Human Pheromones: Is Sex Scent Real?

It has been a big question whether humans emit pheromones just like other mammals. Some animals communicate with this subconscious odor signals and reacts to it differently.

Pheromones are odorless chemicals that are emitted by animals that influence the behavior of another fellow animal of their own kind. It is commonly known as sex scent for many species but apart from this, pheromones are also used by other animals and insects to signal or warn their own kind.

According to ABC News, some researchers have tried to check if humans will react with chemicals that are closely similar to estrogen and testosterone using a brain imaging system. They checked and analyzed the brain of 24 men and women when exposed to the pheromone-like chemicals.

Stunningly, the experiment showed positive results and the brain have shown that it reacted differently. An expert in the field of chemical signaling and CEO of Pherin Pharmaceuticals, Dr. David Berliner said. "These findings corroborate that human pheromones do exist and that women can communicate chemically with men and vice versa. This is a very important finding because it shows specific areas of the brain that are activated by these chemicals."

The pheromone-like chemical has activated the hypothalamus in the brain according to the scientists involved in the experiment. This is quite surprising because the hypothalamus is seldom turned on with common odors but this was different.

In other related news, Medical News Today page reportedly said that some researchers in University of Chicago have found out that women who are living together will synchronize their menstrual cycle because of the odorless chemicals that are produced in their sweat.

This could be another evidence that there really is pheromones in humans but still this is not enough to serve as a strong scientific proof. There are a lot of experts and scientists that are still doing a lot of research regarding human pheromones and the main reason behind it is to produce scent products like perfumes that can be very effective in attracting opposite sex.