Re: Pheromone Effects On Humans

From: firstjois (firstjoisyike_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 01/30/05

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    Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 22:15:43 -0500

    Rich Travsky wrote:
    >> http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn6926
    >> A mystery chemical that young women deploy as a sex attractant
    >> pheromone seems to work for post-menopausal women too.
    >>
    >> Joan Friebely of Harvard University, US, and Susan Rako, a
    >> private physician in Newton, Massachusetts, US, have studied 44
    >> post-menopausal women. Half added Athena Pheromone 10:13,
    >> originally isolated from a woman's armpit sweat, to their
    >> perfume while half added a dummy compound. Neither the women nor
    >> the researchers knew who was in each group until the results
    >> were in.
    >>

    Didn't the Romans use male armpit sweat as a perfume? Those were the good
    old days!

    Jois

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