Dating app matches by SMELL: Service analyses sweaty t-shirts to find people who like each others scent after not showering
Most believe looks and personality play major roles when searching for a potential match, but a new dating app claims the key to finding your soul-mate is by their smell.
Smell Dating sends daters a t-shirt in the mail and instructs them to wear it for three days, send it back and they will receive 10 other shirts from other daters.
The next step of this matchmaking process requires users to take a whiff of each garment and pick the aroma that arouses them the most – all for just
Smell Dating sends users a t-shirt in the mail and instructs them to wear it for three days, send it back and they will receive 10 other shirts from other daters – all for just $25. The next step of this matchmaking process requires users to take a whiff of each garment and pick the aroma that arouses them the most
A new dating app claims the key to finding your soul-mate is by the way they smell
You pay $25 and receive a t-shirt in the mail: Wear the shirt for three days in a row, but refrain from showering or applying deodorant. However, smoking and siting by a campfire are acceptable.
After wearing the shirt for 72 hours, send it back to Smell Dating: After you’ve returned your shirt, Smell Dating will send you 10 shirts from other people who have also spent the last 72 hours wearing them without showering.
If you like the smell of any of the shirts (and they like yours too), Smell Dating will give you each other's phone number: Unlike Tinder, eHarmony and all of the other dating chat room sites, Smell Dating does not ask about your sexual preference, what gender you are, if you like long walks on the beach or if you're a vegetarian.
The team at Smell Dating did investigate how smell arouses us by consulting with several scientists who have done smell studies in the past, reports BuzzFeed News.
Unlike Tinder, eHarmony and all of the other dating sites, Smell Dating does not ask about your sexual preference, your gender, if you like long walks on the beach or if you're a vegetarian.
A phone number and mailing address are the only two things required to sign up for the service.
The only thing they will as of their clients is that they skip deodorant, perfume and showering for the 72 hours, as it masks a person's natural odor.
'It's about trusting subconscious intuition and not falling back on inevitable preconceptions and prejudices,' Tega Brain, co-founder of Smell Dating, told BuzzFeed News.
'You can't control what you like the taste or smell of, you have to trust your sensory system.'
After you've sniffed your batch of potential suitors you will have the opportunity to choose the shirt you like.
If the owner of that shirt also picks yours, Smell Dating will send you both each other's phone numbers and communication can began.
The 'mail odor dating service' is only available to 100 lucky singles living in the New York City area and they are taking signups as of this writing.
According to BuzzFeed News, 35 of the spots have already been filled.
Although this sounds like a gimmick, there has been numerous studies conducted in the past that the way someone smells affects how attractive or unattractive we find them.
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