Dear all!
I have seen that lots of nepalese student (girls boys) and newcomers to USA do not use Deodarant. Since it'st very sensitive issue, it is hard to advise them to use deo in person. It really gross to walk around with stinking sweat which is noticable from several feet. This is the fact and you should not feel bad about it if you haven't started using it. There is nothing to be shame about it but I would reccomond everyone to start using it As soon as you can. It lot better to start using it then being embarrased in front of your american colleagues or co workers.
Thanks!!!

http://www.wondersinscience.com/archives/2005/0207/novelpheromone.html

But again musky natural products are promoted ....

Ok, here's a story but first you could use deodrant whether you're in Nepal or here or anywhere on this earth for that matter. Second, you don't have to if you don't smell. Regarding the masala thing, in some way or the other we've had our moments of chit chat but this thread has left me pondering. I had a Bulgarian room mate who never complained but come to think of it now, I remember he used to bring liquid frangnance that you mix with hot water in a bowl and let it out. Perhaps he did it because of the masala smell. I've hardly noticed the nasty smell of masala in my home when I enter but recently I went to a nepali apt, it smelled of masala and it made me wonder, great! my apt doesn't smell like this, I thought. We all should be more concious about this than the deodrant thing unless you stink.

KnightCrawler,
Well I do know our masala smells a big time ... in fact very good to me, but for some it smells bad, just the way the deodarants smell allergic to me. When I smell deodarants, I know the guy is hiding his real smells first and foremost; he might be trying to be nice to folks but not to me.

One thing none has probably dared to raise but with some humbleness I dare is: when you masterbate, you have a wet night or have a good sex with your partner, you'll eventually smell like a bull. This is the same foul smell that comes from H2S (Hydrogen Sulphide) you find in rotten eggs. This is true for both men and women. So Make sure right after this godly ritual, you take a good shower. I mean it.

Again, do not take me wrong. You should not fart, smell bad in a public area. Your socks should not be detected by those radaral noses from miles away. But rather than trying unknowingly things, it is 1000 times better to follow simple rules to stay out of the problems all the time.

However good deodarants you buy and use, the deodarants are also chemicals bacteria can easily decompose. Once bacteria start decomposing deodarants, Sir Crawler, you will smell worse than without it.
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Regarding this kind of issue, at one point you gotta stick out your thingy and say hell with you and your nose. There are folks who want to pretend more civilized in one way or other. For me this is an ignorance. Face it, a human should be able to tolerate a human's smell at one time or another; there are no perfect humans. White folks have their own smells, black have their own proprietary smells you can never have them even if you wanted and we Asians are known to have food smells. What is the big deal?

It's good to take care before somebody tells you to.