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As a reminder, human pheromones have effects empirically. However despite the proven studies, there is no third party lab tested legit Pheromone seller out there that I know of. There are sellers but no idea how pure is their product..

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- MHC presentations aren’t pheromones - pheromones are like “commands” transmitted through smells, but primates can’t automatically accept commands like insects do because we’ve got real brains and don’t want enemies to trick us with them.

The article says pheromones just indicate if the other party is aroused but that’s not really true. They’d actually mean “I am aroused and you must also be now”.

- You’re looking for perfume companies.

No pheromones are not necessarily direct commands. For humans they simply afr as exogenous neurotransmitters that can alter mood and attraction level but to minor extent, it is not a love filter. Some pheromones are also slightly repulsive.

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