Pheromones and sex

It’s funny how In Greece the custom persists of wearing a handkerchief in the armpit that is offered to the lady in some popular dances.. It is said that Henry III, Duke of Anjou, felt an irresistible passion for Marie of Cleves when she smelled one of his shirts soaked in her sweat. In Victorian times, men carried a handkerchief between their legs to seduce the ladies and the ladies in turn dropped a handkerchief on the floor to seduce them with its smell. This is the power of pheromones.

What are pheromones?

The term pheromone was first coined by the German biochemist Peter Karlson and the Swiss entomologist Martin Lüscher. Pheromones are chemical substances that are secreted through sweat and that can attract the opposite sex.. Thus, for example, women during their most fertile period emit a smell that seems to be very attractive to men.

Pheromone signals are detected through the Vomero Nasal organ which sends signals to the brain, increasing libido, arousal and sexual desire.

It is also interesting to know that The word “pheromone” comes from the Greek pheron “to transfer” and “hormon” to excite. Although what interests us here is the power of pheromones in humans, it is also interesting to note that numerous plants and animals also send “chemical messages” to reject or attract each other.

There are many studies that have been carried out on the power of pheromones.. The Karonlinska in Stockholm, the University of San Francisco or the Monell Senses Center in Philadelphia show that they can cause excitement in people.

We will tell you about two interesting experiments. A team of scientists designed a room with exaltolide in their chairs, the equivalent of industrial androstenol. Without knowing it, the women chose the seat with exaltolide and the men rejected it. In another study, alcohol and pheromones were added to the fragrances used by 38-year-olds without their knowledge. After 8 weeks using the cologne, 47% reported having more sex than usual.

Synthetic pheromones

All of this made marketing experts around the world sit up and think. What if we market synthetic pheromones? Could be a real boom. This is how today there are numerous stores where they sell “pheromone bottles”, perfumes, what we could also call “attraction bottles”. On the other hand, and in parallel to these commercial jars, there are numerous homemade recipes.

Really, If you are curious you can try a perfume with pheromones. Of course, don’t just settle for the seller’s response “yes, this perfume contains pheromones.” Read the labels carefully, the pheromones that are normally sold are androstenone, androstenol and androstenedione for men and copulin for women.

There are conflicting opinions about synthetic pheromones and although many studies have shown that physically there is a reaction, so that they act on the opposite sex unconsciously, There are many other factors that influence whether we feel attracted to one person or another..

Have you ever used a perfume that claims to carry pheromones to attract the opposite sex? Has it worked for you? Your experience would help us a lot to shed more light on this very interesting topic. Because while it is true that our own pheromones have some effect, we are not very sure that the same thing happens with synthetic ones.

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