Harlow Atelier

ONION BODY ODOUR…HOW?!!
If your armpits have a distinct onion-like smell, you are not imagining it. That sharp, sulfurous note is chemically different from the sour or cheesy smell that most people associate with body odour. It comes from a specific molecule, and it is produced through a specific biological pathway that science has mapped in detail over the past two decades.

The onion-like armpit smell is a specific molecule called 3-methyl-3-sulfanylhexan-1-ol (3M3SH), a thioalcohol produced when the bacterium Staphylococcus hominis breaks down odourless precursors in your apocrine sweat. It is chemically distinct from the sour or cheesy smell most people associate with body odour, which comes from volatile fatty acids produced by a completely different bacterial pathway. Read more and help your body feel and smell great! Super deodorant works at the source of the smells, the bacteria. FULL ARTICLE LINKED IN STORIES! 👃👌🏼✅