HOW you smell really can change the way people around you behave—and it has nothing to do with bad BO. Breastfeeding women and newborns give off odours that boost the sexual desire of other women.
The finding adds to the growing body of evidence suggesting that our natural smell influences other people on an unconscious level, and strengthens the argument that human pheromones exist and still exert a subtle influence over us.
In the study, smells associated with breastfeeding increased feelings of sexual intimacy in childless women volunteers. Why this should be so is a mystery, but the researchers…
