This is because perfume & co. mask an even more important scent, namely the body's own. Effective (sexual) attractants are masked by artificial scents. Anyone who has seen the movie "Perfume" knows exactly what we are talking about here. In the movie, the main character tries to preserve the very scent of the woman. The human body produces its very own personal scent, which subliminally releases scent messages. Around a woman's ovulation, for example, a sour smell is produced during this phase of the female cycle, which, when it hits a man's nose, unconsciously increases his testosterone levels. One of the effects of this is that women appear more attractive to men. So it doesn't always have to be the expensive scented water, because nature's fragrant feint is much cheaper.

Thus, unsuspectingly, the smell of our bodies creates a kind of communication between the two sexes. The so-called copulins of the woman signal fertility, which is perceived by the man's body and ensures that stress and tension are reduced in him. This is by no means a coincidence either, as these two factors are considered to be the cause of the troublesome issue of impotence. So our pheromones live their own lives and do their job unconsciously. Although women's copulins are not directly considered to be pure pheromones - as they are more precisely a mixture of different fatty acids - they still serve to entice. Incidentally, this scent is intensified by body heat and thus makes its way into the man's nose even faster. The target is the region of the brain that controls the primal instinct that makes us act unconsciously in such situations.

Incidentally, the reverse also works - there are some women who find men's sweat beguiling. Fresh male sweat, of course! Have you read "Wetlands"? The scandalous novel by Charlotte Roche? The whole thing is a theme here too, as the main character dabs her own bodily juices behind her ears in order to seduce men with their smell. Of course, women can also unconsciously smell each other - whether the perception of copuline, which ensures that feelings of competition are triggered among the ladies, is to blame for the good old catfight? ;) It's certainly not everyone's cup of tea, but this knowledge can also explain the interest in worn underwear, which some people find arousing ... If all this somehow seems too strange for you, you can also resort to aids containing synthetic pheromones.

ORION blogger Maike