And so did the scent of chemicals from the armpit, called
axillary secretions, some of which are found at higher concentrations in male mammals than in females.
Preti is hot on the scent of the human armpit because he believes that
secretions from the so - called
axillary region harbor pheromones, airborne chemical signals that influence mating, dominance, familyties, and maturation in other species of the animal kingdom.