http://mistdragon.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] mistdragon.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] vaginapagina2003-10-16 09:44 am

Latex smell?

Anyone know how to avoid latex smell after sex when using condoms? (I'm assuming he wants to do oral but doesn't like the smell/taste) I was thinking of maybe flavoured condoms, but he needs the large kind and we can only find them in Trojans. Is there a lube or something that might eliminate the problem?
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[personal profile] geminigirl 2003-10-16 06:59 am (UTC)(link)
There are lots and lots of flavored lubes. We sometimes distribute the ID ones from work-there are several places you can probably order sample packs from with a variety of flavors.

Just be careful to change condoms and not use the flavored stuff for anything other than oral sex. It can cause irritation or infections in some people if it gets inside.

[identity profile] purpleboots.livejournal.com 2003-10-16 07:19 am (UTC)(link)
I would agree with gemini...watch out for flavored and scented lubes. They can lead to infections (yeast or bacterial) or irritation in women. I would be pretty sure to clean yourself pretty well after using these lubes.

You also have the option of using non-latex or female condoms. I don't know if they have a residual taste/smell, but they are both made out of polyurethane (or, in the case of non-latex, lambskin or other materials), so they wouldn't have the latex taste/smell.

[identity profile] fierceflawless.livejournal.com 2003-10-16 09:41 am (UTC)(link)
if I recall correctly, lifestyles condoms have the least latex-y smell of any of the condoms I have tried. I remember trojans being REALLY bad.

[identity profile] jurisenpai.livejournal.com 2003-10-16 10:05 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I totally have the same problem! I picked up some Trustex flavored condoms from our campus clinic, but they're the same, too small size that normal condoms seem to be. Trojan Magnums are the only ones that work for my boyfriend. Does any manufacturer make larger condoms that are flavored?

[identity profile] toomuchwine.livejournal.com 2003-10-16 03:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Trouble finding a large enough condom is not just your problem, it's mine too! My BF just makes it with a Magnum Trojan. Even then there are times where he is so super hard that the pinch of the condom (in tightness) is just to much to let him keep him hard. I would love to find a condom as good as Trojans and others, but that come larger than magnum's.

[identity profile] kreie.livejournal.com 2003-10-16 03:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Perhaps have him do his pussy munching before sex, so there's no taste to speak of. Also, I've noticed that what I thought was latex taste was actually nonoxydol-9 taste, so if you get unlubed condoms and use your own unflavored lube it's much better.