Mark Wieczorek

While those pheremone colognes you find all over the web are probably bunk, researchers at UC Berkeley have discovered a compound in male sweat that, when sniffed, causes women to become sexually aroused.

Compared to their response when sniffing a control odor (yeast), the women who sniffed androstadienone reported an improved mood and significantly higher sexual arousal, while their physiological response, including blood pressure, heart rate and breathing, also increased. This was consistent with previous studies.

read: Chemical In Male Sweat Increases Cortisol And Sexual Arousal In Heterosexual Women

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