Posted on 04/07/2009 8:13:14 AM PDT by posterchild
Body odor reveals more than when we last showered - it also packs important biological information. And apparently women are better at catching the scent of body odor than men, a new study found.
"It is quite difficult to block a woman's awareness of body odor. In contrast, it seems rather easy to do so in men," said Charles Wysocki, a behavioral neuroscientist at the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia.
The researchers think women are more attuned to underarm stink because the biological data it contains helps them choose mates. The fact that most women are even better at smelling male body odor than female body odor seems to support this idea.
Wysocki and colleagues asked women and men to rate the strength of underarm sweat samples collected from both genders. When the scent was presented on its own, it smelled equally strong to both women and men. But when the researchers combined the body odor with other fragrances, the smell was often masked for men, though women could usually still detect it.
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No sh*t!
Paging Captain Obvious.....
Didn’t we know that women have a better sense of smell that women already? I mean, they can smell their husband’s cash in their pocket from a mile away. :O
Scratch 'n sniff...
Sniff and puke.
Women smell good from across the room, to the nape of their neck, their hands, their hair. They smell good everywhere.
I love em'.
"This is a man's world,
But it would be nuthin' without women"
James Brown
Funny....most women didn't smell this rat.
Duh.
I’ll go ahead and save someone millions of research dollars — women also have smoother skin, a more pleasing voice, and look better naked.
SnakeDoc
Actually, I’ve seen(sniffed?) a couple of women who would gag a maggot. On the average, though, the women smell a lot better than men.
I’m just grateful that I wasn’t part of this study.
Worst job ever. Although, I did notice the second lady seems to be smiling, and has her hand lower down on the subjects back. I think he either doubled up on the Brut, or we have a sniff-freak. Either way, to much weirdness before bedtime.-JM
OK - Now I have seen it all. I had to go get my glasses on that one.
I wouldn't know. The gals won't let me get close enough to smell them.
I coulda’ told ‘em this for under a buck and a half. I wonder how much this magnificent study cost us?
well duhhhh
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