Stop spending money on expensive aftershave and eat more garlic because apparently, women love that sh*t. It might sound hard to believe but a new study by ScienceDirect observed 42 men in different phases. During each phase these men were fed different amounts of garlic.
The volunteers wore some pads to collect their sweat over a 12-hour period and then women smelt them in the name of science. garlic with bread and cheese yielded. The women rated these odours the same as the odours of men who ate garlic-free bread and cheese.
Phase two was 12 grams of garlic with bread and cheese and the female science sniffers were all over that and apparently said the smell was “more pleasant, attractive and less intense.” Phase three’s meal was the same amount of garlic as phase two but this time in capsule form.
According to the results, the female volunteers thought this sweat was the best of the bunch and described the scent as “more attractive and less intense.”
As the health benefits of garlic consumption include antioxidant, immunostimulant, cardiovascular, bactericidal and anti-cancer effects, it is plausible that human odour preferences have been shaped by sexual selection.
Whether women outside of this study will get weak kneed due to your overwhelming bad breath is another matter, but at least you can now feel a little less guilty for necking strangers in night clubs after remorselessly pounding a giant lasagne.
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