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Does love have a scent?

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Valentine's Day at Oxford
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Love is in the air - or is it? Companies are advertising that they can find you love through the power of scent! But are pheromones a chemical way to find your true love? Or is it just a myth?
In this episode of the Oxford Sparks Big Questions podcast we are looking at the science behind love at first smell and asking does love have a scent?
We visited Dr Tristram Wyatt, Senior Research Fellow, Department of Zoology at The University of Oxford to find out…
Originally published in Big Questions - with Oxford Sparks series

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Valentine's Day at Oxford
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Tristram Wyatt
Keywords
love
pheromones
attraction
romantic relationships
Department: Mathematical Institute
Date Added: 06/02/2018
Duration: 00:13:23

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