Posted by
Lesley Arfin
• 12.10.08 02:31 pm

Dear Barf,

Do all balls smell the same, or do I not have enough up close and personal encounters with balls to make a sound judgment?

Dear Barf,

Do all balls smell the same, or do I not have enough up close and personal encounters with balls to make a sound judgment? Cuz I’ve been with five pairs of balls and they all have that same ball smell. Some stronger and more pungent than others, but it’s the same smell. That musky weird odor with a hint of the acrid. Swampy, but not sweaty or BO-like. Not terrible, but not exactly pleasant. Very primitive smelling. I bet this scent has been attached to balls since the dawn of man. I feel like if this smell were bottled and put in a mystery jar and I had to guess the scent, I would immediately recognize it as balls.

Sincerely,

Christina

Dear Christina,

I never thought about it but since you asked, I think all balls DO smell the same! Sure they vary depending on the shower factor but ultimately there is something that is very distinct about ball-smell. And this just in: I LIKE IT. Balls smell like vulnerability. They smell like the action of smelling someone’s balls: awkward! It’s not the sexiest of scents but it’s more like… cute? Like “Aww, your balls. I’ll be gentle.” If the penis symbolizes everything that’s wrong with the world today, the balls symbolize the fact that there might be a solution. I like to think of the balls as the penis’ Achilles heel.

Love,

Lesley

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Comments
  1. they smell like says:

    vinegar. neither of you stated that balls smell like vinegar.

  2. Street Boning says:

    That’s weird. My balls smell like Leslie’s breath.

  3. Pork Rind Pete says:

    Wait—she knows that Chloe actress chick? I was unaware!

  4. ty says:

    Fucking brilliant.

  5. aesk47 says:

    Pork Rind Pete is funny!!

  6. tommy gun says:

    “If the penis symbolizes everything that’s wrong with the world today, the balls symbolize the fact that there might be a solution. I like to think of the balls as the penis’ Achilles heel.”

    i stand corrected Ms. Arfin and retract some earlier, harsh criticisms – cuz that shit is fucking brilliant.

  7. smile city says:

    All guys are aware of this, hence the term ‘smells like balls.’

    Also, Chloe looks kinda hot in that picture. When did that happen?

  8. ADONIS says:

    I disagree.
    There are men out there that have the “adonis complex.” They strive for physical perfection. This includes shaving all body hair and the use of moisturizers, even down below, my friends. These are the douches that tan, workout and do cardio, watch their carbs, and maybe even pluck their eyebrows. This is more common with the homosexual community, because guys are into looks and if you’re trying to attract the male sex, you have to look good physically.

  9. Lesley says:

    I agree that you guys need to stop using pix of me and Chloe. I will send you a bunch of pix, you just needed to ask.

  10. crampon says:

    can they be pix with your naked tits?

    and none of that hand bra shit. full on tit action

  11. Sweaty summer pussy smells similar. Woh, Say that 5 times fast! Anyhow chatch develops a certain smell in the summer. Not the delicious wet pussy smell I catch a wiff of every time I pull out a roll of hundreds. I’m talking about the sweat from a girls crotch after walking around downtown all day in August shopping for a new pair of flats. I’d say that type of pussy smell is pretty similar to my standard 6pm ball smell after showering in the morning.

  12. Vane$$a says:

    This is so weird. Just last night I had this dream where I’m in the woods with beautiful Lesley and I’m looking down on her as she lifts my cack and sniffs my balls with watery eyes. She then sneezes all over my goods and gives me a hand job using her snot as lube. After I came, I gave her a Youngstown Snowshovel and said: “You ain’t in Williamsburg no more baby cakes.” Woah.

  13. Vane$$a says:

    This is so weird. Just last night I had this dream where I was in the woods at night with a barely visible hipster chick (all I could see were her brown eyes and a Casio watch along with the stench of PBR) and I’m looking down on her as she lifts my cack and sniffs my balls with watery eyes. She then sneezed all over my goods and gave me a primo hand-job using her snot as lube. After I came, I gave her a Youngstown Snowshovel and said: “You ain’t in Williamsburg no more baby cakes.” Woah.

  14. NePlusUltra says:

    Kind of the best “Ask Barf” I’ve read so far!

  15. Jake says:

    Those last two posts are pretty funny, because clearly what happened was that vane$$a didn’t see her comment right appear away and she was upset. Clearly it was really important that the world see her comment, so she typed the whole thing out again. But this time she changed it around by adding some more “hipster” details, which she felt really improved it, as a comment. It’s great to be able to see her artistic process.

  16. Matt says:

    Jake, you sound like Joy Behar from the view analyzing a tuna sandwich

  17. Jim Goad says:

    “Sweaty summer pussy smells similar.”

    Care to share how you know about ball smell?

  18. Jessica says:

    Just ingenious, I was aware of the ball smell but until now wasn’t completely sure of going there. Lesley, you have encouraged me to go where many have gone before. What does Paul Sevigny’s balls smell like?

  19. ??? says:

    I want to know about smelly penises. Ladies and fags, please share your opinion on whether all dicks with foreskins smell. I think they do.

