Quote Originally Posted by jvkohl
It's not only axillary odor that is influenced by the hormone cycle in women; it's any production

of all natural body odor. But we can't have men being subjected to testing the vaginal odors of women, can

we?
JVK
I received a reprint of the article this morning:

Havlicek et al wrote:

Axillary odour is probably not the only odour cue to ovulation. Another

potential source of relevant olfactory information could be changes in vaginal odour. It is known that the peak of

pleasantness corresponds with the late follicular (ovulatory) phase (Doty et al. 1975; Keith et al. 1975). However,

the pattern of changes in individual women was highly
heterogeneous. The hedonic changes in perception of the

vaginal odour can be due to the changes in relative concentration of short aliphatic acids (Michael et al.

1975).
Note that it is unlikely that any of the men on the Forum will be called upon for a

correlative work.

JVK