Let's Talk About Scent

Repulsed Neutral or Infatuated

Have you ever smelled food that smells good to you and you want to eat it? Then if you end up eating it and like it you become infatuated with it. Hence anytime you smell it you want a piece. Maybe the smell didn't smell awful but you just don't have a taste for it so you feel neutral about it. On the other hand, have you ever smelled food that is so foul you crunch up your face and shy away from trying it because your repulsed by it? Same goes when dating or finding a mate. You are either repulsed, feeling neutral or indifferent or infatuated. So you are scrolling through your Tinder and you found someone that you thought was HOT! You liked each other and you began messaging. Eventually you met up and met for the first time and were repulsed by their smell. This led you to ditch them and never reach a second date. There may even be an instance when you connect with someone you don’t even know and you were in love at first scent. I’m telling you it wasn’t them it was their scent so let's talk about it.

Andros Series

Hormones are communicating chemically even when we're unaware of it. They are our bodies chemical messengers they are chemicals made by our glands. Scientists say humans have pheromones like moths. However, human pheromones are not easy to detect whereas the strength of pheromones given off by a moth are strong even at great distances. I call human pheromones the Andros Series because they are composed of five different hormones that begin with “andros.” These five hormones known as ectohormones are androstadienol, androstadienone, androstenone, androsterone and androstenol. All of these hormones contribute to one’s natural scent. Each of our bodies emit a specific odor or smell linked to major histocompatibility complex. This is a protein. A big fat large locus on your vertebrate containing a set of closely linked polymorphic genes that code for cell surface. This is a part of one’s DNA that cannot be replicated. Thank this protein for your individual scent.

DNA Individuality

We all know one’s odor is a combination of their environment, diet and the products one uses. A sister who has a twin and lives in the same house and uses the same detergent, soap and even the same perfume from Victoria Secret will always smell different. This is because 24 hours throughout the day your diet is not exactly the same, your pheromones can never be the same because your DNA is not the same though it may be close. If you have a twin and are in love your lover should be able to distinguish you from your twin.

Odor Cues

Menstrual synchrony is a perfect example of our hormones communicating. It is when two females are exposed to each other for extended periods of time eventually their menstrual cycles begin to line up. This occurs because of pheromones are being sent to the other female via unconscious odor cues and vice versa.

Chemical Gravitation

One of our strongest senses is smell. Smell can trigger strong hormones and strong memories that affect our behavior even our likes in dislikes… believe it or not. Any hormonal scents activate the hypothalamus of the brain that's not activated in non-hormonal scents. Only the hypothalamus and ventral striatum are involved in “being turned on.” While looks play a big role in who we want to be intimate with it doesn’t explain why some of the most attractive people end up with very unattractive people. Some will tell you “it’s because they are kind.” Sorry to break it to you but I am pretty sure my theory is right. We have no say in who we are “chemically gravitated” towards. We have no say in who we fall in love with which is also a chemical reaction by the way we only have say in our behavior and our actions. Humans huh?