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A molecule expressed by the human body that influences human behavior

Posted by Robin on 16 December 2021 4 Comments

Researchers have identified an odorless compound emitted by people—and in particular babies—called hexadecanal, or HEX, that appears to foster aggressive behavior in women and blunt it in men. “We cannot say that this is a pheromone,” says study author Noam Sobel, a neuroscientist at the Weizmann Institute of Science. “But we can say that it’s a molecule expressed by the human body that influences human behavior, specifically aggressive behavior, in a predicted manner.”

— Read more in Chemical emitted by babies could make men more docile, women more aggressive at Science.

We are emitting certain chemical signals that have social value

Posted by Robin on 18 June 2021 Leave a Comment

It’s difficult to say that humans have pheromones, because we have not yet been able to characterize specific molecules that elicit predictable interactions. Humans are really messy creatures to study, right? There’s a lot of cognitive factors that might play into the way that you respond to an odor that other animals just don’t have, but it certainly seems like we are emitting certain chemical signals that have social value.

— Jessica Gaby, assistant professor of psychology at Middle Tennessee State University. Read more in Is an irresistible human pheromone possible? at WHYY.

Male and female pheromones

Posted by Robin on 28 October 2019 Leave a Comment

The study found that rats reacted differently to male and female pheromones. Regardless of risk, rats — particularly males — were observed to “scout out” areas with male pheromones, often later avoiding them. Areas sprayed with female pheromones, however, were visited significantly more often than male-sprayed areas.

— Can rat pheromones solve New York City's rat problem? Read more in Fordham Research Repels NYC’s Rodents at Fordham Observer.

Love Potion Magical Perfumery Love Potion & Honeyed Love Potion ~ fragrance review

Posted by Angela on 27 May 2019 12 Comments

Remember the post I did a month ago on the comic book ad for Trulove perfume? The perfumes that drive men to distraction? I just discovered its modern equivalent: the Love Potion Magickal Perfumerie.

The Love Potion Magickal Perfumerie is in downtown Vancouver, Washington, on a block that used to hum with business but is now quiet but for a bar and passersby on their way to the pawn shop on the next block. Once you’ve entered the shop, walk past the impressive collection of tarot card decks, a Star Wars teapot set, and the rack of magic wands, including reproductions of wands used in the Harry Potter movies. Tear your gaze from the glass-topped counter full of crystals and jewelry, and head to the shop’s rear.

If you’re lucky, you’ll be helped by Jennifer, a soft-voiced woman who, when I arrived, was designing perfume labels for the summer fragrance collection and who also offers psychic readings. She showed me the shelf of Love Potion fragrances created by Mara Fox, the shop’s owner (and guitarist for the 1980s rock band Precious Metal). Mara Fox’s first fragrance, created in 1986 and sold at crafts fairs, was called Love Potion. She trademarked the name…

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Clearing up the confusion

Posted by Robin on 8 March 2017 Leave a Comment

In the hope of clearing up the confusion, a group of researchers led by Robin Hare of the University of Western Australia have performed one of the most stringent studies to date.

[...] The study thus found no evidence that either AND or EST is a pheromone. Those who buy pheromone perfumes based on them would therefore appear to be wasting their money.

— Read more at My chemical romance: Two putative human sex pheromones turn out not to be at The Economist.

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