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Personality And Character Like appearance, we tend to form preferences for those who
remind us of our parents (or others close to us through childhood) because of their personality
and character, sense of humour, likes and dislikes, etc.
Pheromones The word "pheromone" comes from the Greek words pherein and hormone,
meaning "excitement carrier". In the animal world, pheromones are individual scent "prints"
found in urine or sweat that dictate sexual behaviour and attract the opposite sex. They help
animals identify each other and choose a mate with an immune system different enough from
their own to ensure healthy offspring.
The existence of human pheromones was discovered in 1986 by scientists in Philadelphia and its
counterpart in France. They found these chemicals in human sweat. There is evidence that smell
is an important aspect of love (hence the booming perfume industry).
THE SCIENCE OF FALLING IN LOVE
Beyond the love songs, romantic poems, passionate novels and movies, love is the result of
complex processes in the body. What follows is a breakdown of love’s biology and the ways
humans experience romance with each other.
