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> A new study could change that. Researchers have identified an odorless compound emitted by people—and in particular babies—called hexadecanal, or HEX, that appears to foster aggressive behavior in women and blunt it in men. Hexadecanal is a sixteen-carbon chain aldehyde: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexadecanal A few years back a team claimed to have isolated essence of old person, 2-nonenal, a chemically-related…
> A new study could change that. Researchers have identified an odorless compound emitted by people—and in particular babies—called hexadecanal, or HEX, that appears to foster aggressive behavior in women and blunt it in men. Hexadecanal is a sixteen-carbon chain aldehyde: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexadecanal A few years back a team claimed to have isolated essence of old person, 2-nonenal, a chemically-related…
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I think that's just the smell of that Johnson's baby soap that everyone uses :P
That soap is the worst! It gets rid of the 'new baby' smell. Who would want that?!?
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For serious? The top of my kids heads smelled intoxicating for the first 6-9 months. There is still a special scent but not quite the same. And I smell it on other babies, too. It’s like smelling breast milk, but emanating from the Fontainelle
Probably TMI, but I have a very good sense of smell. I once figured out my coworker was pregnant because she basically smelled the same as a baby's fontanelle (I kept this to myself, I'm not insane).
It's not so much an obvious smell as a perceived "sharpness" that feels related to the sense-modality of smell, but is not exactly equivalent to it. I wonder sometimes if it's a pheromone-based phenomenon.
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Probably TMI, but I have a very good sense of smell. I once figured out my coworker was pregnant because she basically smelled the same as a baby's fontanelle (I kept this to myself, I'm not insane).
Also TMI (and let's be honest: mega-creepy) I can tell when women are menstruating with about 90%+ accuracy if we share small-ish indoor space for a few minutes. (As confirmed by female family members.) It's not so much an obvious smell as a perceived "sharpness" that feels related to the sense-modality of smell, but is not exactly equivalent to it. I wonder sometimes if it's a pheromone-based phenomenon.
I can often smell when my wife is in a bad mood (her breath literally smells sour). However, it isn’t a reliable indicator (many false negatives).
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Technically 23 and Me monetized this as the fun holiday gift for everyone + the reddit thread you post in the aftermath.
My wife is on a number of genetic genealogy Facebook groups, and this time of year is peak season for confused new posters who are desperately trying to get some rationalization as to why their father (or mother!) didn't match with them on 23andMe. Many just cannot accept reality and continue posting convoluted possible reasons ("23andMe messed up both me and my fathers tests, but we both still matched with lots of o…
Many years ago my father was once given hospital test results stating he was terminally ill with a heart condition. He knew he was somehow given a different patient's test result under his name when when his family doctor asked him if he exercises (he does) and the doctor said "That can't be your patient record. You wouldn't be able to exercise if your heart was as sick as the test result states." My father is still alive and exercising regularly today.
> A new study could change that. Researchers have identified an odorless compound emitted by people—and in particular babies—called hexadecanal, or HEX, that appears to foster aggressive behavior in women and blunt it in men. Hexadecanal is a sixteen-carbon chain aldehyde: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexadecanal A few years back a team claimed to have isolated essence of old person, 2-nonenal, a chemically-related…
Hexadecanal appears to be an approved food additive that you can buy in bulk?
https://foodb.ca/compounds/FDB003048#associated_foods
Supposedly, it tastes like cardboard.
I don’t know if this counts as a pheromone, but babies definitely emit _something_. As a recent father, I have had numerous people remark on how wonderful babies smell after smelling my child. I can’t smell anything. People who can smell this particular smell seem very perplexed that I can’t smell it.
My first kid stopped having the new baby smell before she started smiling, and that period in between was hard. (My second kid started smiling before the smell wore off. She's my favorite.)