during the warmer months I have to open the classroom windows to air it out.
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josifrees posted...

Wonder what the evolutionary advantage of smelling like ass is

I'd imagine it carried over from our more primitive days where scent might have played a bigger role in things like mating.
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P4wn4g3 posted...

This is an important find for when GATTACA becomes reality.

Lol
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ForestLogic posted...

Sami1000 posted...

GunmaN1905 posted...

Never understood why English language has universal word for "smell".
There should be two word, one for smelling good and one for smelling bad.

I'm always annoyed how English doesn't have (afaik) word like he or she that doesn't assume gender.

"Scent"

And "Stench".
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Koreans smell like garlic
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The Admiral posted...

I hooked up with a Korean girl once who definitely had a smell.

This
They smell like garlic, i can tell most CEmen have never been with a Korean girl
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r4X0r posted...

My wife's Chinese and she's the same way. She's never used deodorant, never smells. Sweating her ass off doing yard work in August, smells like a flower.

Im vietnamese and Chinese

And Ive never had issues with it.

Err. I thought But maybe people are being polite.
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My Korean friend always smells like dryer sheets
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