Elle Beau ❇︎
1 min readMay 11, 2023

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK200980/

"The generalization of the pheromone concept to mammals was popularized by the entomologist Wilson in a 1963 Scientific American article (Wilson 1963).

The unfortunate side of such generalizations <from insects> is the tendency to think of mammalian communication in terms of simple stimulus-response systems. For example, it is now relatively common usage to refer to “aggression-promoting (or “eliciting”) and “aggression-inhibiting” pheromones in mice (e.g., Lee & Griffo 1974; Mugford & Nowell 1972). The obvious implication of this terminology is the existence of two simple urinary compounds which unequivocally either release or inhibit a stereotyped aggressive response. Mammalian social behavior simply does not work that way except at the purely reflexive level.

As described in great detail in my book (Doty 2010), attempts to identify mammalian pheromones have been generally unsuccessful, regardless as to whether such agents are viewed as releaser pheromones, priming pheromones, modulating pheromones, or any other type of putative pheromone."

But if pheromones did trigger instinctual behaviors in humans (which they don't) there would be a huge industry marketing that which would put Axe body spray out of business. But.... there isn't because ... there's no such thing in mammals.

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Elle Beau ❇︎
Elle Beau ❇︎

Written by Elle Beau ❇︎

I'm a bitch, I'm a lover, I'm a child, I'm a mother, I'm a sinner, I'm a saint. I do not feel ashamed. I'm your hell, I'm your dream, I'm nothing in between.

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