Supposed human pheromones fail to pass sniff test
Scientists are still searching for the first human chemical attractant
The theory that humans emit pheromones like other mammals has been challenged. Current understanding of pheromones – chemicals secreted from glands to attract individuals of the same species – has been mostly derived from work in non-human animal, and work be a team from the University of Western Australia concluded that two key candidate human pheromones have no effect whatsoever.