From a reader:

Jonah, During my more impressionable days as an undergraduate, an anthropology professor told me that deodorants masked the natural male scent, which women considered an aphrodisiac. I promptly quit using deodorant. My “experiment” lasted about a year. I had had little success with women before the change, and none afterwards. I never published my findings.

Me: I prefer to call this odor “manbrosia.” I agree that its power seems quite limited.

Update: From a lady Corner reader:

Mr. Goldberg,
It took this guy a year to realize he was getting no play from the ladies? Someone needs to take away his Man Card.