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by mr_overalls 1655 days ago
Also TMI (and let's be honest: mega-creepy) I can tell when women are menstruating with about 90%+ accuracy if we share small-ish indoor space for a few minutes. (As confirmed by female family members.)

It's not so much an obvious smell as a perceived "sharpness" that feels related to the sense-modality of smell, but is not exactly equivalent to it. I wonder sometimes if it's a pheromone-based phenomenon.

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Woah. How do you use this superpower?

I can often smell when my wife is in a bad mood (her breath literally smells sour). However, it isn’t a reliable indicator (many false negatives).