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MistyDense:
Being wanting to ask this question for a very long time now, but each time I wanted to, there's no one to ask.

Am I the only experiencing this or have I lost my sense of smell?

There's a way hypo bleach smells when it touches your fingers and same smell can be likened to that of the Sperm/semen.

Doctors on nairaland, could you please explain the phenomenon behind this?

It's acidic

Toto smell nko....

You must be a Chronic mastubator . Why don't you ask the Sperm

Folake4u what are you doing here?

MistyDense:
Being wanting to ask this question for a very long time now, but each time I wanted to, there's no one to ask.

Am I the only experiencing this or have I lost my sense of smell?

There's a way hypo bleach smells when it touches your fingers and same smell can be likened to that of the Sperm/semen.


Doctors on nairaland, could you please explain the phenomenon behind this?

No.... Smells like 🐠🐟

Op your mates dey sniff coke, you dey sniff sperm

Na only your sperm Dey smell like hypo

It smells like nothing else. Only sperm have that smell. Any other thing is you thought

Abi nah either of you get body odour

does this inquire seeks to redefine what nature has made btw it doesn't taste like bleach.

diabeticdeals:
The question should be directed to your creator.


How you wan make we know?

I swear most Nigeria doctors won't know it. They will just guess

That’s actually a really sharp observation 👌🏽—and you haven’t lost your sense of smell. What you’re noticing is similarities in certain chemical compounds that give both bleach (like Hypo) and semen a somewhat “chlorine/bleach-like” scent.

Here’s the breakdown:

1. Hypo bleach (sodium hypochlorite):
When it touches organic matter (like your skin oils, sweat, or even the natural proteins on your fingers), it can release chloramines and other volatile nitrogen compounds. These have that sharp, pungent “chlorine” or “swimming pool” smell.

2. Semen (sperm fluid):
Semen contains proteins, sugars, and a relatively high amount of amines (compounds derived from ammonia, like putrescine, spermine, spermidine).

These amines are alkaline and have a “bleachy / chlorine-like” or sometimes “fishy” smell depending on concentration.

Fun fact: the compound spermine was first isolated from semen in the 1600s, and it has that exact sharp bleach-like odor.

So, what your nose is picking up is the similar family of nitrogen-based compounds (amines/chloramines). Your brain then associates them as “similar smells,” even though they come from different sources.

You’re definitely not alone in noticing this—lots of people have reported that semen smells like bleach, chlorine, or cleaning products. It’s pure chemistry, not a fault of your sense of smell.

MistyDense:
Being wanting to ask this question for a very long time now, but each time I wanted to, there's no one to ask.

Am I the only experiencing this or have I lost my sense of smell?

There's a way hypo bleach smells when it touches your fingers and same smell can be likened to that of the Sperm/semen.

Doctors on nairaland, could you please explain the phenomenon behind this?

You are talking about semen not microscopic sperm. Well diet and health play a factor. As a man eating pineapple will make your semen smell better avoid Shar and red meat.

MistyDense:
Being wanting to ask this question for a very long time now, but each time I wanted to, there's no one to ask.

Am I the only experiencing this or have I lost my sense of smell?

There's a way hypo bleach smells when it touches your fingers and same smell can be likened to that of the Sperm/semen.

Doctors on nairaland, could you please explain the phenomenon behind this?

You are right, it really smells like bleach.

DIVINEEVIDENCE:
Water too is composed of atoms and molecules.
But you can see it in solid, liquid and vapour forms.

Billions of sperms are enough to form a visible mass.

Or are you saying that of we open your sucrutum, we will find nothing inside?

Oya feel your balls and tell me where that pressure inside is coming from.


Try dey use your senses man.

Even when you aggregate millions of sperm together, you still can't see it with your bare eyes. Comparing water and sperm doesn't exactly make sense since one is at macro level of existence while the other is a microscope organism. Make una try to dey use una cerebrum.

JJRainbow:
It smells like yoghurt that's why girls of nowadays love to lick it

Which yoghurt? You must be a kid

The first thing that came to my mind when I saw this post was that na woman go ask dis kind question. When I opened the thread, I was write. Women too dey curious that's why Eve followed the serpent comot go chop the forbidden fruit and put the whole world in trouble till tomorrow.

DarkkManB:
looool, wahala wahala wahala, somebody said like bleach, another one said like yam, now this man sad like egg. What's going on

Maybe the smell is based on the owners diet...who knows, maybe its based on the owners profession; Drycleaner own smell like bleach; farmer own smell like yam; layer farmer own smell like egg

Chai...who knows kwanu

MistyDense:
Being wanting to ask this question for a very long time now, but each time I wanted to, there's no one to ask.

Am I the only experiencing this or have I lost my sense of smell?

There's a way hypo bleach smells when it touches your fingers and same smell can be likened to that of the Sperm/semen.

Doctors on nairaland, could you please explain the phenomenon behind this?

bleach ke.... Go check your self o

Jumbojax:
Op your mates dey sniff coke, you dey sniff sperm

please stop

Semen can smell like bleach or ammonia, and this is often due to its slightly alkaline pH and the presence of various compounds, enzymes, and proteins. It's normal for semen to have a mild, somewhat chlorine-like or musky scent. A strong or foul odor could be a sign of infection, such as a sexually transmitted infection (STI) or prostatitis.

Bleach bawo? Mine actually smells like Hollandia Milk

Normal Semen Smell:
Healthy semen has a slightly alkaline pH, which can result in a smell similar to ammonia, bleach, or chlorine. This is due to the presence of alkaline substances like ammonia and other compounds.

U don swallow so tey u com sabi d smell

I actually think it smells more like RAW yam than anything else.

I don't think it smells like bleach, semen has a unique smell......I totally agree with the person who said it smells like egg. It's true, it has this mild egg white kinda smell.

Yes that's why e dey bleach toto

Bleach, egg, yam, yoghurt🤣🤣🤣🤣
This thread just made my day. Be like I go Dey use perfume for my own JT OOO