In the study, six male and six female donors provided odour samples without fragrance, wearing their own fragrance, and wearing an assigned fragrance. Then 296 female and 131 male participants - average age mid-20s - were asked to choose, which ones were from the same individual. Psychology PhD researcher Caroline Allen, of the University of Stirling and lead author of the report, said participants matched a person's body odour with their chosen perfume "at above chance levels".
— Read more at Study links people's natural scent to chosen perfumes : Your favourite perfumes always smell like... you! at Daily Times.
I’m not surprised–I definitely reject some perfumes because they’re “not me”. Also, after surgically induced menopause, some of my old favorites no longer worked on me.
Hormones definitely play a big role.
Interesting. I wish the article had included some numbers, so we’d know just how much “above chance” the correct identifications were.
Yes! Might not be as impressive as it sounds.