So I was trying to be nice when..... it just... EWWWW

[badger]

I never noticed any smells emanating from my seats so I couldn't resist and had a sniff test.

I have a Brooks that I've had for some time now (18 months?) and I'm happy to say it smells just as it did when I got it - like leather.

I don't use chamois and just commute with whatever I'm wearing that day so I guess it never gets much of a chance to get funky.

[Ann G]

I'm pretty sure that wanting other people to share in the experience of sniffing an obnoxious odor is a guy thing. Jeff Foxworthy did a whole routine on this being a difference between men and women on the Blue Comedy Tour (or maybe the BCT rides again). I believe the routine is called "Courtesy Sniff." You know, a guy will get something out of the refrigerator that has blue fuzzy stuff growing on it, will take a big whiff of it, and make a big face. He'll then present it to a guy friend, and invite him to take a sniff. The friend will do it after watching his face, and a third guy will do the same thing. It's actually very funny.