Have you ever thought about what it is that initially attracts us to the people we may choose as partners? There are of course many theories on this. Many of which are probably commercially driven –How influenced are we by the commercial view of what is attractive. Remember when Mick Jagger pondered why he "cant get no satisfaction" –that the other bloke "can’t be a man cos he doesn’t smoke the same cigarettes as me" . We may comment that someone is attractive but what criteria do we use to take it to the next step ?

Some scientific research claims that its all about subliminal smells called pheromones –odours which are well known in the animal world to be powerful sexual attractants exuded by one gender to catch the attention of the other to get the reproductive ball rolling. A nice example is Pepe Le Pew and his painted pussy from Bugs Bunny. For years various cosmetic companies have tried to sell us the notion that these pheromones will work for us too . They claimed that by adding musk to perfumes that we’d be really sexy thangs–the only problem is that these musks were often pheromone from pigs – great for picking up sows or hogs but no so fab for people. Recently there have been claims that humans do also produce our own pheromones and some say they have been able to purify and bottle it. They state that their research shows that if you dab a little on regularly with in a few short weeks the opposite sex will find you irresistible. These smells, like a dog whistle are said to not be obvious like other odours – evidently they hit you right where you live- not in your nose!

However there are other scientists who believe that while humans may have once, or indeed still could produce these enticing sexy odours that the evolutionary sands of time have resulted in the withering of the only specialised organ that used to be able detect the smells. Ahh well I know some women who claim they know blokes who may be low enough down the evolutionary scale that the organ may still be there.