    Them jews got it right, I tell ya.

  20. Redgreg says:

    Sex in general has a smell thats overwhelmingly the same every time.
    After a while.. all the dick and ball and ladyparts and sweat just smells… like last time.

    And to ??? All dicks smell. Some better, some worse, again its a cleanliness thing, not neccessarily a foreskin related cleanliness, but a “I’m getting laid so I’m gonna clean up” thing. which is nice! I think very fondly of the guys that smell clean and have that sweet sweat.

    But lets be realistic, those parts are trapped all day! Of course they’re stinky

  21. mr tea says:

    my balls smell like rosewater, and that’s why they call me sweetnuts

  22. autistic automata says:

    balls penis vadge.balls penis vadge.balls, penis…vadge.ballspenisvadge.ballsPENISvadge.balls…penis…
    VADGE

  23. real bluebeard says:

    I must say, balls have smelled like balls for years. If you’re just figuring this out now, then you need to stop being such a dyke and start sucking more dick. I must also say, penises represent everything that is fair and just in the world. We know, as men, that girls are made to put penises in. In their mouths, in their front-bums, and even in their bums if that’s required. All of this reminds us fellows, and I suppose on a subconscious level reminds the females, that men are the superior gender. Penises maintain order in the world. One could argue about who’s more intelligent, more clever, more powerful, etc…but as soon as a girl puts a penis in her mouth, all is spelled out by the forces in the universe. And, as for dykes, they are more intelligent than straight women, and know their role without being fucked and cum on. This acute awareness, that a penis doesn’t have to penetrate them in order to make them realize their own weakness, is the reason for the bitterness and hatred towards men. It’s all very simple, really.

  24. real bluebeard is the dizzle says:

    I forgot to give props to the sluts who like ball smell…thanks for not fighting nature.

  25. an hero says:

    @ Jim Goad. I know my ball smell from sniffing my hand to determine shower necessity. I know summer pussy smell from putting my face in the summer pussy.

  26. real bluebeard is the dizzle says:

    score one for hero….everybody gets stink hand.

  27. srsly says:

    my balls smell like sweetgrass

    smudge them every fucking day

  28. whiners suck says:

    They do smell like vinegar. I prefer a medium stench level.

    Also my thought is that penises tend to just pick up the ball odor but don’t seem to create their own. My boyfriend is uncut (I loves it) and there has never been anything, smell or otherwise, under that luscious foreskin. Unless a dude never cleans under there its really not any different, except hotter of course.

  29. Jim Goad says:

    Boy, do I feel like a chump for never pawing my nuts and then sniffing my hand!

  30. Ummmm, yeah! says:

    Right. Fucking. On.

  31. deezulla says:

    My current fuckbuddy’s balls smell of pasta. I might be making my pasta weird, but it’s unmistakably pasta-esque.

  32. the right honourable says:

    i think i’m falling in love with ms. arfin.

  33. Pedobear says:

    Is that the chick from Gummo that puts electrical tape over her tits?

  34. Dee says:

    I love the smell of balls. Some are really faint but I love sniffing them lol

  35. Steve says:

    OMFG… I love it! I came upon this site from a search “why do my balls smell”. I get self conscious because my boyfriend smells my crotch every time he prepares to suck my dick. When we have had arguments, in the heat of the moment he will use it as a put-down. He will say something like, I hope he likes stinky cock. All-in-all, I know from experience that men have an odor and I do like it if it isn’t too strong. I have tried to explain this to my boyfriend, but he insists it is only me. I will have to forward this link to him!! THANK YOU..

  36. Mark says:

    Balls.

    LOL… well, I love balls, and having sex with men. That being said, if a guy is CLEAN… and knows how to WIPE HIS ASS (nothing worse than going down there and thinking, “…gee, you took a shit today, how nice…”), then the smell can be quite enticing… a mixture of soap, pheromones and his own unique smell.

    I was doing one of my married buddies for years… and I swear every time I dove in between his legs it smelled EXACTLY like I just opened a fresh jar of honey.

    Out of the hundreds of men I’ve slept with (all married or committed to women, mind you), I can say that uncircumsised men are the most disgusting. I’m sorry, I don’t care HOW clean you THINK you keep it, there’s ALWAYS a slight “smegma” smell. I’ve tried it more than once and let me tell you… it’s stomach churning. Nothing can turn off a gay guy, OR WOMAN more.

    All my men love when I open their legs and lick their bags like I’m eating a hot, sloppy pussy… and it drives them WILD.

    Point being balls are delicious, warm, full of tasty treats and if manipulated right… can drive your man wild.

  37. Mark 2 says:

    I discovered that I smell like honey down there a few hours or a day after I’ve eaten raw organic honey. Has anyone else noticed this happens?

  38. IDidSayThatDidntI says:

    Some balls smell like feet.
    Some balls smell like dough.
    Some balls smell like vinegar.
    Some balls smell like armpit funk.
    Some smell like death.
    Generally balls smell good.
    I like smelling balls, and no all balls don’t smell the same.


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