A young offender. Via frisse82 @ Flickr.
Wimmenz got that funk! Owwww. At least, according to a recent study done in Switzerland, and reported in this article from New Scientist. Women stink of onions; men smell of cheese.
Never mind that the study has not been duplicated. Overlook that the experiment was conducted on fewer than 50 people. Don’t worry about those little details like diet, hygiene, and genetics, mentioned ever-so-briefly at the end as possible complicating factors. That some women apparently smell like grapefruit? Who cares? The important thing to know is that Women stink worse than Men, “as rated by independent smell assessors” (great job, that), and the word is rushed to the world: DEODORIZE THAT SHIT, LADIES. YOU’RE GROSSING US OUT.
Whether or not this turns out to be true, the message fits in well with all the other advertisements telling us that our bodies are embarrassing swamps of foul contagion. Be secure in the knowledge that plans for New! products to save you from your disgusting self are in the works. In the meantime, you might consider sitting in the Shame Tent with the rest of the smelly broads.
How does one go about becoming an “independent smell assessor”? I would like to apply for this job so that I can smell the researchers and inform them that they stink of bullshit. The sample pool is so negligible and the other factors glossed over all in the name of broadcasting these dubious and highly stinky results. Great job, scientific community. How does anyone take this seriously?
This reminds me of the episode in Prep where the protagonist is told boys divide up the girls they have sex with in either “fish” or “cheese”. I am still scarred.
Also, hello new Jezzie spin-off blog! With all the crazy-interesting women doing this, I’ll run out of time to read blogs very very soon!
Am I the only one who upon learning that, apparently, men smell like cheese went: What KIND of cheese? Aged cheddar? Romano? Bleu? Goat cheese? Havarti? Smoked Gouda?
I am slightly obsessed with cheese; I went to school in Wisconsin, it’s allowed.
Also, like most people, I smell like human.
“Independent smell assessor”? Really? Smell is such a subjective thing – like taste. I adore the smell of coffee, but a good friend of mine can’t stand it. Same with cinnamon.
Besides, to me there is little that is more delicious than the smell of frying onions.
And @ ratinski – no, you weren’t. My dad is a huge cheese fanatic, and I LOVE cheese.
You know I wrote a blog piece a couple of weeks ago about a similar kind of garbage report. This one reporting how higher estrogen levels could lead to infidelity. Same small sample size, non replication, etc.
I don’t care if I smell like onions or cheese. What I do care about is “research” that smells like shit.
Ratinski, I nominate you to study just what cheese men smell like, and then draw some wild, obnoxious conclusion therefrom. While I await your results, I will be cooking Steak-Umms in my armpits.