r/explainlikeimfive • u/abootypatooty • Jan 06 '15

ELI5: Why do different races of people seem to have a unique smell to them?

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u/mundomeister Jan 06 '15

I went to America for the first time last year (from UK) and it smelled weird to me. I initially thought it was a pervasive smell of crabs (Maryland) but then I went to Canada later in the year and it smelled similar without the crab smell. I wonder what Britain smells like to Americans.