# Put down that deodorant Cecil, male sweat gets womenhot

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 28, 2003, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-down-that-deodorant-cecil-male-sweat-gets-womenhot/178028 "2003-05-28T15:09:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![FranticMad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c68b51/32.png) [@FranticMad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FranticMad)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-down-that-deodorant-cecil-male-sweat-gets-womenhot/178028/1 "2003-05-28T15:09:51Z")

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Sniffing male sweat relaxes women and alters their hormone levels, a new study shows. Stop showering!

“Luteinizing hormone is released from the brain in pulses - these become larger and more frequent as a woman approaches ovulation. Exposure to the male odour accelerated the arrival of the next hormone rush, Preti’s team found”

[linky-link](http://www.nature.com/nsu/030527/030527-2.html)