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  2. Body odour and sexual attraction - Wikipedia

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    Pheromones are chemical messengers produced and emitted by the body that contribute significantly to interpersonal attraction. [8] The two types of pheromones include signal and primer, each playing a distinct role in human behavior. Signal pheromones act as attractants and repellents; they are classified short-term behavioral pheromones.

  3. Human sex pheromones - Wikipedia

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    Sex pheromones are a special type of olfactory signal, produced to attract the opposite sex, to encourage mating or to perform some other function closely related to sexual reproduction. While humans are highly dependent upon visual cues, smells can also play a role in sociosexual behaviors .

  4. Sex pheromone - Wikipedia

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    Sex pheromones are pheromones released by an organism to attract an individual of the same species, encourage them to mate with them, or perform some other function closely related with sexual reproduction. Sex pheromones specifically focus on indicating females for breeding, attracting the opposite sex, and conveying information on species ...

  5. Sexual attraction - Wikipedia

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    The attraction can be to the physical or other qualities or traits of a person, or to such qualities in the context where they appear. The attraction may be to a person's aesthetics, movements, voice, among other things. The attraction may be enhanced by a person's body odor, sex pheromones, adornments, clothing, perfume or hair style.

  6. Pheromone - Wikipedia

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    A pheromone (from Ancient Greek φέρω (phérō) 'to bear' and hormone) is a secreted or excreted chemical factor that triggers a social response in members of the same species. Pheromones are chemicals capable of acting like hormones outside the body of the secreting individual, to affect the behavior of the receiving individuals. [1]

  7. Sexual mimicry - Wikipedia

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    Orchid flowers mimic the sex pheromones and to some degree the visual appearance of the female insect of its pollinator species. The primacy of olfactory over visual cues has been demonstrated in many cases, such as in the European orchid genus Ophrys as well as many Australian sexually deceptive orchids.

  8. Semiochemical - Wikipedia

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    Pheromones are chemicals capable of acting outside the body of the secreting individual to impact the behavior of the receiving individual. [5] There are alarm pheromones, food trail pheromones, sex pheromones, and many others that affect behavior or physiology. [6] Their use among insects has been particularly well documented. In addition ...

  9. Peggy Lee Leather - Wikipedia

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    She competed in the Women's Pro Wrestling organization in the early 1990s. [6] In 1997, she briefly returned to WCW and became a contender for the WCW Women's Championship . While in WCW, she wrestled against her former AWA rival, Madusa, who was the number one contender at the time..