Ladies, come smell my armpits!

Because apparently, it's gonna turn you on!

WASHINGTON - For women, apparently there’s nothing like the smell of a man’s
sweat.Researchers at the University of California at Berkeley said women who
sniffed a chemical found in male sweat experienced elevated levels of an
important hormone, along with higher sexual arousal, faster heart rate and other
effects.They said the study, published this week in the Journal of Neuroscience,
represents the first direct evidence that people secrete a scent that influences
the hormones of the opposite sex.The study focused on androstadienone,
considered a male chemical signal. Previous research had established that a
whiff of it affected women’s mood, sexual and physiological arousal and brain
activation. Its impact on hormones was less clear.A derivative of testosterone,
it is found in male sweat as well as in saliva and semen. It smells somewhat
musky.“It really tells us that a lot of things can be triggered by smelling
sweat,” Claire Wyart, who led the study, said in an interview Wednesday.The
researchers measured levels of the hormone cortisol in the saliva of 48 female
undergraduates at Berkeley, average age of about 21, after the women took 20
sniffs from a jar of androstadienone. Cortisol is secreted by the body to help
maintain proper arousal and sense of well-being, respond to stress and other
functions.Cortisol levels in the women who smelled androstadienone shot up
within roughly 15 minutes and stayed elevated for up to an hour. Consistent with
previous research, the women also reported improved mood, higher sexual arousal,
and had increased blood pressure, heart rate and breathing.