I'll take a whiff too!
Posted on 02/10/2007 3:29:45 PM PST by NormsRevenge
A chemical in male sweat can boost mood, brain activity and sexual arousal in heterosexual women, according to a new study released just in time for Valentine's Day.
The study offers the first direct evidence that humans secrete a scent that can affect the physiology of the opposite sex, said researchers at the University of California, Berkeley. Their findings were published this week in The Journal of Neuroscience.
"This is the first time anyone has demonstrated that a change in women's hormonal levels is induced by sniffing an identified compound of male sweat," said study leader Claire Wyart, a postdoctoral fellow at UC Berkeley. "There is much more going on than we think when we are smelling body odor."
The study conducted last year involved 48 undergraduate women who took 20 sniffs from a bottle containing androstadienone, a compound found in male perspiration and other bodily secretions.
The researchers measured the women's levels of the stress hormone cortisol and compared them to the women's responses to a control odor. Cortisol levels in the women rose within about 15 minutes of inhaling the androstadienone scent and remained elevated for more than an hour, UC Berkeley researchers found.
They also discovered that blood pressure, heart rate and breathing increased, mood improved and sexual arousal was boosted.
While the compound can make women feel more positive and sexually aroused, it's still unclear how it affects their behavior, Wyart said.
"Humans are more complex," she said. "You cannot expect them to have stereotypical responses like rodents."
androstadienone
The study conducted last year involved 48 undergraduate women who took 20 sniffs from a bottle containing androstadienone, a compound found in male perspiration and other bodily secretions.
Hmm. Instead of flowers or chocolate this V day I think I'll just bottle up some of my sweat. I know she'll be thrilled!
You cheap bastard, You!
Let us all know how it works out. ;-)
Why do you think I spend 10-hours a weeks at the gym?
And how did they measure that?
I think it was a blind study, they used a laser ruler.
I'll take a whiff too!
You cheap bastard, You!
Hey, I resemble that remark! Actually I'm going to pick up some Belgium chocolate since I'm in Brussels. Maybe I'll sweat a little when I give her the chocolates. ;^)
The moral of this story?
No pain, no gain.
Okay, so as a female I will address this matter. Ahem.
Well sure a guy's smell can be a turn-on. And I'll tell you how I know. First, a caveat, a guy's smell does NOT mean the stinky stuff...just his natural smell.
So how do I know this? Let that guy be gone, either permanently or temporarily from his lady's life and his smell is still in the bed!
I could smell the guy smells for weeks, even months, after a break-up...in one case the actual death of my spouse.
It always smells good too. It smells just like HIM. Yeah...a guy has his own smell and my nose could always identify it.
Humans are animals after all. I don't know why studies like this surprise anyone, frankly.
It's Flowers over chocolate here.. and a meal,, if I can get her to cook, that is. ;-)
Belgium has Good chocolate , for sure. Have a safe trip back,, Valentine's Day loometh!
Pick me up some sprouts while you're there.
Check Sigma catalog [of Sigma-Aldrich]. It might be there, and in concentrated form.
Humans are animals after all. I don't know why studies like this surprise anyone, frankly.
Yup, I agree, smell and such do get ingrained in our surroundings.
btw, our cat sleeps with us.. :-)
This is why I never wipe off the stairmaster when I'm done with it -- to get chicks, duh. :O)
Trade you some sprouts for some Elk steaks.
never wipe off the stairmaster when I'm done with it -- to get chicks
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maybe you should consider renting it out to 'lonely' skinny fellars that don't sweat much.
Wasn't that the whole idea behind that '70s perfume Musk? How many of you bought bottles of that stuff? As if people didn't get sweaty enough at the disco. It was stinky.
It's raining in The Grove today. The elk are all bedded down between the SUV's and the bungalows.
This is no surprise to women is it? This was discussed on FR about a year ago, and several women affirmed this is true.
Anyway, I've been thinking about changing careers, and this has given me an idea. They have doe pee to attract bucks, why not bottle this and sell it?
That's right, I remember that stuff. gguckk. I'm a CoolWater guy these days myself... ;-)
It could become more profitable than snake venom, Go for it!
God Bless America,the FRee market and the entrepreneurial spirit inside all of us, and on our skin too.. Woo Hoo! 8-)
Thanks! This was no secret, uh? lol
And to quote my beloved wife: YUCK!
