# A whiff of happiness: Can smelling a molecule contained in human sweat ease anxiety ?

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**Created:** [March 15, 2010, 3:51pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/a-whiff-of-happiness-can-smelling-a-molecule-contained-in-human-sweat-ease-anxiety/37036 "2010-03-15T15:51:11Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 3:51pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/a-whiff-of-happiness-can-smelling-a-molecule-contained-in-human-sweat-ease-anxiety/37036/1 "2010-03-15T15:51:11Z")

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[A whiff of happiness: Can smelling a molecule contained in human sweat ease anxiety and stress? Some scientists think so, and argue that ‘osmotherapy’ may also help people to slim or stop smoking - 25 August 1990 - New Scientist](http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg12717314.700-a-whiff-of-happiness-can-smelling-a-molecule-contained-in-human-sweat-ease-anxiety-and-stress-some-scientists-think-so-and-argue-that-osmotherapy-may-also)