When we are saying
‘love at first sight’, it should be ‘love at first sniff ’!
Believe it or not,
scent has a lot to do with your attraction to and for the opposite sex. Every
species emits potent chemical signals that can have profound effects on the
same species that surround them.
Have you ever noticed
a guy who, although not extremely good-looking or highly stimulating, seems to
attract women by the dozens? Chances are that his naturally occurring pheromone
release is higher and more detectable than yours.
People are attracted
to others with different immune systems and tissue that they have, suggesting
that we naturally are attracted to people whose genetics make desirable mixes
with their own.
Almost all living
things produce pheromones for different purposes. Some plants release Alarm
Pheromones when they are eaten that make neighboring plants produce tannin,
something that makes the plants less appetizing to the herbivore eating them. A
dog marking his territory is depositing pheromones that mark perimeters for
other animals. Ants find their way back home by following their trail of
pheromones.
Most importantly to
us, though, are the pheromones that have effects on human beings. Ever wonder
why women who spend a lot of time together begin to menstrual cycle together? It is very common on best friends and it is
called the "McClintock Effect", and it happens because specific pheromones are
released during the month, synchronizing with those being released around them.
Extracts from the
underarm sweat of men has been proven to release chemicals in women’s brains
that positively effect their mood and emotions, reducing tension and increasing
relaxation. The same chemicals positively effect women’s menstrual cycle and
fertility. When women are ovulating, they are even more attracted to men’s
pheromones.
Some information will
tell you that we wash off the powerful pheromones that attract the opposite
sex, but really, it is fresh sweat that produces some of the most powerful pheromones,
not the old sweat, which causes bad body odor. So don’t think that shying away
from showers will win you a lady, because exactly the opposite is true. Freshly
showered men and women are very sexually alluring. Plus, it doesn’t take much
to get a man’s body temperature up enough to produce the super sexy pheromones
that women respond to.
On the end of this
large discussion, body chemistry plays a large role in terms of whom we are
sexually attracted to and our noses speak loudly to our souls. All of us, and
women in particular, end up relying quite deeply on our noses for some of the
most fundamental decisions in our lives.
We are also very
attracted by artificial fragrances and anyone can mask his natural body odor
with fragrance and lure biologically compatible women to him/men to her, that
way.
Since at least the
time of the Egyptians, we have been adorning ourselves with scent for the
purpose of attraction. Men and women differ in terms of how much of a role
scent plays in their sexual attraction towards one another. The specific
fragrances a woman will be most attracted to have to do with her own personal
and cultural history with the scent and its constituents – so unfortunately,
there is no magic bullet formula for creating the next super hit men’s or women’s
fragrance.
