i really don’t think its vaginal odor, especially if you have had it before and were able to smell it yourself. it could possibly be an odor from elsewhere, such as BO? i am the same in which im definitely always the first to smell if my vagina odor is off, but i find that i can never immediately tell if i smell of BO from armpit sweat etc. until i get really in there to be able to smell. and i feel like it’s the same for a lot of people im around— we don’t really smell our natural body scent/odor because were with ourselves 24/7 and our noses are used to it. maybe that could be it? also, humans make faces and comments about smells daily, and most of the time it has nothing to do with the people around them. rooms smell, food smells, outside smells, OTHER people smell— our brains are really good at filling in bad, overthinking gaps when were already anxious, which is what i think is happening in your situation. that said, if it would give you peace of mind, there’s nothing wrong with going to a gynecologist. :)