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That is an interesting and seemingly likely explanation. I've had this "debate" with entire groups of people who live in much cooler environments and claim they don't have body odor, but they most assuredly do. I never understood whether they "don't stink when they're in their normal environment" or just couldn't smell it anymore.

I recently moved from Texas to seattle. They smell like dirt and wet dog as well as traditional musky BO.

They don’t smell it because their olfactory neurons have habituated.

Yep, they stink and this guy stinks too.

I went through a phase of stinking and I can confirm you don't realize it. Something in the brain just filters out smells that you're used to.

Humanity ignored soap for significant amounts of its existence. Nearly everyone stunk. There are likely very very few people whose natural body microbiome won't end up stinking. You (the reader) are probably not one of those people.

I indeed tends to get “dirty” and smell faster and I indeed feel it. However I wash myself more often. Usually in the morning and before bed. After sport sessions also