Dr Sarah Brewer writes widely on all aspects of health and is a sexpert for Maxim magazine, iVillage and COSMOPOLITAN magazine
Dr Brewer says "The pheromones [when used by men] will promote sexual attractiveness and may help to boost a low sex drive"
Pheromones are well known in the animal kingdom, they are usually odourless and cannot be detected by the nose, but have a profound effect on the brain. Pheromones produce powerful responses in only tiny amounts. They work by increasing the wearer's attractiveness to the opposite sex and to attract warmer more intimate behaviour as a result. In a double blind placebo controlled experiment men using the active pheromone enjoyed significantly increased sexual activity and attractiveness to the opposite sex compared to those using the inactive placebo. They were found to indulge significantly more hugging, kissing, petting and sex than before the study.
* 74% of men using the pheromone reported increased romantic attention from women
* 47% of male users reported having sex more often than before
* 41% of users kissed and petted more than before the study
* 35% slept with a romantic partner more frequently than before the study
* 35% of pheromone users went out on dates more often.
Women users of the female pheromone may not increase the number of times they have sex but are more likely to have regular sex, and report that men are more attentive, courteous and pleasant, while husbands tend to become more playful, affectionate and cuddly.
(Extract taken from Increase Your Sex Drive - Dr Sarah Brewer - now sadly out of print.)
What the Papers say:
"play a major role in bonding you together before, during and after sex. Boost your chances with synthetic pheromones, such as X-cite! Wipes"
Company Magazine March 2003
"You're better off covering yourself in the stuff rather than falling back on your natural body smell" Maxim - Mens Magazine 96
"An aftershave lotion that really attracts women has been confirmed by scientists..... The discovery that the chemical pheromone added to an aftershave seems to be universally attractive to women taking sex even closer to the chemistry set" The Times, Medical Correspondent 98
" A quick squirt of sex in a bottle (Pheromone) and she noticed me straight away and came over. Within 10 minutes we were hailing a black cab......" Bizarre Magazine - November 1998