So we have discussed this before and this is what I wrote so hope it helps strawberrygirl .
So how is the vagina supposed to smell?
It depends. When you're straight out of the shower, your vagina may have no smell at all.
When you've just finished running a marathon, it may have a strong musky odour from all the sweat glands.
When you're menstruating or giving birth, the flinty-iron smell of blood prevails.
When yeast overgrows in the vagina, you may smell like freshly baked-bread or a good malt beer.
Right after you've had intercourse, you may smell faintly bleach-like, as semen has a classic odor of its own.
When certain normal bacteria overgrow, they release amines that smell -- yup, you guessed it -- like fish.
Every vagina has its own special smell -- a combination of the normal bacteria that live in your vagina, what you eat, how you dress, your level of hygiene, your bowel habits, how much you sweat, and what your glands secrete.
Remember that the glands near the vagina also secrete pheromones, meant to attract a sexual partner. So you don't want to deodorize your vagina so much that it smells like rain. Doing so thwarts the primal function of what your smell is supposed to accomplish. Plus, it interferes with the vagina's natural pH balance and can lead to a whole host of gynaecological conditions.
Hopes this helps
RN