Yes, individuals can certainly smell their own body odor, though olfactory fatigue (or sensory adaptation) often makes people desensitized to their own familiar scent after prolonged exposure. When you spend hours in your own environment or wearing your own clothes, your olfactory receptors become accustomed to the baseline odor, causing you to stop noticing it. However, you can easily smell your own odor after intense physical exertion, stress, or when changing clothes at the end of a long day, as sudden shifts in sweat composition and bacterial activity produce noticeable olfactory changes.
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