Why is it that humans are not attracted to smells that the human body produces like urine or sweat? Every perfume/ cologne is manufactured specifically to mask natural scents and replace them with something completely different. What is it about a cologne or perfume that makes it “smell good” to us?
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The smells of perfumes may be made synthetically, but they resemble the smells of things which people are drawn to. Many of them are made to smell like pleasant-smelling fruit or oils.
People are not attracted to urine and other bodily excrement because since they often contain noxious substances and pathogens, we evolved to develop a feeling of disgust around them. Sweat is interesting because many people are attracted to the sweat of people they are attracted to.
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