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The Scent of Desire Discovering Our Enigmatic Sense of Smell

Rachel Herz

Shakespeare wrote that a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. But if you cannot smell, does the rose lose its sweetness?

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It was suggested that the reasons for wearing perfume vary depending on age and gender, with younger men potentially using it to attract women and older men out of gratitude for a gift.

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There's a lady named Rachel Hertz from Brown University. She wrote a book called The Scent of Desire, colon, Discovering our Enigmatic Sense of Smell.

— Episode: Selects: How Perfume Works

Episode: Selects: How Perfume Works

It was suggested that the reasons for wearing perfume vary depending on age and gender, with younger men potentially using it to attract women and older men out of gratitude for a gift.

"

There's a lady named Rachel Hertz from Brown University. She wrote a book called The Scent of Desire, colon, Discovering our Enigmatic Sense of Smell.

And she postulates that depending on how old you are and what gender you are, you have your different reasons. That young men do it to attract women. That's why I did it. Older men do it out of gratitude to the women who gave it to them.

Episode: Selects: How Perfume Works

It was suggested that the reasons for wearing perfume differ based on age and gender, with younger men using it to attract women and older men out of appreciation for a gift from a woman.

"

There's a lady named Rachel Hertz from Brown University. She wrote a book called The Scent of Desire, colon, Discovering our Enigmatic Sense of Smell.

And she postulates that depending on how old you are and what gender you are, you have your different reasons.

That young men do it to attract women. That's why I did it.

Older men do it out of gratitude to the women who gave it to them. Honey, you'd smell nice with this on. So sure, I'll wear a deer.

Women, depending on how old you are in the 20s, you're more affected by, or I guess inspired by your friends in the media. Beyonce.

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