Woman's Scent Can Lure Or Repel

BBC ^ | 1-15-2006

[blam]

Woman's scent can lure or repel

Men said the women's odour was most intense during menstruation

A woman's body odour can help her attract men when she is at her most fertile and repel them when she is not, scientists have said. According to a report in the journal Ethology, when a woman is at the most fertile part of the menstrual cycle her armpit odour is at its mildest.

But when she is having a period, and not ready for pregnancy, the smell changes to an acute, repellent odour.

The researchers studied 12 women who wore armpit pads for 24 hours a day.

A number of primate species display changes during their fertile period, but the majority of scientists believed that this was not the case with humans.

Subconscious cue

The 12 women were restricted from eating certain foods and from using deodorant or hormonal contraceptive.

They provided odour samples on the armpit pads, which were then presented to 42 men, who sniffed them and assessed the attractiveness of the scent.

"Axillary odour from women in the follicular phase was rated as the most attractive and least intense," the study's leader Dr Jan Havlicek, from Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic, said.

"The results suggest that body odour can be used by men as a cue to the fertile period in current or prospective sexual partners," he added.

A previous study by the same team suggested that women subconsciously prefer the aroma of dominant men when they are at the most fertile stage of the menstrual cycle.

Then the researchers asked 48 men to assess how dominant they felt.

The men then wore cotton pads in their armpits for 24 hours, which were subsequently presented to 65 women.

Those who were ovulating rated the "dominant" men as sexiest, but there was no similar pattern among women at other stages of their menstrual cycle.

[Clemenza]

Common sense.

Women smell like heaven (when their friend aint visiting). Men smell like apes.

[TADSLOS]

And all this time, I thought it was just a dog thing...

[Xenalyte]

They provided odour samples on the armpit pads, which were then presented to 42 men, who sniffed them and assessed the attractiveness of the scent.

That there's some brave men.

[blam]

Dominant Men 'Smell Attractive'

[farmer18th]

They provided odour samples on the armpit pads, which were then presented to 42 men, who sniffed them and assessed the attractiveness of the scent.

Um....

[CurlyBill]

Repel!

[Cagey]

Testing!

[fieldmarshaldj]

Crap ! You beat me to posting it's picture ! :-P

[Snardius]

I've found the scent which best attracts women is the odor of the "One Karat Diamond..."

[Snardius]

>>ping<<

[samtheman]

Men smell like apes.

And the French (men and women), smell like garbage.

[fieldmarshaldj]

[nuconvert]

"who sniffed them and assessed the attractiveness of the scent."

I'm trying to think how much you'd have to pay me to do that........

[carlr]

They provided odour samples on the armpit pads, which were then presented to 42 men, who sniffed them and assessed the attractiveness of the scent.

What the...?I must be missing something here.

[NautiNurse]

Dominent men were designated by refusal to sniff armpit pads.

[mosquewatch.com]

It's a dish.......

[Gorzaloon]

I've found the scent which best attracts women is the odor of the "One Karat Diamond..."

And she says those THREE MAGIC WORDS.

"Lock The Door".

[Ohioan from Florida]

The men then wore cotton pads in their armpits for 24 hours, which were subsequently presented to 65 women.

What about these women? Equally brave, IMHO!

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***I've found the scent which best attracts women is the odor of the "One Karat Diamond..."***

Too many Playboy cartoons jump into my mind!
A beautiful girl wears a big diamond and says to her friend
"This is the famous HOPE diamond!:" then pointing to an ugly short man, "And this is the curse that goes with it!"

Or
A short bald fat man sets at a bar talking to a sweet young thing He says, " I'm not really this tall. I'm setting on my wallet!"

[peacebaby]

Okay I'll go out on the limb here and say that
I like the scent of my husband. I like his sweat scent too, it turns me on. Both of us use Mitchems so we don't have a problem really.

[Snardius]

A short bald fat man sets at a bar...

Hey, why does it always have to he a short, fat, BALD man?

[buckman10_2000]

no deordorant? yep,that would repel me

[Snardius]

Okay I'll go out on the limb here and say that I like the scent of my husband.

Too much information....[sawing rapidly through the limb]

[peacebaby]

don't take it personally, kiddo. A lot of us women like bald men.

[Firefigher NC]

Now I wonder how exactly a man can smell "dominant"? And how smelling a woman's armpit sweat can ever be attractive?

[peacebaby]

Get off me, Snardius.
giggle

[Tall_Texan]

Because men tear their hair out wondering why they wound up short and fat

[Westlander]

Those Pine Tree car scent things work well. Just weave the string into your pit hair.

[headstamp]

From "Diamonds are Forever";


PO- "I'm Plenty."

Bond- "But of course you are"

PO- "Plenty O' Toole"

Bond- "Named after your father perhaps"

[nuconvert]

[sawing rapidly through the limb]

LoL

[Snardius]

Because men tear their hair out wondering why they wound up short and fat

Actually, a receding hairline is caused by thigh-wear which is worsened by repeated contact with the headboard.

[peacebaby]

are you kidding? I have no armpit hair. I take care of it all.

What do you think I am?

[Theophilus]

Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade - Unavailable for comment.

[skinkinthegrass]

Hey, why does it always have to he a short, fat, BALD man?...SNORT! LOL! :D

[perfect stranger]

Some comic said that the new DeBeer's slogan is, "Diamonds-Render her speechless".
He added, "Why don't they just come on out and say it? "Diamonds- That'll shut her up."

[peacebaby]

"Actually, a receding hairline is caused by thigh-wear which is worsened by repeated contact with the headboard."

You can say that will all confidence. Don't gloat, my dear.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***Bond- "Named after your father perhaps"***

I hope it wasn't B.O. Plenty from the Dick Tracy comic strip!

[perfect stranger]

Would that mean that 'Peter O'Toole' had two daddies? :~0

[Snardius]

"Diamonds- That'll shut her up."

Or...Diamonds, because you thought oral sex was worth $5000...

[perfect stranger]

Would that mean that 'Peter o'Toole' had two daddies?

[yarddog]

I remember when I was a little boy, every time my Mother would hug me, she always smelled so good. I have often wondered is it is something genetic, or maybe she just smelled good.

[perfect stranger]

'Bite them on the spine'?

[Snardius]

'Bite them on the spine'?

Not my quote...I heard it in a bar...from a short, fat, bald guy...

[Young Werther]

And then there are pheromones or do you have a stinky winkie???

Mysteries of Odor in Human Sexuality.

BTW did you know that a hunter bee can smell a flower from distances of over a mile? Once a flower patch is found they can lead the worker bees, who collect the pollen, by using their extremely sensitive sense of smell. But that's another story.

[Nam Vet]

And all this time, I thought it was just a dog thing...

Dogs prefer to sniff an area quite a bit different than an armpit.

Nam Vet

[Walkingfeather]

I could make a fortune selling a laundry soap with the smell of menstrual cycle sweat to wash your teen age daughters clothes in. And a second fortune selling some that smelled like dominate men to combat it.

[Nam Vet]

I've found the scent which best attracts women is the odor of the "One Karat Diamond..."

And the odor that most turns a woman's sex drive cold is wedding cake.

Nam Vet

[Westlander]

'I take care of it all'

Let me dream on that one ;-)

[Para-Ord.45]

Just a sec,as I ask

Tony the Tuna what the odor smells like.