Cuban in Uruguay discovers the origin of the famous "smell of yuma"

The myth of the "smell of yuma" led a Cuban woman in Uruguay to publish a video on social media last Friday, in which she explains what it is and, above all, what causes it.

Malia Llovet (@maliallovetg) explained on TikTok that the so-called "yuma smell" is the one that reminds Cubans "of the relative who comes from abroad to visit us and had that smell."

"After years and years of research, and asking all my relatives, my friends, everyone, I came to the conclusion that this is the famous 'smell of yuma,'" the girl said while showing some laundry products.

"The 'smell of yuma' exists and this is it," the Cuban pointed out while holding several bottles of fabric softener.

Nevertheless, the TikToker emphasized that not everyone smells the same and, according to her, some are more similar than others to the scent that evokes the relative who arrived from the United States to Cuba.

"I kept investigating," she pointed out, considering that, even so, it was insufficient. "And I found these little balls that you toss into the washing machine drum. This seems to enhance the smell even more."

Finally, the Cuban shared a final piece of advice: dry the clothes in the dryer, not in the sun, so that the smell is "a scandal. Not even Issey Miyake (perfume) dared to go that far."

The young woman shared another video where she confessed to having overindulged in the "smell of yuma."

"It seems that in the last wash I overdid it with the fabric softener; even the most 'yuma' aunt who went to Cuba to visit you when you were a child smelled less 'yuma' than I do today."

The girl explained that she was in a car for a long time and felt compelled to roll down the window because it was too much.

"I love it when they tell me 'what a nice smell you have', but I overdid it," she pointed out.

This is not the only Cuban who has been intrigued by the famous scent.

In last May, another Cuban, but this time residing in the U.S., claimed that the smell of yuma does not exist or cannot be felt.

"Of course, the people who came to Cuba I saw as white, and here I see them as normal. Of course, you encounter people with messy hair and looking unkempt, the point is that on social media from Cuba they seem like princesses out of a fairytale," said Lisandra (@lis_blonde) in a video shared on TikTok.