In a blind rating test, people who used their own perfumes were rated higher in attractiveness, pleasantness and intensity.
Researchers believed this to be from some biological chemical thing where our pheromones are heavily influenced by how we think we smell (confidence, etc.)
Study is linked in their article, though it’s a bit of a dense read.
I wonder if the numbers would change if somehow they could “trick” people into putting on a “fake” perfume, and see if there was still some boost just from the pheromones/chemicals.
They voted on it by smell? I could see how confidence could show through like posture or energy.
This smells like an ad, and the visualization stinks.
yeah until that one killjoy in the office who gets migraines from scented products speaks up
Yea this is an ad for a product
This makes me curious about something. What is a smell (for a man or woman) that isn’t a perfume/cologne, but you would think smells good on a person? A natural smell, for example: cinnamon, vanilla, citrus, wood smoke etc.
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Found a really cool study briefly reviewed here.
In a blind rating test, people who used their own perfumes were rated higher in attractiveness, pleasantness and intensity.
Researchers believed this to be from some biological chemical thing where our pheromones are heavily influenced by how we think we smell (confidence, etc.)
Study is linked in their article, though it’s a bit of a dense read.
I wonder if the numbers would change if somehow they could “trick” people into putting on a “fake” perfume, and see if there was still some boost just from the pheromones/chemicals.
They voted on it by smell? I could see how confidence could show through like posture or energy.
This smells like an ad, and the visualization stinks.
yeah until that one killjoy in the office who gets migraines from scented products speaks up
Yea this is an ad for a product
This makes me curious about something. What is a smell (for a man or woman) that isn’t a perfume/cologne, but you would think smells good on a person? A natural smell, for example: cinnamon, vanilla, citrus, wood smoke etc.
Was green the only option ?