(06-13-2017 8:13 AM)Snoopyace Wrote: It is incredible how the point a woman is in her cycle can change what pheromone would be appropriate to get the desired result. Pre ovulation up to ovulation and most women are much more tolerant/interested in a high androstenone signature. Post ovulation through the beginning of menses and most women (yes, in MY EXPERIENCE- I haven't researched any studies) are more interested in the traditionally social blends and those get some pretty sexual results that might not have happened pre ovulation.
Yes, this is true. I remember seeing one study (can't provide the link, just my recollection) where women were shown pictures with different faces of men pre-ovulation, close to ovulation, but not post (which best can be described as the end of the cycle which means the same as the beginning of the next cycle which logically follows that once again, the woman is far from ovulation). The results would tend to back up what Snoopyace has experienced.
More specifically, women in the study tended to prefer men with more youthful features during the cycle when they are still far away from ovulation. For example, the women tended to prefer a youthful Leonard DiCaprio-like face rather than a Sylvester Stallone-like face during the phases when they were still far away from ovulating. When asked why, the women simply stated that men with 'baby faces' tended to appear more honest, romantic and long term relationship material; stable, someone to count on. In contrast, the women said that Stallone-like/Schwarzenegger faces looked more likely to lie.
However, this phenomenon was reversed during the time close to ovulation. Women tended to prefer the Stallone-like faces rather than the DiCaprio-like faces. Also, it was noted that women also had the greatest tendency to cheat on their established, safe, stable partner with more masculine faces.
What can we infer from the faces with varying amounts of perceived masculinity?
It is presumed that the Stallone-like face suggest high androgens and thus, higher amounts of androstenone which is a byproduct of testosterone (androgen)....although this may not always be the case as the individual may have had high test level during the adolescent formative years, but test levels may have fallen off...FOR SOME INDIVIDUALS, GENERALLY NOT ALL as test levels in most healthy men remain high even after 40. In contrast, the DiCaprio faces suggest a lower testosterone level, hence lower androstenone (and most likely the other mones to varying levels).
What can all this suggest? Being far from ovulation, women may be more influenced by the social/sexual hybrids (as Snoop said) and perhaps some Androstadienone for comfort. Whereas as the woman gets closer to ovulation, a formula which stresses more sexuality could be the best bet ONLY UP TO THE ACTUAL POINT OF OVULATION AND SOME HOURS AFTER. Of course, if the egg is not fertilized...the woman will have her period...which means some comfort is necessary...which usually suggests Androstadienone (or a formula which stresses this) once again, since the cycle is about to restart ...and thus, the woman is far away from ovulation.
Just a thought.