Scent Experiment

I find the power of scent intriguing. 

 

When I was pregnant, I remember having to leave a grocery store because the scent a man was wearing bothered me. 

 

The scent of fresh bread, garlic, freshly baked cookies.... and so many others, can stimulate hunger while other scents can cause me to lose my appetite completely. 

 

Some smells take me to another place and time.  It is as if my memory is triggered by a smell.  There are smells that take me back to an apartment in Prague, time spent in the desert after a rain storm, and the dorms at Cambridge. 

 

So much can happen with a simple smell. 

 

When Teri posted about a few days she spent in Utah and a party in which she participated, she captured my attention.  Her sister purchased Pheromones.

 

Pheromones... that unsmelled scent each of us exudes without our knowledge.  They are detected, more than smelled, by others.  They might play a roll in the attraction of one person to another.    

 

The scientist in me was intrigued.  I had to try them.  

 

Thus I have undertaken a blind test of the effectiveness of these pheromones.  

 

Hair pulled into a severe bun and wearing my lab coat, I attempted to determine what test would allow me to see results indicating the effectiveness of this scent.  I considered applying the scent to one wrist and another scent to the opposing wrist asking male subjects to choose which they preferred.  But, finding men to engage in this test would be difficult. 

 

I decided that the best way would be to simply wear the scent and observe any male response.  The results, I must admit, have not been as expected.  

 

No, I didn't expect men to fall at my feet when I walked into a room!  (Though, depending on the men, that might have been nice)

 

I did, however, expect some reaction when in close enough proximity to a man that he might be able to smell them.  But, perhaps that proximity is much more close than I anticipated!  

 

I have worn the scent several times without the knowledge of anyone with whom I came in contact.  I can tell you that, no one noticed.  There was no reaction what so ever.  

 

I wore them to a party the other day.  I expected there to be lots of men so what better opportunity to try them out.  There were, in fact, only a handful of men and none of them noticed.  

 

My findings, thus far, are inconclusive.  I do not believe that I have completed enough tests or that the test undertaken can, without much doubt, claim that the scent is ineffective.  

 

I have concluded that the scent does not work in casual, socially accepted, proximity to a subject.  Thus, I must test the product in a more intimate environment!

 

Any suggestions???  I truly want to see if they work!