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by Ann on a Moose on December 9th, 2008

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It is important in the animal world to be able to smell each other. Should people be able to smell each other's natural scent too when choosing a partner?

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  • by Smart2 is back! Did you miss me? on December 9th, 2008

    Smart2 is back! Did you miss me?

    Oh, I think we do that instinctively. Some studies suggest that our attraction to someone has as much to do with their smell as their physical appearance. The olfactory sense is so much more important than most people give it credit. I remember an article in NatGeo some years back in response to a membership study they did in which I participated. There was a questionnaire with little peel-back sniffy things that contained everything from roses to urine smells and the participants were asked to evaluate how appealing or disgusting the smell was. The results were quite interesting to say the least.

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  • by CT on January 26th, 2009

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    Yes..and also yes we need to smell eachother..

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  • by --paw43--is back for now on January 26th, 2009

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    Subconciously we do men and women give off pheromones that can attract the opposite sex

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  • by -_You Can Leave Your Hat On....- on January 26th, 2009

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    its said they do, subliminally, the smells we omit are called pheromones and can make or break whether we like each other!

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  • by luke the mighty scot on December 9th, 2008

    luke the mighty scot

    Human scent has been historically defined as a biological component of decomposing dead skin cells, also known as the skin raft theory which was adopted by Syrotuck in 1972.

    The nose has direct access to the amygdala, the portion of the limbic brain that controls emotional response. When we breathe in, odours travelling into our nose hit nerve receptors which go to the brain to stimulate the olfactory bulb which in turn stimulates the hippothalmus and the limbic system. From here we then naturally interpret what we smell as good or bad, offensive or pleasant.

    Unless you’re bunged up with a cold or allergies, it’s impossible to switch your nose off and you use it subconsciously to detect thousands of different smells in every breath – 23,040 smells in an average day.

    Although many animals do it with their own biochemical bouquets known as pheromones, it is only recently that scientists have begun to take a second look at how human body odor influences sexual attraction. Pheromone reception in other species is the business of two little pits (one in each nostril) known collectively as the vomeronasal organ (VNO). However it appears humans do not posess these.

    The research is ongoing, although it is agreed that the natural scent is important, we just don't know why. What is known is that this magic scent is not some romantic elixir but the aromatic effluence of our immune system. The only trouble is we don't give it half a chance!

    Hope that helps

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