why can't we smell our own body odor?

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I smell mine when I smell. But I agree with the other answers. If you get use to smelling something you dont smell it anymore. Like your own purfume/cologne.

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we can specially when it just started smelling.

The more you smell something the more you dont notice it.

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We CAN smell our own body odor. Either you don't have any, or you are just used to it.

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Most people can smell thier body oder most of the time. If there is a time when we can't smell it, it is more than likely because of "sensory adaption": diminished sensitivity as a consequence of a constant stimulation.
Like when you walk into your friends house and smell a nasty smell and wonder how they can go on without smelling it, and then in a few minutes you no longer smell it either.
It's our diminishing sensitivity to an unchanging stimulous.
Source(s):
My Psychology book for school, blah blah, I'm required to take it.

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