You may be anxious about the odor of aging, but please be assured that it is not an odor fetish.
Such respect to smell, what, "lover or partner of the smell," there is a possibility of helping to alleviate stress it is, it seems to have known at the Canadian University of British Columbia study!
It seems to be associated with a fetish or a biased propensity, but that's right! It is said that smelling the scent of lavender in aromatherapy has a relaxing effect, but the "smell of a lover" may reduce stress. What do you think, why did you decide to do such research, it's interesting.
So, what kind of survey was conducted was on 96 women.
① T-shirt worn by a partner for 24 hours
② T-shirt worn by a stranger for 24 hours
③ T-shirt not worn
Randomly smell one of them, and then perform a stress test (interview interview, calculation test, etc.) to induce stress, and the degree of stress and the concentration of the hormone cortisol secreted when stress is felt. To inspect.
So what was the result?
・ Women who smelled "T-shirts worn by their partners for 24 hours" had low stress levels and cortisol levels before and after each test.
・ Women who smelled "T-shirts worn by strangers for 24 hours" had high stress levels and cortisol at any time before and after the test.
Of the women who smelled the "T-shirt worn by their partner for 24 hours," the women who noticed that it was their partner's scent had even lower stress levels and cortisol levels.
In doing so, he said , "The smell of a favorite person may have the effect of reducing stress ."
But the experiment is only for women, so what if a man sniffs a woman's T-shirt? is what I think.
I don't feel like I'm happy with the smell of a woman I don't know ...
Then what should I do if I don't have a lover?
That raises a question.
Maybe, but if it's okay if it's a unique smell of "favorite person" or "favorite thing", it's a story that the smell of my mother or the towel or stuffed animal I've been using since I was little calms down. There is also.
Also, if you have a pet you love, the smell of that child may also have a stress-reducing effect. I thought about it.
Oh, and if I break up with that lover, the smell will be an unpleasant memory and will be the cause of stress.
So, in relation to this article, I will introduce articles related to stress reduction and something, so please read it if you like.