What smells we like or dislike is primarily determined by the structure of the particular odour molecule. A collaborative study involving researchers from Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, and the University of Oxford, UK, shows that people share odour preferences regardless of cultural background. The study is published in the journal Current Biology.
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The kinds of smells people like or dislike tend to be common across individuals from distinctly different cultural backgrounds, which may suggest an evolutionary basis for our seemingly universal odor preferences, scientists say.