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Woman's Scent Can Lure Or Repel
BBC ^ | 1-15-2006

Posted on 01/15/2006 4:51:09 PM PST by 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.


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KEYWORDS: can; femalefunk; hardupfreepers; lure; or; repel; scent; womans
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To: blam

Hellboy: "Red means STOP!!"


61 posted on 01/15/2006 5:59:57 PM PST by DTogo (I haven't left the GOP, the GOP left me.)
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To: blam

Dine on my funky love stank.


62 posted on 01/15/2006 6:01:29 PM PST by atomicpossum (Replies must follow approved guidelines or you will be kill-filed without appeal.)
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To: apackof2

Net!


63 posted on 01/15/2006 6:02:39 PM PST by Snardius (Some women want to walk hand in hand through the park; sing them a song; bite them on the spine...)
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To: blam
Interesting,but I always know when my wife if indisposed, or about to be, as it were and I never keep track of the calender or anything like that. I just know. I can't say how I know. It could be smell, or other subconscious things I pick up on. In fact I think it is safe to say that us guys can tell if any women we are around regularly is, well, indisposed.
64 posted on 01/15/2006 6:10:13 PM PST by DariusBane (I do not separate people, as do the narrow-minded, into Greeks and barbarians.)
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To: blam

I decline to post a response on this thread on the grounds that it may............well, either get me banned or otherwise incriminate me.


65 posted on 01/15/2006 6:13:03 PM PST by RightOnline
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To: blam
Image hosted by Photobucket.com DUH... at least this time, is wasn't OUR tax money being wasted!!!
66 posted on 01/15/2006 6:36:36 PM PST by Chode (American Hedonist ©®)
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To: Tall_Texan

Woman to man: "It says here that every time you think an impure thought, an angel hits you on the head with a pingpong paddle!"

Man: "That explains why so many men are bald!"


67 posted on 01/15/2006 6:38:55 PM PST by elcid1970
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To: yarddog
she always smelled so good

LOL, It's called cologne.
68 posted on 01/15/2006 6:45:35 PM PST by redheadtoo
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To: Westlander

Not a scratch?


69 posted on 01/15/2006 6:46:24 PM PST by Hoosier-Daddy (It's a fight to the death with Democrats.)
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To: DariusBane

IMHO, it's when she's grumpy as hell and you wouldn't even want to think about getting busy


70 posted on 01/15/2006 6:48:36 PM PST by Hoosier-Daddy (It's a fight to the death with Democrats.)
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To: blam

"But when she is having a period, and not ready for pregnancy, the smell changes to an acute, repellent odour."
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They needed a study to conclude this?


71 posted on 01/15/2006 6:55:20 PM PST by Puppet
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To: Hoosier-Daddy

Nah, Just got a prominent honker.


72 posted on 01/15/2006 7:09:39 PM PST by Westlander (Unleash the Neutron Bomb)
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To: blam
Interesting study. I have always been able to tell when a woman's "friend" is visiting because of a specific odor. Being reared with two sisters and a mother allowed my nose to be a little discerning. No matter how much perfume a subject is wearing, I seem to be able to tell.

The olfactory nerve and apparatus is very good in some of us and it helps in my everyday job also. The study has some credibility with me.

73 posted on 01/15/2006 7:11:00 PM PST by vetvetdoug
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To: Snardius
Like this?

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74 posted on 01/15/2006 7:17:08 PM PST by Sarajevo
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To: Sarajevo

Precisely...except what the picture shows is the patented Cubic Zerconium One Karat Diamond leg separator. It costs $19.99 on EBay and works flawlessly unless the object of your desires gets the ring appraised...but by then...


75 posted on 01/15/2006 7:26:52 PM PST by Snardius (Some women want to walk hand in hand through the park; sing them a song; bite them on the spine...)
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To: blam
SCIENTISTS DISCOVER THAT HUMANS BREED!

Big Science has become nothing more than a scam to get government funding. It is silly and disgusting. The Congress should defund all of it. Only the DOD should be engaged in the funded of research.

76 posted on 01/15/2006 7:27:30 PM PST by trek
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To: blam

Alright, who opened up this post? I am not reading any further.


77 posted on 01/15/2006 7:28:19 PM PST by gathersnomoss
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To: Cagey

That, my friend, is a funny picture.


78 posted on 01/15/2006 7:29:15 PM PST by gathersnomoss
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To: blam

There's an old joke about chicken & tuna that I'll refrain from repeating here due to (a) the presence of female FReepers, and (b) I don't want to get banned.


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79 posted on 01/15/2006 7:30:42 PM PST by Fintan (See??? Sometimes I do read the articles.)
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To: Snardius

Don't worry. When a woman falls in love with you she will love your scent and think you are the most handsome man in the world. If you have lots of hair or no hair at all, she won't care. She won't even notice.


80 posted on 01/15/2006 7:32:34 PM PST by ladyjane
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