The onion-like armpit smell is a specific molecule called 3-methyl-3-sulfanylhexan-1-ol (3M3SH), a thioalcohol produced when Staphylococcus hominis breaks down odourless precursors in apocrine sweat. This article explains the full pathway,...
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Most body odour is bacterial. Sweat leaves the body almost entirely odourless. The smell is produced by bacteria on the skin. They consume sweat compounds and, through their own enzymatic...