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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: ladyjane

If you're rich she won't care either. :D


81 posted on 01/15/2006 7:38:50 PM PST by Fruitbat
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To: blam

Now let's slather deodorant and perfume on those pit pads and see if the guys can tell the difference.


82 posted on 01/15/2006 7:40:37 PM PST by Right Wing Assault ("..this administration is planning a 'Right Wing Assault' on values and ideals.." - John Kerry)
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To: fieldmarshaldj; CurlyBill

I believe all the men that continually post Helen Thomas' picture are secretly attracted to her.


83 posted on 01/15/2006 7:42:00 PM PST by stands2reason (I'm BAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK!!!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: blam
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.

And I thought my job sucked!

84 posted on 01/15/2006 7:45:01 PM PST by FrdmLvr
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To: Fruitbat

You're right about that!

If she is in love with you, it makes no difference what you look like.

If you are rich, it makes no difference what you look like.

If you're poor and she still loves you, you're lucky.


85 posted on 01/15/2006 7:46:16 PM PST by ladyjane
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To: Firefigher NC

No thanks.....apply generous amounts of Arrid Extra Dry and wash those areas where the sun don't shine.


86 posted on 01/15/2006 7:48:04 PM PST by tflabo (Take authority that's ours)
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To: blam
Smell doen't matter, it's the green color of money that matters. It ALWAYS atracts them like flys.


87 posted on 01/15/2006 7:52:17 PM PST by unixfox (AMERICA - 20 Million ILLEGALS Can't Be Wrong!)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar; Snardius
"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!"


88 posted on 01/15/2006 8:01:47 PM PST by Matchett-PI ( "History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid." -- Dwight Eisenhower)
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To: stands2reason

I've always been attracted to used douchebags. =8-0


89 posted on 01/15/2006 8:02:04 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Cheney X -- Destroying the Liberal Democrat Traitors By Any Means Necessary -- Ya Dig ? Sho 'Nuff.)
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To: nmh; blam
"I wonder how much this disgusting study cost."

Yeah --- although it doesn't appear that it was much more high tech than this one:


90 posted on 01/15/2006 8:07:48 PM PST by Matchett-PI ( "History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid." -- Dwight Eisenhower)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
A few few years ago, a speaker who was bald remarked that he wasn't wasting his testosterone growing hair. I replied, "Some of us have plenty to spare."
91 posted on 01/15/2006 8:12:28 PM PST by connectthedots
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To: nuconvert
I'm trying to think how much you'd have to pay me to do that........

They pay you to smell pretty women?!!

Where do ya sign up?!!... : ) <<< me

92 posted on 01/15/2006 8:12:51 PM PST by stopsign ( ("What great fortune for government, that people don't think". ...Der Fuhrer... [hummmm...]))
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To: Nam Vet

Maybe that's what's wrong with me. I eloped, and never had any wedding cake. :-)


93 posted on 01/15/2006 8:19:37 PM PST by stands2reason (I'm BAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK!!!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: Petronski

ping


94 posted on 01/15/2006 8:20:31 PM PST by cyborg (I just love that man.)
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They're talking about ARMPITS, people!!!!
95 posted on 01/15/2006 8:21:27 PM PST by stands2reason (I'm BAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK!!!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: Westlander

I've heard that uhhhh... men's emissions are tastier if the emissee is a vegan. Never confirmed myself, however.


96 posted on 01/15/2006 8:23:08 PM PST by stands2reason (I'm BAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK!!!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: stands2reason

Rejected NJ Tourism slogan:


Jersey: Kiss her where it stinks!


97 posted on 01/15/2006 8:23:42 PM PST by Petronski (I love Cyborg!)
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To: Petronski

oh petronski...bad! Where's the soap!


98 posted on 01/15/2006 8:24:50 PM PST by cyborg (I just love that man.)
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To: stands2reason

You asking for volunteers ? ;-)


99 posted on 01/15/2006 8:25:34 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Cheney X -- Destroying the Liberal Democrat Traitors By Any Means Necessary -- Ya Dig ? Sho 'Nuff.)
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To: stopsign

No, I don't think you even get to see the women. You only get to smell the cloth or cotton pad that soaks up their pit perspiration.
Still want to sign up?


100 posted on 01/15/2006 8:29:11 PM PST by nuconvert (No More Axis of Evil by Christmas ! TLR) [there's a lot of bad people in the pistachio business])
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