# What Aphrodisiacs Work? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 23, 2010, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-aphrodisiacs-work/551128 "2010-08-23T02:17:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ladymarmalade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@Ladymarmalade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ladymarmalade)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-aphrodisiacs-work/551128/21 "2010-08-23T09:35:38Z")
> [@ramel](#): > > Testosterone But you can’t get it w/o a prescription, right? ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-aphrodisiacs-work/551128/22 "2010-08-23T12:50:05Z")
> [@Ladymarmalade](#): > > > [@ramel](#): > > > > Testosterone > > But you can’t get it w/o a prescription, right? I imagine you could take Tribulis or some other OTC Test stimulant. Weight Lifters swear by the stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-aphrodisiacs-work/551128/23 "2010-08-23T15:43:18Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Whatever happened to that one drug that caused arousal in females? It was an inhalant designed to help with female anorgasmia. I seem to remember it having a side effect of woman becoming attracted to the researchers. [It looks like the only drugs used in experiments to treat it are Viagra and Wellbutrin.](http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/295376-overview) I can’t quite imagine either of those well-known drugs having such an effect without more people knowing. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-aphrodisiacs-work/551128/24 "2010-08-23T16:03:37Z")
Twenty-two posts and no one has said porn yet? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-aphrodisiacs-work/551128/25 "2010-08-23T16:09:10Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Twenty-two posts and no one has said porn yet? from the OP: So, aphrodisiacs - for women- what works? If your partner is a woman who likes porn, you probably don’t need the aphrodisiac. (half serious, half in jest) ---
**Author:** ![md2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@md2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/md2000)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-aphrodisiacs-work/551128/26 "2010-08-23T16:15:24Z")
Deep down, according to evolution, guys are looking for good breeding stock and gals are looking for the best alpha male provider. Hence guys are looking for young and nubile, gals are looking for a guy with a wallet and power. However, never underestimate the power of a sense of humour, fireside chats, and long quiet walks on the beach. Seriously, the most important sex organ is betwen the ears; if we knew how that one worked, there would be a lot fewer problems all around. It’s more about psychology than physiology. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-aphrodisiacs-work/551128/27 "2010-08-23T16:28:10Z")
Psychology is a result of physiology. But yes, what works in men won’t necessarily work in women. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-aphrodisiacs-work/551128/28 "2010-08-23T16:32:18Z")
Clean the house without her having to ask. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-aphrodisiacs-work/551128/29 "2010-08-23T16:58:31Z")
Barry White. ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-aphrodisiacs-work/551128/30 "2010-08-23T17:15:25Z")
[Rohypnol](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flunitrazepam). ---
**Author:** ![paperbackwriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@paperbackwriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paperbackwriter)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-aphrodisiacs-work/551128/31 "2010-08-23T17:47:34Z")
You posted a _date-rape drug_ as an answer to a question about aphrodisiacs? WTH? Even as a joke, it is seriously unfunny to any person with sense, chessic or otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-aphrodisiacs-work/551128/32 "2010-08-23T18:42:04Z")
Thirty-one post and no one has mentioned crack. They call them crack whores for a reason you knopw . . . ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-aphrodisiacs-work/551128/33 "2010-08-23T18:47:24Z")
Kindness. You just won’t believe how well it works. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-aphrodisiacs-work/551128/34 "2010-08-23T19:23:48Z")
> [@paperbackwriter](#): > > You posted a _date-rape drug_ as an answer to a question about aphrodisiacs? WTH? Even as a joke, it is seriously unfunny to any person with sense, chessic or otherwise. It would be funny as a joke. Just like _Southern Comfort_ or anything not voluntarily consumed, when addressed in a humorous context, which a thread like this would tend to be to any adolescent (adolesence for many runs from puberty until death). ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-aphrodisiacs-work/551128/35 "2010-08-23T19:39:28Z")
Nothing works. Despite what ads in the back of porno magazines tell you, there are no known working aphrodisiacs. Though it couldn’t hurt to have money, power, open and honest communication, and a little mead. ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-aphrodisiacs-work/551128/36 "2010-08-23T20:46:06Z")
Known aphrodisiac: real licorice Link to the NY Times, too: [Redirect Notice](http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=3&ved=0CB4QFjAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.basenotes.net%2Fthreads%2F245951-The-worlds-greatest-aphrodisiac-is)…-Licorice!&ei=ft1yTIHwLsykngf2t5yNCw&usg=AFQjCNEDonG15KOVfvK4lwgy1fjlqZNxPw ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-aphrodisiacs-work/551128/37 "2010-08-23T21:42:51Z")
> [@DocCathode](#): > > Nothing works. Despite what ads in the back of porno magazines tell you, there are no known working aphrodisiacs. > > Though it couldn’t hurt to have money, power, open and honest communication, and a little mead. The [Australian Department of Health](http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/ocs-treaties-compliance-prohibited-impexp-precursor.htm) lists as prohibited imports: **Aphrodisiacs** that is to say, cantharides, cantharidin and yohimbine, preparations containing cantharides, cantharidin or yohimbine, and any other substance or preparation that is, or is likely to be, productive, or is capable of being converted into a substance that is, or is likely to be, productive, of effects substantially of the same character or nature as, or analogous to, those produced by cantharides, cantharidin or yohimbine. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-aphrodisiacs-work/551128/38 "2010-08-23T22:33:04Z")
A Florida mayor banned Satan from her town. This does not prove Satan exists. Banning yohimbe and cantherides is no proof they work as aphrodisiacs. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-aphrodisiacs-work/551128/39 "2010-08-23T23:10:25Z")
> [@DocCathode](#): > > A Florida mayor banned Satan from her town. This does not prove Satan exists. > > Banning yohimbe and cantherides is no proof they work as aphrodisiacs. Yeah, but I bet they never see satan in that town these days ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-aphrodisiacs-work/551128/40 "2010-08-23T23:17:06Z")
> [@outlierrn](#): > > Yeah, but I bet they never see satan in that town these days I wouldn’t be so sure. The Prince of Darkness has top lawyers working for him. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-aphrodisiacs-work/551128.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-aphrodisiacs-work/551128.md?page=3)