The Unconscious Attractor
Evolution Speaks Through You
It's not just smell. There's something you feel in the presence of a lover that cuts to the very fiber of your being. You understand, without conscious effort, that this is the right person, that you two belong together.
Have you encountered someone online who seemed perfect, only to realize when you met that it could never work out?
With modern technology we become close without ever truly connecting. If you don't know who will feel right and who won't, all your effort can be wasted.
Bringing the Real World into the Virtual World
Fish and mice have been shown to prefer mates whose immune systems differ from their own. The reasons are obvious; their offspring will have more immunities. They will be healthier. Of course the mice and fish don't understand what's going on. What they feel is simply a primal, underlying passion. Their brains receive signals from the immune responses of a potential partner. Triggers are fired, bodies desired.
Now we know that humans are much the same. Researcher Claus Wedekind of Switzerland's University of Lausanne proved this connection between the dating habits of monitor lizards and lounge lizards. In a double blind experiment, women clearly preferred the odor of men whose immune systems were different than their own. The preferred scent tended to remind these women of their own boyfriends. Read More
The man sidling over to a pretty woman at the bar is responding not just to her physical charms but also to the unconscious biological cues that tell his brain what she’s got under the hood. What’s registering along with her scent is the woman’s MHC, or Major Histocompatibility Complex. This transmits information about her natural immunities that will register in the man’s brain as apathy …or attraction.
The scientists at ScentOfLove have devised a test to determine your own personal scent type. It’s easy to use and simple to understand. By comparing your scent types you will know right away if a potential partner is worth a second look. Because when the scent is right, it feels right. Something deep is at work holding you together, something you can’t explain or resist. After all, five billion years of evolution can’t be wrong.
Scientific Associates
