[E. Pluribus Unum]

“The pheromones may just be a confidence booster that helps shy men get over their self-consciousness,” she says.

Aren't phermones the things that deodorant combats?

[areafiftyone]

Does that mean we women will have to deal with a lot of stinky men?

[SarahW]

Nope. Pheremones have no "odor" - no detectable "scent" - however the nose detects the presence of the chemicals, all the same. The vomeronasal pits in the nose are a sensing organ that picks up specific kinds of chemical trails...