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I Hate the Smell of Health. In which we discuss tantalizing scents and sexy pheromones. Listen to hear our thoughts on how the orgasmic olfactory system contributes to what we find attractive. Smell ya later...

We are all able-bodied, cisgendered white women. We know our background and experiences only cover a percentage of those around us which is why we want to supplement this with guest speakers, research, and you. If you have opinions and experiences you’d like to share we would love to hear it! If, however, you just want to spew hate at us then we can’t stop you but instead we invite you to suck our collective clitorises. Hater. This podcast also contains mature sexual themes and swearing. No, clitoris isn’t a swear word.

Smell References

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LB9tVIFdu6s

* Ilana's in depth masturbation ritual* Pure Romance's Basic Instinct Pheromone Perfume #NotAnAd* Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari* Please take this book with a grain of salt. Aziz Ansari is an understandably controversial figure but he basically acts as the conduit for the more interesting and substantial research of Eric Klinenberg, who didn't become an internet scandal.* Sissel's textbook from her Biology of Sex college class* How thirsty are you? Better known as Period tracker apps

Maisie's Comprehensive Smell Notes!

Pheromones

Do Pheromones Play a Role in Our Sex Lives?

The term "pheromone" itself came about in 1959Odors given off by the breasts of breast-feeding women, for example, can render childless females downright randy—although a particular chemical messenger remains unidentified. H.H.U.'s Pause, meanwhile, has demonstrated that humans can sense alarm scents in anxious or fearful people's perspiration. Yet more studies with sweat haveexplored the strongest isolated candidate so far for a human pheromone, known as androstadienone, which derives from the male hormone testosterone. The presence of this compound has been reported to make women feel more relaxed.Whether or not pheromones initially affect sexual attraction, other research has indicated that humans might be using a different set of subtle smell cues to help select our mates. Variation in the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), an important set of immunesystem genes, imbues each of us with a unique "odorprint," like a fingerprint. "With the exception of identical twins, no two individuals are likely to have the same odorprint," Wysocki says. In nature, the sexual union of unlike MHCs yields offspring with more diverse and thus more robust immune systems. Instinct may also guide us in this manner: Previous research has revealed that human females preferred the musk of sweaty T-shirts worn by men with suitably different MHC genes.Evidently, the complex cloud of aromas we emit needs a lot more parsing before science closes the book on pheromones. The olfactory cues of many insects remain better understood than our possible covert realm of social and sexual chemistry. "The real problem," Wyatt says, "is simply a lack of knowledge so far as humans are concerned.