Smell My Ovary... I Mean Finger

In the very recent past, several people have told me how good I smell. Every few weeks, this happens for a few days in a row and then goes away as quickly as it started. It always strikes me as a little odd, since I am generally not wearing any perfumes or smelly lotions when they comment on my pleasant odor.

I had a theory and decided to research it by watching my calendar closely. It appears as though I was correct in my assumption. The people who tell me I smell good during these concentrated snippets of time are always men. As it turns out, when I receive comments from these complimentary gentlemen about my pleasant frangrance, unbeknownst to them, I am ovulating. Without fail, I get comments from men who believe they are smelling my shampoo when they are actually smelling my fertility. Watch out, here comes an egg!

Also interesting is that we have a segment of our DNA called the major histocompatibility complex (MHC). This complex codes our immune system information. Studies have proven that women can detect a man's MHC by smell. It is likely, however, yet unproven, that men can do the same with women's MHC. And it gets more interesting (perhaps only to my geeked-out psychology mind). Research has found that women are attracted to men with opposite MHC coding, meaning his immune system is very different from hers. According to my favorite scholar, Darwin, and his theory of evolution, this diversity in the MHC (immune system) part of human DNA makes for stronger babies.

I find these human body magic tricks fascinating, so I looked it up online. This article says more about the subject.