it is likely that a rose (or anything else with a scent) may smell differently to you than to someone else if your genetic characteristics differ.

birds will not reject their young if humans touch them. birds can't even smell humans.

the human nose can distinguish 50,000 different scents.

in hawaii, there is an orange dictyophora mushroom species that grows near recent lava flows and whose smell causes sexual arousal in women - often to the point of orgasm.

women are attracted by the body odor of men who do not eat red meat. (i am stunned and saddened.)

15% of the air that you breathe in the subway is dead human skin. which still doesn't explain all of the smell.

a woman's sense of smell is so keen that they can tell from a whiff of sweat whether the person sweating is male or female, how genetically different from the woman they are, and whether or not the sweater's body is symmetrical - all subconsciously.

thanks to chemistry, we know that the atmosphere of venus and mars smell like rotten eggs.

(in venus' case, probably overcooked.)

when limburger cheese goes bad, it smells like ammonia.

the scent of pumpkin pie and lavender increases blood flow to the penis by 40%.

the smell of androstadienone, a component in a man's sweat, puts women in a better mood. (it can also increase a woman's sexual arousal.)

after disposition, the 2nd thing that women subconsciously select for in a man is smell. women are naturally attracted to men whose natural body odor indicates that they have an immune system that is different from the woman's.

old books smell so nice because their organic molecules break down over time, releasing smells reminiscent of vanilla, almonds, and grass.

according to american astronauts, moon dust smells like spent gunpowder.

only about 1 in 5 people can tell you've eaten asparagus by the smell of your urine.

here are the smells that turn people on the most, supposedly verified by scientists:

• men - pumpkin pie
• women - good & plenty candy

so much for that expensive perfume/cologne.

female strippers earn more money when ovulating, due to the pheromones that women release at that point in their cycle. so, if you're an enterprising stripper, you buy human pheromone-scented perfume.

do you wear calvin klein's obsession cologne? if you do, you might get more of a response than you bargained for - it has been proven to attract cheetahs, tigers, and jaguars.