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Arousing Scents

OK - 

Please excuse the off-topic-ness of this post, but with recent attention
turned "women's hearing" I thought you may be interested in this.  I found
it priceless! 

;-)


Tuesday March 10, 11:47 am Eastern Time 
Company Press Release
SOURCE: Element Books 
New Study Says Certain Scents Increase Sexual Arousal in Women, Announces
Element Books
Details are Outlined in New Book Due Next Month
BOSTON, March 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Findings of a new study were released 
today
that prove certain scents are sexual turn-ons for women. Alan R. Hirsch,
M.D., Neurological Director of the Smell and Taste Treatment and Research
Foundation in Chicago, announced his findings on the effects of aroma on
female sexual arousal. Details of this new study, along with one previously
done by Dr. Hirsch on the effects of odor on male sexual arousal are
explained in his new book Scentsational Sex: The Secret to Using Aroma for
Arousal (Element Books, April, 1998). 
According to the study, combinations of black licorice candy, cucumber, 
baby
powder, lavender and pumpkin pie caused the greatest increase in female
sexual arousal. Preliminary results in the study suggest that scents may be
used not only to enhance romance, but may also treat sexual arousal
disorders, which affect as many as half of all married women in America. 
``In treating patients who suffered from loss of the sense of smell, we
found that almost 25% had also developed sexual dysfunction. This suggested
that odors may impact upon sexual arousal,'' explained Dr. Hirsch. 
During the course of the study, Dr. Hirsch measured the effects of a 
variety
of odors on the sexual responsiveness of 30 volunteers. Subjects were 
tested
wearing masks scented with cherry, cucumber, black licorice candy, 
lavender,
baby powder, pumpkin pie, chocolate, charcoal barbecue meat, perfumes and
colognes in a variety of combinations. 
    The Results:
    -- Women are most aroused by the odors of black licorice candy
       combined with cucumber; men by a combination of pumpkin pie and
       lavender.
    -- The odor of cherry was most inhibiting to female sexual arousal; no
       odor inhibited male arousal.
    -- Men's colognes actually reduced sexual arousal levels in women.
SOURCE: Element Books

Seems to be a combination of Spinal Tap meets Norman Rockwell-like
archetypes...
And don't you love how the study found, "...no odor inhibited male
arousal..."   !?!

David Kirkdorffer