[Medusa]

Bail mentioned to me the other day that his W had a very funky odor at the beginning. I starts thinking about that and realized that since STBX moved out, my bedroom doesn't have the same strange, somewhat rank odor.

[leemo2000]

My exH has a weird odour too. In fact I asked him if his apartment was damp because whenever I see him he smells kind of damp and funky lol

[kikki]

Read an article today in medicalnewstoday.com about a woman whose h had parkinson´s disease. She could SMELL parkinsons on him and 11 others, one of whom was not yet officially diagnosed, but 8 months later was dx´d. I know we´ve mentioned the MLCers having an odd smell- who knows, maybe we were  onto something. The smell of parkinson´s was musky. They gave her tshirts that had been worn for one day and she could sort the sick from the ill by smell alone. There´s the proof that a brain disorder can change one´s odor.

I read that too FTT.  And thought exactly the same thing.
My MLCer hasn't had his crisis funky smell (rancid goat) for a few years, but I did notice it again the other day. 

[Searching4Answers]

Ok this is strange - I also noticed a odd smell from H early on too. I remember wondering "when did he start to stink?". At first I thought it was because he needed a shower - he would take a shower and the stink was still there. Then I thought maybe he needs to brush his teeth - nope still there after he brushed his teeth. I never did pinpoint what the odor was from.

I don't think that I have ever heard others say that their MLCer smelled.

[Anjae]

At BD and for the seven months I still lived in the capital Mr J had no funky smell. Nor did he when I briefly saw him in August 2007 and May 2008. Or in court last year.

What I noticed in 2008 and last year was that he no longer uses the cologne he used to. He had none.

I someone has a different smell, it is me. The peri menopause hormones sometimes make my sweat smell peculiar. Not to mention the peri makes me sweat a lot. 

On a different note, Of late I have been reading this blog, from integrative psychotherapist Noel Bell. I like it because integrative therapy uses many therapy lines of though/schools as well as brain and hormonal studies. The blog covers issues from depression to PTSD as well as loss, managing negative emotions and anger, etc:  http://noelbell.net/psychotherapy-blog/

[patience.of.a.saint]

The funky scents could come from more alcohol or whatever else they might be eating/drinking, like if you eat more garlic for repelling mosquitos. I'm not sure if mine has a funky scent because he took up smoking and just smells like that.

[Songanddance]

Just to add a note of humour to this. When I was pregnant with my first child - the midwife asked at our first ante-natal class if the Hs had noticed anything about their pregnant wives..... the stock answers emerged  ...always tired, cries a bit more, has more/less energy and then my H's response.  " She smells different"   It created a bit of a giggle.

My children had funny smells especially from their scalps when they were hitting puberty.

I know that menopause has made me hyper sensitive to my own smell - so to speak. 

Will have to get close enough to sniff H to see if he has changed........

[Medusa]

Well, now I want to try to see STBX to see if he is the one who smelled funky or it was me, because I was nearing the end of peri menopause at BD (oh, the irony of him always being so disappointed during my monthly time and then leaving right before I was freed!).

Hormones do a number on how we smell. So does depression. I recall that right after BD, my breath was absolutely rancid, no matter what I did. My dentist was the one who told me that.

[Picton]

 My D14 always complains how much XP's truck stinks. She said it is so gross that she needs to have the window open. I just put it down to the fact that XP always looks dirty and his hair is greasy. A good friend of mine says every time she sees him she wants to attack him with a high pressure hose and a scrubbing brush because he looks and smells so grotty.

[Ready2Transform]

Another one here that had a stinker. Like a teen, it was like b.o. that wouldn't quit. Prior, even when he was working in repair, he would scrub up first thing upon arriving home, shave, get the hair clean, and cologne on. HATED being grubby. But I noticed while he was clinging that even when he was in a suit and tie for the insurance job, something smelled off. He'd said the same about me before he left - but again, I was nearing the end of my crisis, so it fits.

Depression and gut health are linked, Medusa, and I've noticed that when I get in my biggest funks even now I'm suing mouthwash constantly. Our thoughts and our bodies are definitely not independent of each other.