Smell has a powerful effect on our emotions explains Rachel Herz in her new book "The Scent of Desire" Published by William Morrow.
Facts
- We can detect more than 10,000 distinct odors with over 20 million sense receptors.
- Smell plays a powerful role in sexual attraction.
- Women prefer the body odor of men whose genes are noticeably different to their own. This assists to promote genetic diversity in species.
- Vanilla is thought to be the most universally favoured scent probably because breast milk contains this similar flavour .
- There are distinct individual and cultural preferences. For example, many asian people find the smell of cheese noxious while british people find wintergreen more unpleasant.
- Losing the sense of smell may be associated with a symptom of depression.
- Depressed people treated with anti depressants report the sense of smell returns.
- Women may have a better sense of smell than men except when menstruating when this ability declines considerably.
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