The role of body odors and olfactory ability in the initiation, maintenance and breakdown of romantic relationships – A review

Mahmut, Mehmet K.

doi:10.1016/j.physbeh.2019.05.003

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“…There was a long discussion of the relationship between smell and intimate and sexual relationships, with a frank acknowledgment of the importance of the smell of the romantic/sexual partner in close relationships and physical intimacy. Body odour is known to be significant to sexual relationships in facilitating the detection of key factors that signal compatibility, maintaining familiarity and security within a relationship, and moderating sexual desire(19). Not being able to smell your partner was a recurring and dominant theme throughout this discussion, with many people missing the smell or “unique scent” of their partner.…”

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Altered smell and taste: anosmia, parosmia and the impact of long Covid-19

Burges

Campbell

Hopkins

et al. 2020

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BackgroundQualitative olfactory (smell) dysfunctions are a common side effect of post-viral illness and known to impact on quality of life and health status. Evidence is emerging that taste and smell loss are common symptoms of Covid-19 that may emerge and persist long after initial infection. The aim of the present study was to document the impact of post Covid-19 alterations to taste and smell.MethodsWe conducted passive and active thematic analysis of user-generated text from 9000 users of the AbScent Covid-19 Smell and Taste Loss moderated Facebook support group from March 24 to 30th September 2020.ResultsParticipants reported difficulty understanding, explaining and managing altered taste and smell; a lack of interpersonal and professional explanation or support; altered eating; appetite loss, weight change; loss of pleasure in food, eating and social engagement; altered intimacy and an altered relationship to self and others.ConclusionsOur findings suggest altered taste and smell with Covid-19 lead to a severe disruption to daily living that impacts on psychological well-being and health. Moreover, this impact is broad, spanning flavour perception; desire and ability to eat and prepare food; weight gain, loss and nutritional sufficiency; emotional wellbeing; professional practice; intimacy; social bonding and erosion of people’s very sense of reality. Our findings should inform the training, assessment and treatment practices of health care professionals working with long Covid.

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Altered smell and taste: anosmia, parosmia and the impact of long Covid-19

Burges

Campbell

Hopkins

et al. 2020

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“…Information about body condition related to nutritional state is also conveyed by body odour [45], as well as about gender [46,47] and age [10]. Finally, body odours are involved in the communication of emotions (see also [48,49]; meta-analysis in [50]) and of personality traits (such as dominance and neuroticism) [51], both of which are involved in the initiation and maintenance of romantic relationships [52].…”

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Interdisciplinary challenges for elucidating human olfactory attractiveness

Ferdenzi

Ortegón

Delplanque

et al. 2020

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B

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Many species use chemicals to communicate. In humans, there is increasing evidence that chemicals conveyed by the body are extremely important in interpersonal relationships. However, many aspects of chemical communication remain to be explored to fully understand this function in humans. The aim of this article is to identify relevant challenges in this field, with a focus on human attractiveness in the context of reproduction, and to put forward roadmaps for future studies that will hopefully extend to a wider range of social interactions. The first challenge consists in not being limited to body (mal)odours from the axilla. Preliminary data on how the odour of the face and head is perceived are presented. Second, there is a crucial need to increase our knowledge of the chemical bases of human chemical communication. Third, cross-cultural approaches must not be overlooked, because they have a major input in understanding the universal and culture-specific aspects of chemical communication. Fourth, the influence of specific cultural practices such as contraceptive and fragrance use is likely to be prominent and, therefore, needs to be well described. The fifth and last challenge for research projects in this field is the integration of different disciplines such as behavioural sciences, social sciences, neurosciences and microbiology. This article is part of the Theo Murphy meeting issue ‘Olfactory communication in humans’.

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“…Making the outcomes a stride further-the examination demonstrated that ladies esteemed olfactory prompts altogether more than men in mate decision, and this was expanded with expanded ladies' training and upscale spots. An investigation by Mehmet and Croy [7] affirmed that men's smell gives a wellspring of solace in existing connections and encourages recognizing a solid mate, upgrades sexual encounters, which are indicators of relationship life span and mate determination, and a similar report demonstrated that 50.4% of members lean toward botanical aromas for men which will in general be light and useful for daytime At the point when members were inquired as to whether physical engaging quality is an imprint for physical wellbeing, 233 (66.6%) members concurred with that. In a past report contrasting appealing and genuinely sound grown-up men versus less alluring and truly solid ones, Benz et al [8] has detailed that no relationship was found between men's physical engaging quality and wellbeing in grown-up men.…”

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The Impact of Male Physical Attractiveness in Predicting Wives' Marital Satisfaction

Abdallah

Hady

Abdou

2020

Benha Journal of Applied Sciences

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Physical qualities assumes a significant part in deciding allure. This examination expects to assess the effect of male physical engaging quality in anticipating spouses' conjugal fulfillment. The current examination was led on 350 female members. The greater part of them were 20-39 years of age (79.4%). The vast majority of members (84.2%) had a moderate to serious extent of training. Among member (56.0%) ladies were utilized. There were 46% members who affirmed that light aroma is the favored sort of scent in their significant other's body as spouse's smell may importantly affect ladies' conjugal fulfillment. 66.6% of members concurred with the announcement saying that physical engaging quality is a marker for physical wellbeing. Among members, 61.4% ladies discover light earthy colored skin of men is the most alluring skin shading. there was a disavowal by 56.9% members that there is significant connection between genuinely appealing spouse and sound kin kids. About the significance of noticeable muscles as an alluring physical sign for ladies, 56.9% members said that conspicuous muscles in men are not appealing for them. Overweight was chosen by 54.6% ladies to turn into the huge issue that may confront them with their spouses' bodies. Physical man's engaging quality has a connection to his ripeness was chosen by 59.4% ladies. 68.2% of ladies indicated that their sexual want toward their spouses is middle. Our examination demonstrated that the spouse's physical appeal greatly affects female sexual reaction.

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The role of body odors and olfactory ability in the initiation, maintenance and breakdown of romantic relationships – A review

Cited by 40 publications

References 83 publications

Altered smell and taste: anosmia, parosmia and the impact of long Covid-19

Altered smell and taste: anosmia, parosmia and the impact of long Covid-19

Interdisciplinary challenges for elucidating human olfactory attractiveness

The Impact of Male Physical Attractiveness in Predicting Wives' Marital Satisfaction

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