Pheromones
The word pheromone comes from the Greek words pherein and hormone, meaning “excitement carrier.”
Pheromones carry considerable weight in the field of love research. Research leads many sientist to believe pheromones may actually initiate sexual interest.
It is obvious that in the animal kingdom pheromones are paramount in sexual activity. So it should not be a huge revelation that can play a major role in human sexual behavior.
In animals pheromones are individual scent “identities or scent prints” excreted in urine or sweat that dictate sexual behavior in animals to attract the opposite sex.
Pheromones help animals identify each other and choose a mate.
These smells can signal for example that the potential mate may have an immune system that is slightly different. Combining the two blood lines could possibly ensure healthy offspring.
Animals are equipped with a unique organ in their noses called the vomeronasal organ or VNO which can detect this odorless chemical.
The Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia and its counterpart in France discovered the existence of human pheromones in 1986.
Scientists at these two research facilities discovered these chemicals in human sweat. A human VNO has also been discovered in some, but not all, people.
Although the VNO isn’t present in all of us there is still evidence that smell is an important aspect of sexual desire.
The perfume industry is well aware of this. (In case you have not noticed their ads lately)
Perfume is very much about sex and sex appeal.
One interesting study conducted by researcher's was an informal experiment using identical twins.
The twins were observed in a public social space (a bar) for an evening (although this is starting to smell a little seedy it was an interesting hypothesis to examine).
This was an actual study of the effect of pheromones in a human social atmosphere.
One twin was sprayed with manufactured pheromones. The other twin was not. The twin who got the pheromone boost was approached three times more often than the twin who didn’t get the spray.
Researchers have debated for years whether or not humans, like “other” animals, excrete these erotic scents.
Scientists have been studying this invisible, undetectable force that’s powerful enough to stimulate your sexual desire and draws you to someone with an almost animal passion.
Their focus of study in this research centers on a small organ composed of two small pits a few centimeters inside the nose. These little glands are capable of detecting pheromones.
“Smellprints” as Biologists describe them, are pheromones , supposedly as unique to each of us as our fingerprints.
Of human senses, smell is one of the most dominant and probably the most primitive.
Unlike sight and touch, scent travels a direct route to the brain’s limbic lobe where it can spark a sensual and emotional reaction that can, quite literally get all the juices flowing.
Pheromones provoke sexual and other types of behavior in animals.
This is simple and obvious in the animal world, however the human psyche is more, complex. These invisible passion signals may not be all a human needs to fall in love or choose a mate. The jury is still out on that, but a mounting body of evidence suggests that the chemistry of sexual attraction and arousal includes pheromones as a big part of the equasion.
The fragrance industry understandably (remember the identical twin experiment) is quick to cash in on the accumulating knowledge and research about pheromones by producing synthetic versions of these powerful reactive chemicals.
New designer fragrance formulas are not touted as aphrodisiacs. Instead, they’re promoted as mood-enhancers designed to help your sensuality, shed inhibitions and perhaps spark a romantic interlude.
There is definitely no proof that they can deliver on any kind of erotic stimulation promised in their advertising, the new pheromone perfumes are selling briskly, noticeably to repeat customers. This may prove, not only the power of advertising but also the power of scent when it comes to the more complex human animal in us all.
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Scents and Aroma
Scents and Aroma
Scents and aroma have a powerful affect when it comes to the sensual. The brain has a scent memory bank. The aroma of a past love is stored away in that memory bank that will stay with us long after the romance is gone. If we run accross a pleasant and or sensuous scent it stays with you and evolks the memories and passion associated with it. In this context one could say scent is an aphrodisiac?
Most people will answer yes, in that aroma or scent can evoke desires and passion. For example, neurological director of the Smell and Taste Treatment and Research Foundation in Chicago Illinois Dr Alan R. Hirsch, initiated a study that examined how specific smells stimulated sexual arousal and desire.
He found that several scents were effective in degrees, some more than others. Below are some of the findings from this study.
The aroma of pizza increased blood flow to the penis by 5 percent.
Buttered popcorn by increased it to 9 percent.
Lavender and pumpkin pie were close to the top of the list by 40 percent.
In women, lavender and pumpkin pie also had a enjoyable effect.
Now write this one down fellas. The smell of licorice combined with the scent of cucumber created the greatest surge of blood flow to the vagina.
Obviously scent and aroma can trigger sexual arousal as these studies would suggest.
There is a new libido enhancer for women I came across in my daily surfing researching the effects of scent and smell (pheromones) on the human libido.
Linda Dahlstrom (health editor at MSNBC.com ) , in her post on Does It Work site features her article Patch aims to make you feel sexy - Does It Work? - msnbc.com.
The product is a "scent Patch" to be worn daily on the wrist to “enhance feelings of sexuality through our sense of smell.” The product name is Scentuelle.
According to the manufacturer, Scentuelle is an aroma patch that uses your sense of smell to trigger sexual response. It works naturally without any side effects to increase your sex drive and help you rekindle a sensual, intimate connection with your partner.
This falls into the subject of pheromones and what they do to embellish your sexual desires. Read about it in my next post.
Scents and aroma have a powerful affect when it comes to the sensual. The brain has a scent memory bank. The aroma of a past love is stored away in that memory bank that will stay with us long after the romance is gone. If we run accross a pleasant and or sensuous scent it stays with you and evolks the memories and passion associated with it. In this context one could say scent is an aphrodisiac?
