Pheromone: Fact or Myth

For a split second, we question on whether to buy the $90 perfume/cologne. Sure, we think it’s crazy to purchase a fragrance so expensive, but in the end we wound up carrying it in one of our shopping bags. Why is that? Is it because we can easily afford it or was it just because we “had” to get it? For every purchase we make, has to have a purpose. When it comes to fragrances, we mostly focus on the scent; if it grasps our attention, so will others. But the main question is; how do these kinds of fragrances have that effect on people?  

Now, people will say they liked your fragrance because of the scent, but did you know some fragrances carry a type of chemical known as pheromone? Pheromone is a Greek word; phero, meaning “to bear” or “transfer" and hormone, meaning to “excite.” Pheromones are chemicals capable of acting outside the body of the secreting individual to impact the behavior of the receiving individual.  Let’s take dogs for example, have you ever had a female dog that wasn’t neutered, whenever she was in her fertile period, though she was kept indoors, you find yourself with a yard full of dogs that happen to be males. The behavioral effects of pheromones apparently occur unconsciously. People respond behaviorally to certain chemicals in human skin even though they describe them as odorless.

In this video, you will see how a male figure tries to pick up women using only one line (pick up line). The first time they sprayed him with a placebo; no chemicals in the spray. 8 out of 10 women basically gave him the boot. The second time, he had to do the same thing, only difference was he was sprayed with the fragrance that had the pheromone chemical in it. 9 out of 10 women said yes to the date, the last one was a little surprised that she said yes as well, even though he was not really her type. When she found out that he was sprayed with pheromone, she realized on why she said yes. Even for males; if women wore a perfume with the pheromone chemical in it, it would definitely get a mans’ attention.   

So what do you think? Do you think wearing a fragrance with the pheromone chemical will get you more dates? Do you think someone else (of the opposite sex) wearing the fragrance will get your attention?  Or is all this just a myth?