Women smell men's BO even with deodorant
Women have a better sense of smell than men when it comes to sniffing out body odour, researchers have found.Tests show that even when men use the majority of deodorants women are able to smell their underarm sweat.
Scientists from the Monell Chemical Senses centre in Philadelphia got a sample of people to rate the strength of underarm odors, both alone and with various fragrances.
Only two of 32 scents tested blocked underarm odor for women compared to 19 which significantly reduced the strength of the whiff for men.
The boffins think the sensitivity of women's noses could be because they use the smell of male sweat to choose a mate ... or that men have evolved a poor sense of smell because they stink.
Prof Charles Wysocki said: "It is quite difficult to block a woman's awareness of body odor. In contrast, it seems rather easy to do so in men.
"Our studies indicate that human sweat conveys information that is of particular importance to females. This may explain why it is so difficult to block women's perception of sweat odors."
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"Our studies indicate that human sweat conveys information that is of particular importance to females. This may explain why it is so difficult to block women's perception of sweat odors."
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Monell Chemical Senses Center