Most people will answer yes, in that aroma or scent can evoke desires and passion. For example, neurological director of the Smell and Taste Treatment and Research Foundation in Chicago Illinois Dr Alan R. Hirsch, initiated a study that examined how specific smells stimulated sexual arousal and desire.
He found that several scents were effective in degrees, some more than others. Below are some of the findings from this study.
The aroma of pizza increased blood flow to the penis by 5 percent.
Buttered popcorn by increased it to 9 percent.
Lavender and pumpkin pie were close to the top of the list by 40 percent.
In women, lavender and pumpkin pie also had a enjoyable effect.
Now write this one down fellas. The smell of licorice combined with the scent of cucumber created the greatest surge of blood flow to the vagina.
Obviously scent and aroma can trigger sexual arousal as these studies would suggest.
There is a new libido enhancer for women I came across in my daily surfing researching the effects of scent and smell (pheromones) on the human libido.
Linda Dahlstrom (health editor at MSNBC.com ) , in her post on Does It Work site features her article Patch aims to make you feel sexy - Does It Work? - msnbc.com.
The product is a "scent Patch" to be worn daily on the wrist to “enhance feelings of sexuality through our sense of smell.” The product name is Scentuelle.
According to the manufacturer, Scentuelle is an aroma patch that uses your sense of smell to trigger sexual response. It works naturally without any side effects to increase your sex drive and help you rekindle a sensual, intimate connection with your partner.
This falls into the subject of pheromones and what they do to embellish your sexual desires. Read about it in my next post.
Why Have Humans Searched for Better Sex throughout History?
My apologies. I am a day late on my new post. New posts will be each Wednesday and Each Monday. I have a concussion unfortunately. Ever tried to write something with a screaming headache?
Excuses aside, here is my latest.
Historical reasoning for the human hunt for libido enhancements
Historical reasoning for the human hunt for libido enhancements and satisfying sexual encounters. This is a central part of the human species and always has been central to our existence (procreation).
This again will touch on things are referred to as aphrodisiac in nature.
Ancient literature is filled with glowing references to those substances, scents, internally-visual, aural, (culinary seduction) and stimulants. Humans throughout history have recorded that their use was fairly common in every society.
Searches and researches of man from ancient to modern, reveal civilizations were and still are intimately familiar with the art and chemistry of Aphrodisiacs. The search for ultimate Aphrodisiac is still active to this day.
Aphrodisiac lore passed from civilization to civilization. Documentation of this phenomena discovered in Cave drawings more than a thousand years old. From Romans to the early Christian era, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and into modern times.
Myth or Magic we have come to call these substances, visuals and scents Aphrodisiacs.
If something seems to provide a sexual stimulant , what would it have to do in order to be effective? If something is an aphrodisiac, what happens in the body and brain when we are sexually stimulated?
It all comes down to “hormones” for both men and women.
Testosterone specifically in men and women seems to be the key. Testosterone balance to be precise. Testosterone levels power sexual excitement in both men and women.
Sex drive is controlled by our hormone levels, testosterone being the base eliment.
If the balance is off, the body does not function as it should. When the balance is rectified, the libido kicks in to overdrive.
When the libido is balanced, a chain reaction begins when we see, feel, think, touch, hear, smell or encounter something sexually stimulating.
Our brain recieves signals from the limbic lobe via the nervous system to the pelvic area of the body. These electronic messages tell the blood vessels to dilate.
Dilation creates an erection in both men and women. Female erectile tissues are found in the clitoris which is actually a small penis and becomes erect , as well as the tissues around the vaginal entrance during sexual stimulation. The vessels then close up so erectile tissues stay erect. The erection is accompanied by rapid heart beat.
Excuses aside, here is my latest.
Historical reasoning for the human hunt for libido enhancements
Historical reasoning for the human hunt for libido enhancements and satisfying sexual encounters. This is a central part of the human species and always has been central to our existence (procreation).
This again will touch on things are referred to as aphrodisiac in nature.
Ancient literature is filled with glowing references to those substances, scents, internally-visual, aural, (culinary seduction) and stimulants. Humans throughout history have recorded that their use was fairly common in every society.
Searches and researches of man from ancient to modern, reveal civilizations were and still are intimately familiar with the art and chemistry of Aphrodisiacs. The search for ultimate Aphrodisiac is still active to this day.
Aphrodisiac lore passed from civilization to civilization. Documentation of this phenomena discovered in Cave drawings more than a thousand years old. From Romans to the early Christian era, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and into modern times.
Myth or Magic we have come to call these substances, visuals and scents Aphrodisiacs.
If something seems to provide a sexual stimulant , what would it have to do in order to be effective? If something is an aphrodisiac, what happens in the body and brain when we are sexually stimulated?
It all comes down to “hormones” for both men and women.
Testosterone specifically in men and women seems to be the key. Testosterone balance to be precise. Testosterone levels power sexual excitement in both men and women.
Sex drive is controlled by our hormone levels, testosterone being the base eliment.
If the balance is off, the body does not function as it should. When the balance is rectified, the libido kicks in to overdrive.
When the libido is balanced, a chain reaction begins when we see, feel, think, touch, hear, smell or encounter something sexually stimulating.
Our brain recieves signals from the limbic lobe via the nervous system to the pelvic area of the body. These electronic messages tell the blood vessels to dilate.
Dilation creates an erection in both men and women. Female erectile tissues are found in the clitoris which is actually a small penis and becomes erect , as well as the tissues around the vaginal entrance during sexual stimulation. The vessels then close up so erectile tissues stay erect. The erection is accompanied by rapid heart beat.
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