Smetana's biographers describe him as physically frail and unimpressive in appearance yet, at least in his youth, he had a joie-de-vivre that women evidently found attractive.
Smetanas biografister beskriver ham som fysisk svag og uanselig af udseende, men i det mindste i sin ungdom oplevede han en joie-de-vivre, som kvinder åbenbart fandt attraktiv.