Odour

A woman friend of mine recently commented about her guy: "He's such a boy. His towels are stinky. And he doesn't seem to notice!" Well, maybe he can't smell the stinkyness. According to recent research from the Monell Chemical Senses Center, women have much sharper noses.Scientists collected [microdroplets:samples] of perspiration and had men and women sniff the vials. According to both, the odours were equally rich. Subjects were then asked to rate odour strength when sniffing the sweat mixed one by one with 32 different fragrances. Only two of the smells' fragrances stopped women from smelling the sweat. But 19 fragrances [successfully:patiently] blocked it from male noses.Body odour is special-the authors note that in previous studies men's and women's scent [detection:determination] did not differ when it came to other aromas. The researchers also concluded that men's odour is harder to mask than women's, [regardless:considered] of who sniffs. Only a fifth of the fragrances could cover up male odour. But half of the scent masked female odour. The researchers suggest that for women there may be [important:disordered] biological information contained in male sweat. So maybe don't wash those towels just yet.