Do human pheromones work?
A good friend of mine asked me that the other day. I asked her why she thought I would know. It seems that if you have a site with any content for adults only, then you would know everything having to do with human sexuality. Sadly, it ain’t so. Her question did pique my curiosity though so I started looking around on the net for any information I could find.
There are heaps of sites promoting one pheromone product or another and the hype is pretty outstanding. One site told me that all I had to do was wear this “perfume” into a bar and I could get a man within 5 minutes. I wanted to write and tell him that most women could walk into a bar and flirt for a bit and pick up a man in 5 minutes because it’s not that difficult to do. What is difficult is picking up the right man at the right time. I left that site and continued looking around the net for more sites and more information.
I did find a site that talked about a blind clinical study where the research showed that the men participating added a few drops of liquid into their aftershave every day for eight weeks. The ones who had the concentrated pheromone reported having significantly more sex, hugs and kisses than before the study. The ones with the placebo reported no change at all.
Now I don’t know if the pheromones would work for me, I AM a bit over the age of most people who frequent bars for pickups AND I have Mr. Flirty who wouldn’t appreciate me coming home with strays, but I do wonder what it would do for my sex life at home. Anyone currently dating who has tried human pheromones and can report any success or failure?
thanks.
I think pheromones do work but with that overuse there are terrible consequences to human social behavior.
If I remember correctly, humans are not capable of detecting the smell unlike animals. It’s more like a hype by commercials, psychological effect on buyers.
Not so sure about the science behind smells and attraction, I personally believe where men are concerned it’s visuals all the way. For instance, no amount of pheromones is going to increase Jo Brand’s chances in a “pull him” competition.
On a serious note, I watched a television program once that proved the attraction factor was higher when the female was younger (better birthing chances) and curvier around the hips (larger pelvic bone, better for the offspring’s exit). I think it all amounted to picking better breeding stock at the end of the day.
Still, with all that said, it doesn’t matter for me, my breeding days are over. You can keep the sex, just give me somewhere comfortable to relax after work and I’m smiling all the way to the land of nod.
oh is that right? hmmm…you just gave me an idea. lol thanks for your informative article.
When I was considerably younger and at school some older boys sent off for some pheromones from an ad at the back of an adult magazine. The resulting, small green bottle was distributed to many of us to try and I can say that the consensus was that it was a pile of crap.
Talking about scents and attraction, I read that the lavender’s and cucumber’s smell is a big turn on for men.
What a great article…using pheromones to attract members of the opposite sex…however, as interesting as the idea is, I don’t think it would work. Simply sounds like the snake oil salesmen are back.