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'I'm scared that my vagina smells. Will other people have noticed?'



Vaginal Smell: Facts and Fiction - Know Your Body - RepHresh
Let's get real about vaginas for a minute. Should it be so surprising your lady parts take on the same kind of destructive kind of folklore? We all hear the awkward colloquialisms about vaginas and what they taste like. The thing about vaginas is, barring bacterial infections, they smell like only one thing: vaginas.


Six tips to get rid of vaginal odor
Before letting your partner delve down under, you need to be prepared. More important than wearing sexy lingerie and doing a little trimming is making sure your vaginal odor is natural. Vaginal odor should be there, it is the natural result of your hormones, genetics and lifestyle. A healthy vaginal odor is not only okay, but is welcome by most men.
It should be a "healthy musky scent" sort of similar to when you get a good sweat on at the gym, she wrote for Mind Body Green. If your vagina does start to have an off-putting or pungent smell it could be a sign of infection. Bacterial vaginosis is a common infection that causes a strong fishy smell down there.