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What am I smelling when I smell B.O.?

24 May 2019

Some of these compounds, like allyl methyl sulfide from garlic, will turn up in your breath, pee, and sweat.

Great scientific advance started with deodorizing ‘gut factories’

20 Mar 2017

To put it bluntly, Louis XVIII stank. It wasn’t from improper hygiene, although French kings weren’t particularly noted for their love of baths. The culprit was the gangrene oozing from his legs....

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