I appreciate the
comments by the ladies who are using pheromone-enhancement to do what copulins actually do; they enhance their
natural scent signature. Appropriate enhancement would theoretically help the wearer convey a scent that is
typically associated with a reproductively fit, ovulatory phase, female from age 17-24. What we have seen in reports
from the ladies attests to applicability of this theory to women.
There is also data, from Astrid Jutte, and
from reports of testosterone increase/decrease in men, dependent on their partner's hormone status, that strongly
suggest copulins could increase/decrease testosterone in the presence/absence of a partner, or potential mate. This
data is what links visual representations either of food, or of women to brain processes that occur in the
hypothalamus/ limbic system, and link chemicals in food, or the natural body chemistry of women to desire either for
food or for sex--dependent on the stimulus.
Spices (i.e., chemicals) used to enhance food appeal are somewhat
analagous to copulins (i.e., chemicals) used to enhance sex appeal. Smelling the spice in the absence of the food,
or smelling the copulins in the absence of a fertile female should have analagous effects on hormones associated
with desire and satiety. In the absence of the food or available woman, desire alone may not always be sufficiently
arousing be reflected in the appetite either for food or for sexual gratification. Something that looks good or
smells good may not be enough. But if it looks good and smells good, chances are most people (in this case men) will
either become interested enough to do something about it--or perhaps merely dream or fantasize about it
after-the-fact.
Odors and pheromones are equally effective at conditioning our visual response cycle to
chemical appeal. Conscious processing of odors makes us aware of their conditioned effects on the
hypothalamus/limbic system when it comes to food choice. Unconscious processing of pheromones leaves most of us
unaware of our conditioned response to natural body odor. But the mechanisms are the same.
Dunbar wrote: "I
cannot imagine that a woman is needed in order to make it work. For example when I smell good food then it also
works without me seeing the food."
Ultimately, I think this discussion may benefit from insight into what is
meant by "works." Copulins can work by increasing testosterone, whether or not a woman is in the picture;
testosterone associated desire may increase. They can also work by enhancing the natural scent of a woman who is
part of the picture.
JVK
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