Figure 1.

Perception of human body odour from the axilla and head of women (top, green, N = 16) and men (bottom, blue, N = 16). (a) Descriptive profiles (in percentage of times each descriptor was chosen): terms differing by more than 5% between men and women are highlighted (in green when higher in women, in blue when higher in men) and frames indicate a difference greater than 10%; terms differing by more than 5% and 10% between head and axilla are indicated by empty and filled dots, respectively. (b) Average intensity and attractiveness ratings (mean + s.e.m.) for axillary and head odours, compared by paired-sample t-tests. (c) Pearson correlations between axillary and head odours' attractiveness.