According to science: Women can identify single men by smell

According to scientific reports, heterosexual women can identify in the man’s natural odor if he is available or not, since scientists say that single men have a stronger odor than those who have a partner, which would help them point out its availability to women.

These data were the results of an olfactory test carried out by researchers at Australia’s Macquarie University and published in the journal Frontiers in Psychology. To reach this conclusion, the researchers provided 91 men with a plain white T-shirt and instructed each participant to wear it for one day.

In addition, the 46 single and 45 partnered men were advised to exercise moderately to ensure that “a significant amount of sweat was absorbed in the underarm of the T-shirt.” After collecting the T-shirts, the researchers asked 82 heterosexual women, ages 18 to 35, to rate the body odors and faces of heterosexual men. Half of the women were single, while the rest had a partner.

After studying the results, in which the testosterone levels of the participants were not directly analyzed, the scientists discovered that single men had stronger body odor than those with a partner. Additionally, while sniffing the anonymous male scents, the participants were asked questions such as “How much do you like or dislike the scent?” and “How sexy does this smell smell?”

The faces in these scents were then randomly presented to the women, and by looking at the portraits, the participants rated the men on their attractiveness, sexiness, intelligence, loyalty, masculinity, and whether they looked like a good match. Ultimately, the researchers found that the more pleasant the male scent was, the more likely women were to rate their appearance as favorable and have some inclination towards them.

The most curious fact is that both women in a couple and single women rated the faces of single men as more masculine than the faces of men in a couple.

Everything seems to indicate that we owe this to hormones, since previous studies have shown that single men tend to have higher testosterone levels than those with a partner due to the sexual competition associated with being single. On the other hand, other studies also reveal that heterosexual men seem to be more attracted to a woman’s scent when her crush is at the most fertile time of her menstrual cycle or when the woman is sexually aroused.

So, if you, dear readers, have the long list of suitors, it wouldn’t hurt to make an appointment and let your nose tell you if you give him a chance or if you are definitely not available.