Sentences with phrase «human sex pheromone»

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Ever since a pheromone secreted by a female moth that attracts the opposite sex was identified in 1959, scientists have pinned down numerous chemicals that affect behavior in a wide variety of animal species, from insects to mammals to humans.
Unlike mice and many other animals, humans seem to lack the biological hardware for detecting pheromones, airborne molecules that carry information about sex and status.
Sandalwood is a woodsy scent and also smells very similar to the androsterone chemical (human pheromones), so it sends out very subtle, but effective, erotic signals to the opposite sex.
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