Armpit fetishism

Armpit fetishism (also known as maschalagnia or axillism (also spelled axilism)) means the sexual attraction to armpits. This may lead to armpit intercourse (sexual activity with one or both armpits).

 Smell 
The body's natural smell is a powerful force in sexual attraction, and some people enjoy by the strong smell of the armpits. Alex Comfort said women who shaved their armpits were commiting “simply ignorant vandalism”, and he praised the French, who he thought used less deodorant!

A woman's armpits and armpit hair can represent her femininity in society. This can be seen as a good thing, by people who like women's arpmit hair  or a bad thing by people who don't. 

Havelock Ellis found evidence that smelling your own armpit could give you more energy, but not only in a sexual context.

Another study in 2013 said that chemicals named pheremones in armpit sweat can improve your mood when they are licked. This could be why some people are sexually attracted to armpits. 

 Fetish 
People who have an armpit fetish, or armpit fetishists often enjoy licking, kissing, tasting, tickling and smelling their partner's armpits during sex. Some armpit fetishists ask their partner to not wash their armpits or wear deodorant for a period of hours or even days to make them smell stronger. 

 Bagpiping 
Bagpiping is when someone puts their penis in someone else's armpit. It is called bagpiping because the sex act looks like someone playing bagpipes .

 Armpit fetishism in books 

 The French writer Huysmans wrote an essay called 'Le Gousset' on the various smells of women's armpits. He called these different smells "spice boxes".
 Havelock Ellis quotes a Chinese poet writing to his lover of "your odorous armpit ... that embalsamed nest".
 In some cultures myths feature figures with vaginas and vulvas in their armpits.

 In popular culture 

 The character Reimu Hakurei, from the Touhou Project, a series of video games, dresses with her armpits exposed. Due to this, her armpits are sometimes a target for (often sexually oriented) jokes and memes. She is commonly called "waki miko" (腋巫女, lit. "armpit miko") in the Japanese fanbase.

Category:Sexual fetishism