# Armpit Psychology: The Science of Body Odor Perception...

**URL:** <https://pheromonetalk.com/t/armpit-psychology-the-science-of-body-odor-perception/28980>\
**Category:** Studies & Abstracts\
**Created:** [May 14, 2009, 10:12pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/armpit-psychology-the-science-of-body-odor-perception/28980 "2009-05-14T22:12:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![jvkohl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/jvkohl/32/1297_2.png) [@jvkohl](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/jvkohl)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2009, 10:12pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/armpit-psychology-the-science-of-body-odor-perception/28980/1 "2009-05-14T22:12:55Z")

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[Armpit Psychology: The Science of Body Odor Perception: Scientific American](http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=armpit-psychology-body-odor)

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**Author:** ![pupy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bc8723/32.png) [@pupy](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/pupy)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 7:57am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/armpit-psychology-the-science-of-body-odor-perception/28980/2 "2009-05-15T07:57:55Z")

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The bit where they said something along the lines of, “There is no bad smell, only perceptions of scents” reminded me of the color paradox. It’s like this… Point to an object and ask someone what color it is. They’ll say the right color obviously. But here’s the problem… are they **actually** seeing the same color? There’s no way to tell, because they’ve already attached that label to that color. In essence, everyone could be seeing colors differently, and there’s no way to know.