For women, apparently there’s nothing like the smell of a man’s sweat.
Researchers at the University of California at Berkeley said women who sniffed a chemical found in male sweat experienced elevated levels of an important hormone, along with higher sexual arousal, faster heart rate and other effects.
The study focused on androstadienone, considered a male chemical signal. Previous research had established that a whiff of it affected women’s mood, sexual and physiological arousal and brain activation. Its impact on hormones was less clear.
Cortisol levels in the women who smelled androstadienone shot up within roughly 15 minutes and stayed elevated for up to an hour. Consistent with previous research, the women also reported improved mood, higher sexual arousal, and had increased blood pressure, heart rate and breathing.
This could drive deodorant manufacturers up the wall, as well.
This reminds me of a scene in the movie Porkies from waaaay back in the day.
I imagine there’s a difference between a recent sweat and a one shower a week philosophy.
Well, I know for a fact, that the exact opposite is true.
A chemical found in female sweat results in the male’s increased levels of hormones, increased heart rate, and other effects.
In fact, just seeing pictures of sweat on certain female subjects results in very similar results.
This could drive deodorant manufacturers up the wall, as well.
Not before time! It’s an industry sector with dishonest and meretricious advertising, pushing products which are maybe 95% unnecessary and which can compound the problem they claim to solve.
Astonishing breasts that guy’s got in your picture. I suppose it’s from all the oestrogen he’s getting in his water now.
I expect Angel will have something delicious to say about this…
Have you smelled guys who have been sweating under a black T-shirt? It’s gross.
6,
There are two kinds of sweat… Exercise sweat, which is practically odourless, and nervous sweat… which reeks! And I ONLY wear cotton T-Shirts. You’d be amazed at how natural fibres actually alleviate odour problems.
And I’m shocked… SHOCKED at your comment. What if the guy is big and hairy?
Actually, I think I remember a ‘cologne’ that was based on androstadienone (cut & paste, no WAY I could remember that spelling) that was advertised some time ago. It MAY have been an SNL type show fake commercial, but as I recall, it was real.
J/P=?
How long will it take for spammers to start offering it over the net, to supplement the natural size enhancers?
Check out the book “Scentsational Sex”it details a lot of the basic research done on this topic.
Two things.
First, where can I buy deodorant that smells like sweat?
Second, all this test shows is that women respond like pavlov’s dog. We have sex and they smell our sweat, so when they smell our sweat later they are reminded of sex.
#7
I don’t care if you’re Jack Radcliffe, if you smell like a fermented fruit I’m not going to lick you.
Sheesh, people…
It isn’t underarm B.O. that’s attractive! Everybody thinks that’s nasty! Well, maybe not the kinky folks that also get into foot odor…
Sweat glands in various parts of the body emit different chemicals or different ratios of chemicals with the perspiration. One girlfriend told me I smelled like her dad, and she liked that — no, she didn’t hump daddy (sheesh, you’re stupid if you thought that). Subconsciously, my smell made her feel safe and secure, which is a super turn-on for women. Oddly enough, the day she told me that, I was wearing a new cheap cologne I’d been given for Christmas. I’m guessing her daddy has worn the same cheap crap for decades.
ALSO, it works the same way for both genders: women give off smells men like, and men give off smells women like. Hint, hint: we’re animals, and have many of the same characteristics as creatures in the wild do. Point: we’re really not that far from the trees and caves we used to dwell in.
Guys, one thing to remember: we are less sensitive to smell than women. A woman’s sense of smell is approximately twice as strong as a man’s. Perhaps it’s because men get used to being a little more stinky (hey, we work more :-p ); or perhaps it’s because women wear more of pleasantly-perfumed stuff like make-up, “powders”, and that hygiene spray stuff. Maybe it’s the hunter-gatherer thing where men would try to stay downwind from their prey, using their eyes to hunt; while women stayed at the camp, and would use smell to sense danger approaching.
I could go on, but I’ve made my point to the people that will get it. Some would dispute it, and they’re entitled to their opinions, no matter how wrong they are. :-p
That’s my $1.29.
Recently posters are much funnier and less macabre.
Licking a Fermented Fruit…there’s a double-whammy in Angel’s post that got me in stitches.
#14
You haven’t met death metal fans, they wear these black shirts ALL the MF time and they stink!