HEDIONE, 2015 era science articles on pheromone effect

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You will all remember the buzz around 2015 regarding hedione and a pheromone effect.

Some science articles had titles such as

The smelling of Hedione results in sex-differentiated human brain activity (journal Neuroimage)​

and

Prior exposure to Hedione, a model of pheromone, does not affect female ratings of male facial attractiveness or likeability (journal Physiology & Behavior)​

Those studies disappeared as quickly as they originally appeared. SO, years later... what do we really know on this topic? Was it true? Do we know if they were talking original hedione or perhaps HC? Did anybody here ever dig into this topic and come away convinced there was something to this (and which specific isomer?)?

I was always a little curious and a little suspicious. SO, anybody know?

 

[ourmess]

I feel like what we know about this topic is the same as ever: "Some humans may have physical remnants of a VNO, but it is vestigial and non-functional". That's really going to be the starting hurdle that any of these need to clear before they're worth more than an eye roll (which won't stop the marketing department either way).

 

[parker25mv]

From what I understand, the olfactory receptor that detects Hedione is a musk-like receptor, but is different from all the other musk receptors. So it is a unique receptor in the human nose that detects Hedione. That is why the effect of Hedione is so different from anything else. It's in its own separate olfactory category.

Although of course there are some subtle facets in the smell of Hedione that actually have a bit of tangible smell.

 

[RPLens]

You will all remember the buzz around 2015 regarding hedione and a pheromone effect.

Some science articles had titles such as

The smelling of Hedione results in sex-differentiated human brain activity (journal Neuroimage)​

and

Prior exposure to Hedione, a model of pheromone, does not affect female ratings of male facial attractiveness or likeability (journal Physiology & Behavior)​

Those studies disappeared as quickly as they originally appeared. SO, years later... what do we really know on this topic? Was it true? Do we know if they were talking original hedione or perhaps HC? Did anybody here ever dig into this topic and come away convinced there was something to this (and which specific isomer?)?

I was always a little curious and a little suspicious. SO, anybody know?

What people describe as being good compliment getters, almost always contain Hedione.
Acqua di Gio for example, Fierce, Bleu de Chanel.

I think that's interesting.