One armpit can smell worse than the other because the two sides have different bacteria, and different bacteria produce different smells. Some produce odor when they break down sweat compounds, while others break them down into odorless substances. One-sided armpit odor is very common. I’ve spent 15 years researching body odor and sampling thousands of…
Underarm odor is not all bad, and in fact many people are turned on by the natural scent of their partners armpits. Despite its reputation as an unpleasant scent, many people find themselves strangely drawn to it. There are even a small group of people who have developed a fetish for it. Oh the wonders…
This is a question I receive a lot. And there are actually a lot of reasons why people may sniff as you pass them. Usually none of the reasons have anything to do with the fact that we potentially have a bad smell. Simply because one cannot smell the other person while passing by. It…
We are starting a new journey to develop Probiotic Cosmetics and odor control in a new company. Over the past months we have formed a team: Chris, Rosie, Laure and Astrid, who are working out the new concept and want to get the solutions to the market. We are building on our lab research at…
Everyone knows the situation of sweaty armpits, be it after sports, or during a stressful situation. It is perfectly normal to sweat under the underarms. Yet, for some people the underarm can constantly sweat, causing hyperhidrosis and embarrassing social situations. Hyperhidrosis is known as excessive sweating, beyond what is necessary to regulate body temperature. Next…
The skin microbiome and its volatiles/odor are influences by our gut. We have found clearcut correlations between dietary habits and body odor. The frequent consumption of meat and fast food is unfavorable for odor development. While the frequent consumption of vegetables led to a better underarm odor and microbiome. This shows the clear connection between…
The Covid19 pandemic has a huge impact on our daily lives. At the beginning of the pandemic, I was still doing research at UC San Diego. The whole lab – in fact multiple labs (Knight lab, Dorrestein lab and Gilbert lab) – completely shifted research focus to studying the virus and the pandemic. The lockdown…
Here you can find a list of body odor information websites, blog posts, patient support groups and such from all over the world. There are in fact many people out there that suffer from body odor. My aim is to find all these self help websites/blogs/video’s, and list them here. Japan: www.wakipedia-lab.com and www.ameblo.jp/wakipedia21 Reddit:…