A question for men:

As I’ve mentioned in a few answers and columns, I don’t think I’d meet a woman again if she smelled bad from the very first meeting. I once encountered someone with an especially strong odor. I couldn’t go down on her, and I lost my erection, so we ended things partway through. (I’m a gentleman, so I still gave her the allowance as promised.) I did use my fingers, though, so even after washing with soap, the smell wouldn’t come off my hands—I had a hard time with it lol. If a monthly partner starts smelling different due to her physical condition during the course of the relationship, I tell her about it. We look up a vaginal cleansing product called “Sepe” online together, and I ask her to try using it a few times before we meet again. I also add the cost of the Sepe to her allowance. When we met again, the smell was gone, so I was relieved.

①It really depends on how strong the smell is. People do vary quite a bit, and it’s hard to tell someone, “You smell a little,” when you don’t know each other well yet. There was one person I found attractive, but I didn’t feel like seeing him a second time because of that. Other than him, I haven’t met anyone whose smell made my alarm bells go off, so I wouldn’t stop seeing someone solely because of their scent.

It may depend on the smell. If it’s a fermented, cheese-like odor, I’d suspect an STI. I’d immediately activate the “Tobita Shinchi method,” minimize contact like licking as much as possible, put on a condom, get it over with quickly, and leave it at that. If there’s a risk, take precautions and manage it. Then, if I still wanted to see her again, I’d gently mention that something seemed unusual. I’m not the type to say, “You stink,” haha. If it’s not a smell that makes me think of an STI, then it comes down to whether I can accept it as part of her individuality. Quite a few women have had an animal-like smell, as if I’d walked into a stable, and I just figured they had a strong wild side. There have also been several women who gave off a vinyl-like, petrochemical smell when they got aroused, so I’m sure it’s a real category—but I still have no idea why they produce such an inorganic odor. Maybe they were some kind of cyborg. As I’ve mentioned before, there was also a woman who smelled like lotus root. I remember thinking, “Why lotus root?” It was deeply strange to smell something genuinely appetizing. People do describe women as “delicious,” but I’m not expecting them to literally smell like they’d go well with rice and miso soup. Writing this has made me realize that although I’ve met women with all kinds of smells, I don’t think I’ve ever decided not to see someone again because of their scent. So my answer would be: “⑤ Accept the smell as part of her individuality.” By the way, apparently my penis smells like an Umaka-Bō snack. I’m just glad it isn’t a Gari Gari Kun. Nobody asked, sorry. Taro

It depends on the type and severity of the odor, but if I feel unsafe, I won’t have sex with him that day. Of course, I won’t see him again, either. Sometimes I can tell that she probably had sex with him using a condom, or let him finish inside her, but I find that kind of thing interesting, so I keep seeing her.