
Originally Posted by
sarge40
I may know what you are talking about. I sweat a bit at night, intermittently, but my E2 has been in the low teens lately (going off adex to see what happens). However, overall my sweat odor has changed since before I started TRT. My hygiene has been the same since starting, usually showering in the morning and after my workouts later in the day. The odor isn't a locker room, dirty clothing type smell, the type that bacteria would be responsible for. My sweat has never in my almost 50 years on this planet smelled like this, and I have been very active throughout my life. Its more of a chemical smell, maybe sweetish/sourish/vinegary like. I'm wondering if when the cypionate (or enanthate) ester is cleaved off and presumably converted to cypionic (or enanthic) acid, if it winds up excreted through sweat glands. Some carboxylic acids do have a vinegar-like smell (vinegar is a carboxylic acid too - acetic acid). The smell is usually most notable when I shower after a workout. Or maybe I just stink?