What does the smell of the female body so attractive? Scientists have found that in the female organism in the period of maximum fertility are hormones that create attraction for men fragrance.
Some women smell more attractive to men than others, and now scientists have found the reason why. It turns out, are at the peak of fertility in their monthly cycle ladies secrete reproductive hormones, which contribute to create an amazingly charming men’s aroma. In the course of evolution, people have learned to respond to subtle hints in selecting partners that are able to provide them with the continuation of the species, as suggested by researchers from the University of Bern in Switzerland. That is why elevated levels of the hormone estrogen and a reduced rate of progesterone affect a woman’s smell.
These two hormone regulate the menstrual cycle, and their performance in the body are the key to determine female fertility during each month. During the study, 28 women donated the odors of his body, and then gave them to rate 57 men. All representatives of the stronger sex was determined by the attractiveness of odours on a scale of 0 to 100. Their scents were kept on special pieces of cotton wool that absorbed the sweat in the underarms during the night. The hormone levels in the woman’s body was determined by saliva samples.
Observations have shown that the most attractive was considered the feminine smell, which is produced by the body with the highest possible level of estrogen and as low progesterone. All of this is a sign of high fertility. And men could not logically explain why this scent of a woman it seems more attractive and, therefore, the case enters the same evolutionary mechanisms. (READ MORE)