Do Humans Have Pheromones? — Speaking of Chemistry

Online entrepreneurs will try to sell you bottled human pheromones, but do these even exist? Read more at ACS Central Science: http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acscentsci.6b00306
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Many thanks to Alla Katsnelson, who wrote a great lowdown on pheromone research. You should check it out. And while you’re sniffing around on the Internet, don’t forget to subscribe and share. But for heaven’s sake, don’t waste your money buying human pheromones online.

Can’t get enough pheromones? Check out these stories:

What will it take to find a human pheromone? | C&EN
http://cen.acs.org/articles/94/i46/take-find-human-pheromone.html

The Truth About Pheromones | Smithsonian
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-truth-about-pheromones-100363955/

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