BIOLOGY PHEROMONES
Pheromones are essentially our external hormones: it’s alleged they induce sexual arousal in others. But their existence is contentious. What is less open to debate is the primal effect fragrance can have on us. Dove puts it pretty bluntly: “We smell with the most primitive part of our brain, where all of our emotions are processed. It’s the animal part of us and, of course, sex is one of the most animal things we do, so if someone doesn’t smell right, the sex is going to go nowhere.” He warns that, “very fresh, citrus scents communicate someone with an overly clean home. If you want to create an environment bordering on disciplinarian try leathers, mosses, woods. These materials suggest the excitement of someone who is selfassured and will take you in their hands. If someone likes the idea of being slowly seduced, then go for vanilla oriental
materials and its soft balsams.”