| Title: | Pheromonal influences on sociosexual behavior in postmenopausal women |
| Address: | "Harvard University, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 221 Longwood Ave., Boston, MA 02115, USA. jfriebely@harvard.edu" |
| DOI: | 10.1080/00224490409552244 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 0022-4499 (Print) 0022-4499 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "To determine whether a putative human sex-attractant pheromone increases specific sociosexual behaviors of postmenopausal women, we tested a chemically synthesized formula derived from research with underarm secretions from heterosexually active, fertile women that was recently tested on young women. Participants (n = 44, mean age = 57 years) were postmenopausal women who volunteered for a double-blind placebo-controlled study designed, to test an odorless pheromone, added to your preferred fragrance, to learn if it might increase the romance in your life. During the experimental 6-week period, a significantly greater proportion of participants using the pheromone formula (40.9%) than placebo (13.6%) recorded an increase over their own weekly average baseline frequency of petting, kissing, and affection (p = .02). More pheromone (68.2%) than placebo (40.9%) users experienced an increase in at least one of the four intimate sociosexual behaviors (p = .04). Sexual motivation frequency, as expressed in masturbation, was not increased in pheromone users. These results suggest that the pheromone formulation worn with perfume for a period of 6 weeks has sex-attractant effects for postmenopausal women" |
| Keywords: | "Adult Affect/drug effects Arousal/*drug effects Double-Blind Method Female Humans Middle Aged Patient Satisfaction Perfume/*administration & dosage Pheromones, Human/*administration & dosage *Postmenopause Quality of Life Sex Attractants/*administration &;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineFriebely, Joan Rako, Susan eng Clinical Trial Randomized Controlled Trial 2005/03/15 J Sex Res. 2004 Nov; 41(4):372-80. doi: 10.1080/00224490409552244" |
