longtimelurker: On the topic of pheremones (and this probably wont impress Javier much ;))

I read somewhere before (prob. New Scientist) about how the use of soap destroys many pheremones and disrupts our body biology somewhat.

Anyhow, some guy started to try just washing without using soap (i.e. just water) and no deoderant etc. He reported that there wasn't nearly as bad a smell as you would expect and what was there died down after a couple of days (I think the smell-causing bacteria were displaced by a different type, or something). He also reported that people became a lot more aware of his moods - esp. when he became angry his body developed an unpleasant smell (can't remember the description, but it wasn't BO). I think some others tried this as well, as there was some discussion from other people that tried it, so it wasn't a freak ocurrence.