How They Work

Everyone has likely responded to a pheromone. They react at other times then simply due to sexual attraction. There are pheromones that signal the flight or fight sense. When someone is scared it is the pheromones that cause others to run too. Pheromones can be very strong, especially human pheromones signaling attraction.

How They’ve Been Used

As mentioned many companies jumped onto the idea of mimicking human pheromones by selling synthetic pheromones in the form of perfumes and colognes. Since the data backing up the true effectiveness of pheromones is not 100%, these perfumes and colognes were not the instant hit wanted. People understood that it takes much more than a simply smell to attract a date.

Research and Studies

Most of the work with pheromones has been studying how animals and insects use them. It is more obvious in these species than in humans. Dogs mark their territory with pheromones. Insects make paths with pheromones. They are very important to an animal or insects daily life, where as humans, we rarely even think about how we are using ours.

Most of the findings are linked to the sex pheromones as they are the easiest to determine and watch. There have been tests to see the response pheromones cause in the human body.

Human pheromones are something we all have. They impact our lives even though we are probably not aware of how they do so. Pheromones are known to be strong and important, but more research into human pheromones is needed to make sure we are getting the most benefit out of them.