My skin didn’t appear to give a shit up until my mid-30s. Perhaps I just didn’t notice cause it wasn’t bad enough. These days a proper bath with soap produces dry and itchy skin. That’s why I’ve switched to mostly water with mild soap only for the smell-accumulating regions. Basically balance smell control with skin health. I also haven’t had any fungal skin overgrowth since then.

My 20-year-old self would be disgusted by my 40-year-old one. 😅

That said, am married and wife is happy with the total VOC output so I have the privilege to not have to cater to other standards.