Think Your Expensive Cologne is What Turns on the Girls?
Think again!
Whilst researching my response to a thread on ForumWales recently regarding personal space, I stumbled upon a website that discussed body language. An embedded link led me to a page about human pheromones. They’ve gotten some interesting results through various studies:
“In one research project, men preferred women’s clean sweat odor over the most expensive perfumes, even when the sweat odor was imperceptible. Over 200 chemical compounds are secreted by the human body in sweat, saliva and genitals. Recent research identified that the arm pit and crotch secretions of men and women differ significantly. Not surprisingly, men and women each prefer the odor of the opposite sex. Very important factors that have great influence on the effectiveness of the sweat as an attractant are a person’s cleanliness, diet and overall health.
Interestingly, some research unexpectedly found that women who live closely with a man (sleep with him and have frequent sex) have better balanced physiology. Menstrual cycles are more regular and overall health is better than women who live more isolated from men. The main factor appeared to be how much olfactory exposure (i.e smells) each woman had with the man and his body odors.
The pheromone ‘androstenone’ (a musky odor) has been identified in the sweat and urine of men and is presumed to be a sexual stimulant to women but has an adverse effect on men. It induces anger in men if it is from another man! Androstenone reportedly has been synthetically manufactured and is being sold in various solutions on the Internet.
According to Chicago neurologist Alan Hirsch Ph.D., men’s cologne usually causes a decrease in women’s vaginal blood flow unless it is a natural fresh scent. What makes a man appealing to most women are light sprays and deodorants on him, such as ocean breeze, kiwi, or a combination of baby powder and chocolate. The smell of his own clean skin with a little fresh sweat, combined with fresh fruity scents, is the strongest stimulant for a female. Hirsch discovered that men’s penile blood flow increased up to 40% from the smell of cinnamon buns, roast meat, cheese pizza, chocolate, vanilla or peppermint.
So what can we make of all this? Maybe it is all very simple. Perhaps a ‘turn-on’ for men is either a pheromone from a woman or vanilla and chocolate ice cream on fresh baked apple pie with lots of cinnamon. For women it may be the right soiled T-shirt. Oh well, whatever turns you on, go for it!”
So perhaps, the old adage of the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach is not so far fetched, eh? Although I’m not at all sure a guy smelling like sweaty chocolate is going to find me in his bed any time soon.
On second thought……….