Olfatto e seduzione: il linguaggio degli odori nell'eros.

The ability of the surrounding smells, and in particular of our body essences, to arouse attraction and repulsion, to seduce or to move away, conditions our social conducts and those sexual in particular. But the lack of consideration (especially in western cultures) for the sense of smell, too inherent in our animal part, leads us to not pay the attention it would deserves. Although underestimated, the olfactory language is nevertheless a subtle and powerful non-verbal semiotic tool, and together with the tactile language is the most primitive and also the most fundamental system of communication for most animal species. Starting from this premise, the aim of this article is to describe the role of olfactory communication in social interaction and in particular in the sexual relationships of human animals, to understand to what extent body scents can influence, mostly unknowingly, our sexual behaviors.