With your anecdote you've mostly described the difference between apocrine and eccrine sweat glands, their locations, and their effect, with the former generall

With your anecdote you've mostly described the difference between apocrine and eccrine sweat glands, their locations, and their effect, with the former generally causing the noticeable odour from bacterial enzymes breaking their secretion. Body hair does have a significant effect in those areas, too. Some people also don't experience this, or in a very limited manner. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022202X15346832 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022202X1...