It’s Simple Common Scents.
By Letty Livingston, Relationship Expert and Advice Columnist
Why is it that we are so engaged in hot summer hookups in July’ I’ll fill you in; it is the combination of the rising mercury combined with our body chemistry that sets off this annual libidinous phenomenon. In the summer months we shed our heavy winter coats, exposing more of our skin to the sun and to others. We soak up the rays and our bodies give off a scent. Now, even though we use deodorants, antiperspirants, and perfumes and colognes, we all have our own distinct “aroma.”
It is this bouquet that sends signals to receptors in the proboscises of other people which make them either attracted or repelled to or from us, respectively. Undoubtedly, pheromones play a significant part in our mating rituals. One’s scent is what can be the element that makes a simple smile on the street turn into an impromptu romantic interlude. And yes, we have an exponentially greater chance of picking up someone’s scent in the hedonistic heat of a July day than we do in, let’s say, midwinter.
Of course, June is a warm month and August and September are both significantly hotter than July, but it seems that in July the temperature is spot on for our bodies to emit just the right amount of sweet sweat to attract others. The hotter months tend to make us a tad overly pungent and the cooler are just that, a bit too cool for the steamy stuff to chemically click.
With that in mind, keep yourself hydrated and wear your UV protection but keep the skin bared and your nose clear because chances are there may be an unsettling scent that will waft in your direction this month and you will be moved to be amorous. Be open to all aspects of summer luvin’ that come in July, for there is no greater tingle than one that is unexpected.
~LL~
