Do armpits turn you on? Learn about armpit fetish and how to indulge an armpit kink.
Most of us don’t give much thought to our armpits beyond a swipe of deodorant.
We love to nuzzle into our man’s crook and find his scent comforting and arousing, or catch a glimpse of a woman’s armpit when she raises a hand. We hadn’t analyzed it, but now that you mention it, in certain circumstances, the armpit IS rather sexy.
For others, the armpit is the hottest body part. Maschalagnia—the armpit kink—is very common, among both men and women.
What is an Armpit Kink?
Maschalagnia is a paraphilia, in which the fetishist is sexually aroused by armpits. It’s the technical term for armpit fetish, and it means you might like licking, smelling, or touching your lover’s sweaty and smelly underarms.
This might even lead to another lesser known term, axillism, or, armpit sex, in which lovers might rub their genitals in their partner’s hairy crevasse, but not the usual one.
Why Do People Have an Armpit Fetish?
A woman’s armpit is a secret place, a moist and hidden cave like the vagina. A man’s armpit is a tantalizing erotic glimpse of the tuft around his other assets.
“It may sound strange,” admitted Tory, a dating relations coordinator at FetishHookups.com, “but armpit fetish makes perfect sense. An armpit is a very intimate and private area, just like genitalia.”
Some theorize that those with armpit fetish have a strong attraction to the pheromones that are expelled from the armpit on a daily basis. In most relationships, scent is an important part of the base level of attraction, but this fetish takes it to the next level.
Some others, from a more psychological perspective, think that the armpit can represent the vagina. Underarms look similar and have many of the same pheromones and bodily chemicals.
Shaved or Hairy Armpit Fetish?
There are many facets to this unique but popular fetish.
Some prefer their female lovers to go against the grain and leave their armpits natural and hairy, even though most women in the Western world today prefer to abide by societal standards and remove all the hair from their underarms.
Read: Hairy Fetish & Hairy Women Dating
Conversely, some with an underarm fetish love it when their sex partner shaves their armpits and removes the hair, making the armpit a smooth and silky place to lick all over.
Your Armpits have a Unique Scent
For all genders, the armpit is a center of our scent glands, like our genitalia, brewing up perfumes full of messages to our sexual cells.
It’s even reported that some celebrities allegedly share in the deliciously scented underarm kink. Kristen Stewart was quoted in one interview, talking about her then partner, Robert Pattinson and their alleged armpit interactions. “I love the way he smells. And him me. Like, he loves to lick under my armpits,” she said.
It shows that even the famous are attracted to kinky things too! She went on to say, “I don’t get this obsession with washing the smell off.”
Even if you’ve never thought you had this fetish before, it could be fun to try telling your partner not to wear deodorant for a few hours or even a day. Then see how inhaling their unique scent affects your arousal and sexual play.
Read: Olfactophilia Kinks: 13 Body Odor Fetishes
6 Ways to Play with Your Armpit Fetish
If you have an armpit kink—or even if you don’t—they can be a source of erotic pleasure, both given and received.
1. Strip to Tease
One thing I have found very erotic during foreplay as part of a slow undressing is a suggestive finger inserted into my armpit space after my shirt comes off.
Focusing on the armpit being unveiled can be just as exciting as the moment when her breasts are freed or his pants are undone.
If she’s conscious of your attraction, she can tease you by lifting her arms up as scarves and blouses slip away.
Take this concept to the next level. Have her (or him, Magic Mike) incorporate the armpit into a striptease. Simply becoming aware of the armpit as an erogenous zone can amp things up in just about any routine.
Read: Undressing Tips for Kinky Foreplay
2. Give and Receive Armpit Massages
Armpits don’t have to be the focus, but incorporating them brings great pleasure to the giver and receiver both. Experiment dry and with scented oils, and use long firm strokes and circular ones, vary from light touch to deep massage.
3. Experiment in Sensations
Use a feather tickler, a hairbrush, a silk scarf, oil, ice, a trickle of warm water, a leather switch, ejaculation, or anything else your imagination conjures up. Our armpits can deliver a huge variety of sensations, some exquisitely pleasurable.
Read: Sensation Play Tips, Tools, and Ideas
4. Bring Kink into the Armpit Arena
The armpit can factor into all kinds of restraint situations, humiliation scenes, and erotic torture. This is an extremely sensitive area and just tickling it can be overwhelming. You need a safe word because bliss-torture can turn fast—non-consensual tickling can be traumatic to some, so exercise caution and common sense.
Read: How to Tickle Torture Your Partner
5. Press Against Her Pussy
Positioning to make this work might be comical, but just as her rubbing her pussy on your leg or butt or face can be intense, so can it be hot to feel her moist labia against your armpit. Breasts are easier and often fit nicely.
6. Practice Axillism
The ultimate fuck for armpit lovers is to penetrate the armpit area with your cock. Using her sweat or some lube makes this a fun variation. A workable axillism position might take some creativity, but inserting and thrusting your cock until an explosive orgasm erupts is a sensational experience for many. It’s also very safe sex.
Read: Sweat Fetish: Related Kinks & Ways to Play
Finding Armpit Play Partners
Looking to meet others who share your armpit fetish or are open to armpit play?
Unlike many fetishes, armpits are usually not a turn OFF per se for those who don’t profess a kink. Feet, for example, may drive one lover to ecstasy but disgust his partner. Or drinking a cup full of jizz is likely to revolt a woman who doesn’t have a cum fetish. But armpits are versatile—just because someone is a leg man, for example, doesn’t mean he doesn’t love breasts and armpits.
Armpit Fetish Dating
All this to say that finding kinky partners who might enjoy maschalagnia and axillism isn’t that tough if you know where to look.
Check out out our list of fetish dating sites to find local lovers and kinky partners eager to indulge your armpit kink.
Do you have an armpit fetish? Share your favorite way to play!
Tell us what you think