Don't Sweat It

"Body Odor" was first coined in 1933 by the makers of Lifebuoy soap.People have always smelled, but a fear of our own scent was thrust upon us by corporations. But I wondered if maybe some people had body odor that didn't stink, but rather smelled pleasant. I remember reading that Alexander the Great had yummy B.O.

I haven't showered today. So body odor has come to mind. But I think I smell good. Not a cologne or deodorant good, but sweet, a scent that my own body produces, or more likely, a scent that the bacteria on my body produces.

Someone should make a bacteria-based deodorant. The microbes would eat your sweat and dead skin, and emit cologne or perfume.

The only problems I could see:

1. The bacteria gets out of control and starts eating our skin.
2. The bacteria causes explosive diarrhea when eaten.
3. The bacteria produces too much scent, and makes you smell like a prostitute.
4. The bacteria scares people, so they don't buy it.

We may need only apply it once. If it competes well enough with other bacteria, it could keep us clean and fresh-smelling indefinitely. We would never need to shower again, as if the whole world had joined the medieval club.

If that doesn't work, we could just bottle the sweat of famous people and sell it as cologne. Or if there's an entrepreneur out there, we could bottle my sweat, and tell people it's the sweat of someone famous. We could tell them it's Obama's.

It's not too far-fetched. A company has engineered bacteria that turns sugar into plastic. If they could reverse that to make plastic into sugar, we could solve our landfill problem, and feed our garbage to poor people.

Update: Here's a woman who emits a fishy odor.