If you’re a girl who wants to seem a little younger, check this out:

A study of smells shows that the scent of grapefruit on women make them seem about six years younger to men. However, grapefruit fragrance on men does nothing for them.

The study by the Smell and Taste Institute in Chicago was conducted by Institute director Alan Hirsch. Hirsch smeared several middle-aged woman with broccoli, banana, spearmint leaves, and lavender but none of those scents made a difference to the men.

But the scent of grapefruit changed men’s perceptions. Hirsch said that when male volunteers were asked to write down how old the woman with grapefruit odor was, the age was considerably less than reality.

So try squirting a bit of grapefruit on your wrists before going out on a date. (Just try not to get any in your eyes…)

Nancy wrote this on June 20th, 2005 and filed it under Bar Hopping, Dating, Single Life |