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Are You Being Led By Your Nose When It Comes To Sex?
(And can your home made cinnamon buns make him want yours?)
Having a little difficulty attracting the opposite sex? Instead of spending money on designer colognes, maybe you ought to consider rubbing some pumpkin pie behind your ears. What if I told you that for mere pennies you could purchase a magical elixir that could make men follow you like puppies and cause women to become weak in the knees?
Neurologist Alan Hirsch of the Smell and Taste Research and Treatment Foundation has identified a number of aromas that make us feel passionate. If you're a woman trolling for a man, including vanilla, licorice, cinnamon …even baby powder.
Nostalgic feel-good smells like pumpkin pie, lavender, orange and licorice are a turn-on for both men and women. Women are particularly turned on by good-and plenty candy and fresh-smells like cucumber and baby powder. Men in particular seem to like the smell of cinnamon rolls -- Hirsh's research determined that the cinnamon smell increases penile flow in men, resulting in erections.
What's the link between Good & Plenty and good sex? Researchers think that smells that remind us of the comfort and security of childhood enable us to feel more comfortable and thus more sexual. A more technical explanation - our nasal passageways are directly linked to that part of our brain responsible for memory.
BE WARNED: In Hirshe's study, the scent of cherry, charcoal bar-b-q and to a smaller extent, men's cologne were big turn-offs for women.
Have you ever tried any of the above? Do you have any love potions of your own? Let Dr. Tara know by sending her an email or go to the chat room and tell others what you think.
Ps: Don't Try These At Home
Hundreds of years ago, our ancestors went to great lengths to attract their object of desire. Bodily secretions like sweat, blood urine and menstrual blood were burned buried and even consumed. Sometimes they were secretly slipped into food or drink of the love target.
To trap a man, a woman would wipe his penis with an article of her clothing and then bury the clothing. It was thought that this would make his erection hers and hers alone.