Yeah, And 'clean,' to me, doesn't cut it one bit. I'm just developing a relationship with a Brit guy, and when I told him that I was 'extremely olfactory oriented,' he volunteered not shower until I - almost literally - threw him in the shower. He may come to regret that at some point. LOL. I like to be able to smell my guy unequivocally. None of the "I can smell him faintly'' stuff. it reminds me of my sweetest boyfriend back in my San Francisco days. I could walk into the gym and I could tell he was there. His odor was pretty noticeable when he worked out, but it was not gross at all. Just locker room-ish. Which I don't consider gross. In fact, if there's one scent I can not tolerate, it's bad breath. Imagine: people get close enough to your face to breath on you, and while it's socially acceptable to perhaps suggest they shower, how many people actually say to you, "Jeez, your breath could make a train go off the tracks!! I'll BUY you some Lifesavers. Like, RIGHT NOW!!!!" LOL....very few people would. But they think nothing of telling you your body stinks. Ya gotta love the irony of it all. For me, unless it's an acrid odor, and not a 'musky' one, I'm okay with it. Can't wait to see my boyfriend again.
I don't think your 'fetish' is remotely weird. I think many people like it, although they temper it during work hours. And guys in general, especially straight guys, don't seem to have the aversion to another guy's smell that so many gay men have. Kind of ironic, isn't it? The straight guy can put up sitting next to his best friend, even when they're funky, and not have any sexual reaction. I know some straight guys who are older, say that they like it, because their fathers, back in the '40s and '50s, used to come home at the end of the day from the factory, maybe reeking a bit and they remember - and like- his smell clearly. So they associate it with a certain aspect of masculinity attached to it, with pleasant memories of dad.