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We've all heard people say chemistry, a bit hard to define as a key ingredient in the success of relationships. So some scientists did some research on that topic, turns out a woman needs a good sense of smell to find a man who is just right for her. And a common contraceptive may interfere with that process. Mike Lee reports from London.
Women of the world, are you smelling Mr. Right or Mr. Wrong?
I’m, I wouldn’t really know. But I do like the way men smell, so if they smell good, I kinda get more attracted to them.
People choose who they choose and, you know, love is love. So eventually you know maybe you can sniff the right man out.
Maybe, if your sniffer is working properly and that is exactly the point of the New Liverpool University study with concludes that birth-control pills can cause you to select the wrong man for you because your brain sends a false signal that he smells like Mr. Right.
I spoke to the lead researcher in Liverpool by telephone and he told me that by nature a woman's sense of smell can attract her , often subconsciously to man whose genes will work well with her genes to produce healthy and strong children. That's keeping the human species going. He said the study sugge