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

[dobbyssock]

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?

My ex (still v good mates with occasional benefits) smells amazing. Comforting rather than rip his clothes off though.

Absofuckinlutely! My husband smells like something I don't even know.... holiday, soap, whatever waxy stuff he puts in his hair, himself.... uggghhh gonna go and breathe in a big sniff of him now. He's always sniffing my neck, and hair - I guess it's all an animalistic thing.

Greatfuckability, I had exactly the same thing! I totally went off DH for a couple of months and I found the smell of some men absolutely unbearable when I was first pregnant. Could inhale him all day under normal circumstances.

It's a thing. DH has this really attractive "scent" that somehow seems to emanate from his skin. It isn't even really a smell as such, but I don't know how else to describe it.

Oh yeah! Absolutely!! I turn into a cave woman when I right next DH!

I'm at the smell of lynx making someone fall in love, that would obviously never ever happen . The pheromones thing is definitely true though, I love my DPs smell, I actually don't really like it when he wears aftershave.

My ex boss! Nothing much to look at, I'm happily married but his smell was amazing!!
There was some sexual tension there though which resulted in me leaving the job before anything happened, although nothing was ever said, but the knee touches when he came to my office and if I had a dress on he would stare at my legs the whole time made me feel something could happen. I did tell him I was happily married ALL the time though.

I'd look at him and think why??? And then smell him and be like 😍 it's confusing at times and clearly purely hormones!

Love love love my husband and his smell though and I'm instantly in a warm safe place when I'm snuggled into his chest or armpit 😂 ❤

This is something I’ve always been embarrassed to ask but I love my HD’s body smell, however he can smell if I’m horny from across the room I wish I was joking I’ve been paranoid for years about whether anyone else can smell ‘it’ too.

The sweaty t-shirt study.

I've never smelled anyone I wasn't already physically attracted to and changed my mind, however!

Yes, definitely, I love my husband's smell, and all the people I've loved, I loved how they smelt. I can also smell when my husband is sick.

I've had a really strong sense of smell my whole life, there were perfectly well groomed girls at school who I couldn't stand the smell of. In day to day life on public transport, from time to time I'll get a whiff of someone (not BO) and feel physically revulsed.

Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC). Your smell reflects your immune system. You are more attracted to compatible but different MHCs. This widens the gene pool, prevents incest, and helps you create strong offspring.

Always choose your own perfumes, because the ones you like enhance your natural smell.

Tons of evidence on this, and I've experienced it myself multiple times.

I lost my sense of smell for a couple of months and went off DP when I couldn't smell him. I still loved him, but the lust faded away until I could smell him again.

Oh, god, yes. If I'm sad or had a bad day DH's chest or armpits are the place I most want to be. When I first met him at Uni I did a load of washing for him, arranged it on my bed and slept surrounded by his smell...