It isn't the sweat that turns the women on. It is the honey do lists that bring on the sweat.
"They have doe pee to attract bucks, why not bottle this and sell it?"
I'll do the Marketing, YOU can do the "harvesting," LOL!
I've always gone for men that were more cerebral than sweaty. Though on second thought there was this young, hard-working Cabana Boy in my past that was rather well tanned and "glistening." *WINK* :)
"I'm a CoolWater guy these days myself... ;-)"
Mmmmmmm. I love that scent! Have you tried 'Grey Flannel' by Geoffrey Bean? It's an oldie, but a goodie; I'm gettin' all "sweaty" just thinking about it. *SWOON* That stuff sends me to the Moon!
Try it out on your Special Lady. Any Nordstrom's sales clerk worth her salt will give you some free samples. (Of cologne!) ;)
Oh Norm, you sexy thang.
I buy the CoolWater on cruises duty free, it last quite awhile, haven't tried Grey Flannel, Thanks! I'll have to make a Nordstorm pitstop. lol
Thangs! :-)
Tell me something that most of us didn't know.
LOL
Romans used to recover male sweat and market it.
Nothing under the sun is new.
News? Hasn't anyone heard of pheromones and studies on them before?
In fact, years ago, Jovan used to sell a men's colonge called 'Andros" or something similar that the company claimed was pheromone based.
I bought a case. I'm now down to my last bottle.
You won't regret it! :)
pheromones? Oh Yes.. drives the little insects and critters wild. Mother Nature definitely knows how to rev things up.
I should have dropped this in chat, it's kind of a slow 'news' day tho. ;-)
I know a lot of women who, when their man is away, admit that they smell his shirts or his pillow. Always struck me as a little primal from a gender that is "sugar and spice" and all that.
Last weekend I had to fly to Sioux Falls to take care of a personal matter. I went to T.F. Green, cleared security, boarded the plane to Chicago, and took my seat. As I began to settle in, I glanced up and saw the most beautiful woman walking down the aisle. She headed straight for me and got into the seat next to mine.
I said, “Hello.” And helped he put her carry-on bag into the overhead compartment. She asked where I was headed. I told her I was bound for Sioux Falls to take care of some business. I then asked her if she was traveling for business or pleasure.
She turned, smiled, and said, “Business, I’m going to the Annual Nymphomaniacs of America Convention in Chicago.”
I swallowed hard not knowing what to say. Here was the most gorgeous woman I had ever seen sitting next to me and she was going to a meeting for nymphomaniacs! I struggled to maintain my composure. I asked as calmly as I could, “What’s your
business role at the convention?”
“I am the lead lecturer,” she responded. “My lecture is based on information I learned in my own personal experiences that debunk some of the popular myths about sexuality.”
“Really?” I asked. “And what kinds of myths have you debunked?”
“Well,” she explained, “one popular myth is that African-American men are the most well-endowed of all men, when in fact it is the Native American Indian who is most likely to possess that trait. Another popular myth is that Frenchmen are the best lovers, when actually it is the men of Scottish descent that are the best. I have also discovered that the lover with the absolutely best stamina is the Southern Redneck.”
Suddenly the woman became a little uncomfortable and blushed. “I’m sorry,” she said, “I shouldn’t really be discussing all this with you. I don’t even know your name.”
“Let me introduce myself. I am Tonto, Tonto McTavish” but all my friends call me Bubba.”
I am Tonto, Tonto McTavish” but all my friends call me Bubba.”
I bet you are.. LOLOL
By golly, you've found it!
I knew there was something left out of that new civic center complex.... Just couldn't put my finger on it.
Elk Barns!
And my husband found it hard to believe that I was most attracted to him when he came back from a week in the field (Army) :-)
Maybe they used a sexual arousal meter? Mfg by Sieman's Corp, I think????
Try some Old Spice, next time.
I'm lost right there, but then again, I'm a guy. The smell of other guys makes me want to hurl. Literally.
When a guy works hard, he sweats. So get off the couch, y'all. That's what we like to see.
Wait a sec. You're telling me girls LIKE it when the big fat sweatty guy in the tank top sits next to them on an airliner? I refuse to accept that.
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