Posted on 01/29/2009 6:47:57 AM PST by MyTwoCopperCoins
LONDON: It is often suggested that there's natural smell in females that arouse males, but a team of testers have now found that women smell of onions while men smell of cheese.
A Swiss team of researchers, who studied the armpit sweat samples from 24 males and 25 females, found marked differences in the sweat from men and women after they had spent time in a sauna or 15 minutes on an exercise bike.
"Men smell of cheese, and women of grapefruit or onion," said Christian Starkenmann of Firmenich, a company in Geneva that researches flavours and perfumes for food and cosmetics companies.
A team of independent testers recruited by the scientists found the smell from women's armpits was more unpleasant. According to the results, which appear in Chemical Senses, women's armpit sweat contained relatively high levels of an odourless sulphur-containing compound - 5 milligrams per millilitre of sweat versus 0.5 milligrams in men, the New Scientist magazine reported today.
When the researchers mixed this compound in the lab with bacteria commonly found in the armpit, the bugs turned it into a thiol - a previously discovered odour from armpits that is akin to onion.
Men had relatively high levels of an odourless fatty acid which turned into a cheesy odour when exposed to the same types of bacteria.
The balance of oniony to cheesy precursors in women's sweat made it smell worse than men's as rated by independent smell assessors. The research could lead to a new understanding of body odour - and a new range of deodorants designed to tackle the unique smells of men and women.
Earlier, scientists in the US have suggested that women can sense if a man is attracted to her by the smell of his armpit sweat.
I like my onions raw.
And hot and steamy~!
“Good Morning Ladies”
That’s european women. American women bathe.
Who smells like nachos?
A good honey and alum douche works on females
WTF?!
pucker up sweetie?
In other news, astronomers working with a measly $20 million dollar NSF grant have discovered a gaseous discharge from, as one researcher told the other, “the soft core of Uranus”.
A natural smell that arouses men? Yes, but it doesn’t smell like onions, it smells like women.
Just sayin'.
Bull
A team of independent testers recruited by the scientists found the smell from women’s armpits was more unpleasant.
What a great addition to a resume’: Employment...Title: Armpit sweat sniffer
Where’s the moose that bit my sister?
I hear the White House smells like sulfur these days...
My dog has no nose.
In younger days, one of my favorite dates was a chick who really put out, then at midnight turned into a six pack and a roast beef sandwich!
CA....
Mmmm... This morning I smell of cinnamon, having made fresh, homemade from yeasty scratch, cinnamon rolls. Tonight I will smell of meatloaf and garlicky noodles. The french smell of cheese and the english of onions. Americans smell of whatever they want to.
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