To think you can't seriously be attracted to someone by their smell?

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My friend has recently gone out for a meal with a work colleague. She says it's odd because when she first saw him at work, she didn't even think she was attracted to him in any way. However, after "smelling" him, it was like she fell in love she means when he walks past her, etc. apparently it's not a Lynx smell or anything... Whaaat? This isn't a thing, is it?

I love sniffing my husband. Very sexy when they're just home from work and the cologne is faded and they smell all manly.

I knew things were fizzling out with an ex boyfriend when I kept getting this awful smell off him. It wasn't BO or a spray, just his scent.

My husband smells amazing. He's just comfort in a sniff.

Pheramones - can definitely be a huge attraction.

I have never heard anyone say it before. I thought it was more of a subconscious thing rather than an instant turn on from a quick sniff.

Yes I understand. People have different smells. It works for and against them. I had a bf who his natural smell just did it for me. I can't explain it any other way but he just smelt so right and with the right aftershave he was he'll to be around in public. I had real problems behaving myself 😂 (happy times 😁). Dh isn't quite as arousing but that's love v's lust which a whole different topic 😁.

Never thought I'd say this but I'm jealous of all you with smelly DH/Ws to sniff

I went out with a lovely, very funny, attractive man a few years ago but his smell really put me off. It wasn't BO, it was just his smell. And his bed smelled of him too. I was shocked at how odd putting I found it.

Totally a thing. I still get flashes of wanting to shag my xh if I get downwind of him despite the fact that I don't really like him and definitely don't want to have sex with him.

I actually did some research on this for my degree at uni and it is definitely a thing.

iamagreyhound a bunch of us in the office had an Anne summers pheromone perfume. The office dig was really interested in us lol,

Office dog

I knew things were fizzling out with an ex boyfriend when I kept getting this awful smell off him. It wasn't BO or a spray, just his scent.

This, it's their smell mixed with their new lover.

Yes it’s a thing.
You wouldn’t want to be with someone intimately who smells a bit ‘off’. Cannotthink of how to describe it.

And yes to scent changing when the relationship is coming to an end. Thought that was just me.

Oh yeah. I could sit with my face in DHs armpit all day.

Definitely - a combination of Wrights coal tar soap (lovely and clean smelling and very masculine) coupled with a sprinkling of Johnson baby powder to show the softer side. Just deliciously attractive.

Yes, I've noticed that I am more likely to like the smell of dark haired men. I don't think I could fancy a blond because of their smell.

Yes .

Omg the smell of my partners sweaty shirt after a day at work does it for me 😍

Oh yes - the top of DH's chest is the best smell ever. It's also slightly hairy and great for burying my nose/face in. Very sexy.

The other day at work I was dealing with a bloke wearing Kouros and I caught a whiff. Absolutely unmistakable. I was instantly transported back in time to my first serious boyfriend at University. Just some good memories of a different time, nice to smell it again.

Oh yes! The back of DHs ears and his hair when he's not wearing any hair product. Amazing. Sexy, but warm and comforting.

I've always said that my dogs' ears smell amazing too. They didn't when we first got them but within a few months, they smelled lovely. Their smell is warmth, comfort and love. I actually hate it when they've been to the groomers because they don't smell like themselves.

When I was pregnant the smell of my DP made me sick. we'd not been together very long when i fell pregnant and I remember being terrified i'd made a terrible mistake because I didn't think I loved him after all during that time. as soon as the first 13 weeks passed, and i liked his smell again, everything was great. I knew I was pregnant with dc2 before i tested because DP smelled wrong . don't underestimate it!

Oh. Such a yes. I still remember the fabulous smell of one particular ex. It was definitely a draw.
DH smells good and I cannot get interested in people who smell not quite right . Weirdly though I don't have a brilliant sense of smell.

I'm really odd with smells. DH doesn't seem to have a particular smell. I seem to prefer washing powders to his BO though. Nd he does eat a tonne of garlic which I hate.
However, when his voice goes all husky after a particularly busy day at work then I just 😍 I find myself making him say things over and over again. He's picked up on it as well.

It is definitely a thing. I remember going cross eyed with happiness smelling my ex when I first noticed his smell.

Yes it's a thing.
DH has a particular smell that I can't get enough of. Also when he comes back from a bike ride he smells incredible - not of BO - but a sort of salty, clean sweat.

Yep I've got a friend that by sight does nothing but the moment I smell him my ovaries ache.

Oh yes. I have this with a colleague, never paid much attention before until I was sitting next to him in a meeting. He smells amazing, cue an enormous crush. It's not just his cologne (although that smells great), it's full on fanny gallops when he's around.