I have a very powerful sense of smell.

  • @idiomaddict@feddit.de
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    6 months ago

    Can you smell it on yourself? Like, do you find that your sweaty clothes smell the same after a run and, say, a presentation (or something else that gives you anxiety/scares you)? I think it’s most noticeable with my own sweat, but fear/anxiety sweat smells bad to me in a way that normal body odor or exercise sweat don’t.

    Sex sweat also smells very different, but that’s normally more pleasant to me than the others. I haven’t noticed a specific smell of aggression or any other kind of sweat though.

    Edit: I think you’re right that “smelling fear” is metaphoric, but I did not realize that until I started talking about it.

        • @Hadriscus@lemm.ee
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          26 months ago

          That’s crazy to me. I’m just learning all this. I barely have a sense of smell so distinguishing between different kinds of sweats is probably entirely out of my reach. I’ll try and train it still