Are There Different Types of Pheromones?

Pheromones are created from male sex hormones and secreted by apocrine glands in the skin. Both men and women produce male sex hormones, so both men and women produce pheromones. However, almost immediately on contact with the surface of the skin, the precursor to pheromones is transformed by contact with bacteria on the skin. Women have different types of bacteria on the surface of their skin than men do, so they produce different pheromones.

The short answer to the question of whether different types of human pheromones pheromones exist is 'yes.' The slightly longer answer is that nobody yet knows how many different types there are, because this field of study is still quite new. Scientists have been researching these chemical messengers in humans for less than two decades.

So, while we might not yet know everything that would be helpful to know about human pheromones, we do know several important things. The first one might seem obvious, but one way they differ from each other is according to the gender of the person who produced them.

Another way to distinguish between pheromones is according to their function. Scientists classify them into two broad categories: primers and releasers or signals. Primers create long-lasting changes in the hormone system of the 'receiving' individual. They act on the hypothalamus, deep within the brain, causing it to release a trigger that stimulates the pituitary gland to secrete two hormones. These hormones act directly on the sex organs. Male pheromones alter the hormonal balance of the receiving woman, raising the levels of female hormones. The most important role of primer pheromone, from the perspective of the human species, is to help to create ideal conditions for its continuation.

The second category of pheromones is variously called releasers or signals. This type actually creates behavior changes in the receiving individual, either attracting or repelling them. It's this type that has been touted as having a miraculous effect on the ability of men to attract women. However, while the activity of signal or releaser messages has been demonstrated in many other species, only very recently is there evidence that human male pheromones may have this effect on women.

Pheromones also differ as to whether they're human or animal. For hundreds of years, perfumers have added animal pheromones-the best known of which is musk-to fragrances, hoping to mimic their effect on sexual behavior in animals. However, since the messages are species-unique, dowsing yourself in musk won't increase your appeal to anyone except a female musk ox.

The final way to distinguish between pheromones is to consider whether they're natural or synthetic. Most studies of their effect on women were conducted with natural sources-sweat-soaked pads of gauze or sweaty T-shirts. But there's also mounting evidence that synthetic pheromones can be effective in attracting mates. In one study conducted at the University of California found that 74% of the group wearing a pheromone fragrance reported an increase in social sexual behaviors, such as kissing and sexual intercourse. This corresponds to the signal/releaser function noted earlier. One of the problems with interpreting data like this is that the increase in social sexual behavior could be caused by a factor other than the fragrance, but the results of this study definitely supports the possibility that pheromones can cause desired behavior in member of the opposite sex.

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