Pheromones

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products and are employed because of their
pleasant smell.

Scientific research suggests that there are human pheromones for both
the male and the female. Females have a better developed sense of smell and
testing indicates that they are more responsive to male pheromones than the
reverse.

Research over the years has found that the male pheromones belong to a
class of compounds called steroids, in particular derivatives of androstenone,
which are secreted by perspiration glands on our bodies.

The compound androstenone, and a related product androstenol, are the
most commonly used compounds for testing the effects of pheromones on humans.
The tests usually involve getting subjects to select preferred objects from a
group of objects some of which have been sprayed with pheromones. For example;
statistics are taken of the use of the chairs in a dental waiting room when one
of the chairs has been sprayed with pheromones. It is reported that females
favor the chair marked with a ...

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