访谈录 2008-08-19&08-21 一“闻”定情（在线收听）

We've all heard people say chemistry, a bit hard to define as a key ingredient in the success of relationships. So some scientists did some research on that topic, turns out  a woman needs a good sense of smell to find a man who is just right for her. And a common contraceptive may interfere with that process. Mike Lee reports from London.

 Women of the world, are you smelling Mr. Right or Mr. Wrong?

 I’m, I wouldn’t really know. But I do like the way men smell, so if they smell good, I kinda get more attracted to them.

 People choose who they choose and, you know, love is love. So eventually you know maybe you can sniff the right man out.

 Maybe, if your sniffer is working properly and that is exactly the point of the New Liverpool University study with concludes that birth-control pills can cause you to select the wrong man for you because your brain sends a false signal that he smells like Mr. Right.

 I spoke to the lead researcher in Liverpool by telephone and he told me that by nature a woman's sense of smell can attract her , often subconsciously to man whose genes will work well with her genes to produce healthy and strong children. That's keeping the human species going. He said the study suggests that birth control pills can disrupt that instinctive selective process, an intriguing and provocative thought for the men and women we spoke to in America.

 I think that’s ridiculous and a little degrading towards women to suggest that they are blindly following their sense of smell rather than their other senses.

 I do believe that sense of smell can affect to you, man pick to go out on a date with, who your partner might be. But it’s also a lot about, you know, just your personal preference on what type of guy you like.

 The University’s study does not recommend against birth control pills only that women be aware that their scent may be altered. So the eternal question: what do women want?

 Clean, yeah, clean, clean will be really good!

 Maybe like he just came out of the shower, I don’t wanna anybody who smells sweaty, like  he’s come out of the gym.

 I like them to wear some sort of clothes, something like kinda draws me straight to when my clothes smell like him afterwards, something I like that.

 Woo, but do men know how do smell persistence?

 I bathe, I regularly, I brush my teeth. I wear different clothes every day. Those are pretty good ones I think.

 I am so much like just trying a perfume, but sort of have like clean scent does as well, this guy really just takes care of himself.

 So, gentlemen just smell like a man whatever that is. And ladies if you are concerned about sniffing out the wrong guy, there may now be some truth in the punch line of an old joke between two ladies don’t worry darling, all women marry beneath themselves.

Mike Lee, ABC news.