Are ‘Pheromone Parties’ New Trend in Biological Matchmaking?

The Blaze ^ | 4/17/12 | Liz Klimas

[Nachum]

First impressions often include nice eyes, a great laugh or a beautiful smile, but a relatively new dating technique could eliminate all physical and personality snap judgements and pair partners based on smell preferences.

It’s called a Pheromone Party. Participants are asked to wear the same shirt to bed — sans deodorant or perfume — for three nights. The shirts are placed in their own bag, then passed around at a party were the guests choose their date by most the attractive smell. If we’re basing this solely on pheromones though, the smell itself shouldn’t really make too much of a difference on preference and what participants would really be attracted to more subconsciously is a chemical being inhaled.

[MHGinTN]

That picture has a white lab rat in the lap of the person ... Algernon, stop that!

[Charles Martel]

Thanks, I decided to just buy it from Amazon (they add each episode to my streaming videos folder). They got me hooked by putting a bunch of the previous seasons’ episodes out there as part of the free “Prime membership” material.

[cripplecreek]

I like the British version better than the American version. The American version would be better if they replaced Tanner with someone who doesn’t irritate me.

Apparently there’s an Australian and Russian version of the show as well.

[Charles Martel]

Amazon gives away the new U.S. episodes when you buy the U.K. ones - or at least they did last season. It's not as though the original show is in a foreign language; I really don't see what the U.S. and Aussie shows add to the franchise.

Maybe if they'd managed to snag Leno during his hiatus period, then the show would've been watchable. He'd be a natural for the "Clarkson" role, in a somewhat less curmudgeonly sort of way. Ah, well.

[cripplecreek]

Leno would be good. I think Dennis Leary might not be bad in the place of Tanner but you really do need someone who really knows cars.

I never really had any appreciation for European cars but I've fallen in love with the Aston Martin since watching Top Gear.

[Charles Martel]

With a car like that, you'd always smell of Connolly leather. An unfair "pheromonal" advantage. ;-)

BTW, if you like motorsports stuff, check out Eric Bana's movie, "Love the Beast". Interesting celebrity autobio/car freak story.

[Smokin' Joe]

I like the British version better than the American version.

ditto

[chris_bdba]

Medical research: http://www.livescience.com/2781-pill-women-pick-bad-mates.html that is where.Now you can apologize for insulting people with your stupidity.

[chris_bdba]

Also here: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/pill-makes-women-less-responsive-720132.html and here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/2677697.stm

[Fledermaus]

“I smell sex and...candy”

[Nobama_ever]

My apologies to Claus Wedekind from the University of Lusanne in the 1990s. Lol!

I didn’t read where Dr. Claus felt that the world was coming to an end because of the scents given off from women on the Pill!