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And research or anything to do with attraction, particularly sexual attraction, is really poor," saysDr.
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Tristam Wyatt, senior researcher at Oxford University’s Department of Zoology and author ofPheromones and Animal Behavior.
“Apart from the ethics committees, humans are difficult animals to work with.
We think too much, we learn too quickly,” Wyatt continues.
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“Because we’re mammals, we might well have pheromones, but none have been found yet.”
Copulins and androstenol might be human pheromones, but the research is not definitive, Dr. Wyatt says.
“It’s actually a problem of publication bias.
People only publish when they find something positive,” he explains.
But when you make a run at repeat it, you find there actually wasn’t anything there."
The TikTok Effect
TikTok is merely a new platform on which to sell these products.
And TikTok is particularly adept at marketing an ephemeral product like perfume.
It’s about the results that you’re getting," Campbell says.
“Gen Z is the first generation whose physical and digital lives are intertwined.
“TikTok is really becoming this evolution in a much larger way.
“Perfume is invisible.
Scientists have also attempted to ascertain if our noses can detect such compatibility genetic compatibility, anyway.
“It’s a story that often comes up around Valentine’s Day.
Your scent, but better.
“It is clean and dirty at the same time.
It is sexy and transparent at the same time.
So in fact, it’s a matter of contradiction when you create a skin scent.
And that’s part of the appeal: it’s your scent but better.
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“[Our pHs] are not neutral.
Even if we don’t wear clothes, there’s the pH of our skin.
A fragrance will react with that,” Baghriche says.
“It’showyou wear it.
It’s like an outfit,” she adds.
“The shape of a person, the behavior, influences everything.”
“The idea of another person’s scent is very intimate and understandable.
“It goes back to the hope.
We’re looking for somebody.
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