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The original was posted on /r/twoxchromosomes by /u/Skankhhunt42_ on 2023-07-27 15:32:08.

Yeah basically the title.

Throwaway acc because this is kinda an embarrassing question I don’t want connected to my main.

I saw a TikTok video earlier about periods and all of the comments were talking about how it’s supposedly impossible to smell other peoples periods- but I do? Since I started my own years ago, I’ve always been able to tell when my friends or other women around me are on their periods because there’s a specific scent that I can smell if they walk past me or sit close to me. It’s not really a good smell either (which is expected and totally fine because it’s blood and uterine lining and tissue, so it’s obviously not going to smell like roses), like really sickly sweet with a hint of metal. Usually I only smell it faintly for a few seconds, if that, but there has been a few occasions where I’ve been sitting next to someone in class or something and smelt it for an hour or so, straight- which is confusing me even more because TikTok (and a brief google search) doesn’t seem to think it’s possible at all, but I’ve smelt it for long periods of time before? I’m just wondering if this is normal/anyone else has experienced this?