In nature pheromones are chemicals triggering a social response in members of the same species.
However, the attractive powers of pheromones (scented sex hormones) have often been exaggerated – not least by the advertisers trying to sell pheromone-based scents and sprays which they claim will make men irresistible to women.
What is more, widely publicized research findings on female sensitivity to male pheromones have also led some men to believe that the odor of their natural sweat is highly attractive to women. This might sometimes be true, but not always.
Women are indeed highly sensitive to male pheromones, particularly around ovulation, but many popular assumptions about the effects of their pheromones are the result of misinterpretation and over-simplification of the research results.
All male pheromones are not equally attractive to women, and some of the myths stem from an understandable confusion over their names. Not all pheromones have the same quality.
| January 27th, 2012 | Posted in Dating |