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EXCERPTS: Pheromones are often used to explain why you’re attracted to someone [...] Except there’s no proof that they exist. Though pheromones are a well-accepted part of the cultural love lexicon, they don’t have much by way of scientific backing.

Not in human beings, at least. Pheromones certainly play a role for ants, who use them to navigate the world, and for mice, who use them to separate friend from foe. They’re a way for animals to communicate with one another using chemical signals. [...] But when it comes to people, the evidence is decidedly more shaky. We don’t really know whether human pheromones exist at all...

That’s not to say that scientists-and marketers-haven’t tried to convince us otherwise. Eager to bottle up a love potion to sell to hapless singles, there are ample dubious studies on the topic [...] Rigorous testing has shored up even more uncertainty on the topic. ... that doesn’t mean that human pheromones are a Harlequin romance fantasy. It might just be that we haven’t found the right ones yet... (MORE - details)

They're not pheromones; they're just scents, which can have strong memory activation...even linked to evolutionary psychology.

Pheromones exist, it's one of the main reasons why some women during menopause can potentially be subjected to spider bites due to the changes in their chemistry.

In nature spiders are territorial and will attempt to attack, kill and even cannibalise other spiders. Their attacks are likely linked to the prominence of their pheromones. If the pheromone level is similar to a spiders and causes a threat elevation for territory etc... it's likely the reason why some people can be bit hundreds of times in a night etc.