Unless you've got bacterial vaginosis it probably isn't. But if you still feel like your pussy isn't as sweet as it could be, how can you make your lover crave eating it? And what do most women taste like?

"I've heard a lot of descriptions -- chicken, fish, etc. That's all bullshit. If you wanna know what it tastes like, stick your tongue in the small of your underarm after a mild workout. That's the smell and the taste! The moistness, the sickly sweetness of sweat, the mild metallic taste, even the way it looks when it's unshaved --it's just like pussy," says Jelly, a sex and pop culture writer for the magazine While You Were Sleeping.

Although I didn't do the armpit test, I once dated a guy who had a big lesbian fantasy and got turned on when I licked his armpit while we were having sex. It somehow helped his fantasy of me eating pussy. Luckily he showered frequently so he wasn't too sweaty, but I still wouldn't want my pussy tasting like that. Then again, maybe that was him and I tasted like blueberries.

Determined to investigate I stuck my finger between my legs to see what I tasted like, only to find that I didn't really taste like anything except for an indescribable blandness. Boring! So I decided to expand my scientific inquiry. I asked some of my friends (guys and girls) what good pussy tastes like and I got an array of answers: sweet, sour, bittery, lemony, buttery, salty but not too salty and tangy. They all basically said that individual women taste different and women taste different on different days.

According to author and well-known cultural sexologist Dr. Carol Queen, this is due to a woman's unique hormone balance and body chemistry.

But you can't discount good old hygiene. If a woman has bathed and wiped carefully before engaging in oral sex then chances are she's going to have a cleaner smell. Although you have to be sure to get rid of the soap residue -- unless you want to be known as the Ivory Girl. But don't douche. Because commercial douches are full of chemicals and can cause an imbalance in a woman's natural system, you may end up with an overgrowth of what's already there, meaning your taste and smell will just get worse.

As John at San Francisco Sex Information (SFSI) told me, "You should make sure under the clitoral hood is clean and that your entire pussy is basically clean so you have a fresh base to start with."

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