The smell you describe sounds much more like vaginosis, a bacterial infection, something requiring antibiotics to clear up. It’s entirely possible to have this in addition to herpes but not necessarily caused by it. read more
Hi, herpes can smell if it develops into an infection. only infections smell or bacteria from not bathing. read more
I sometimes get outbreaks in my vaginal canal, which then my open and bleed, not a lot, but very trace amount and discharges (grossing myself out), anyway, sometimes it can smell slightly infected. It clears up with the out break. read more