The link to the report is below:
As you can see, the perfume directly affects her brain. It's interesting to note that in the report, the physician mentions that perfume decreased blood flow to the brain. Could that be why some people experience light-headedness when inhaling perfume? I don't know, but it seems to make some sense.
I found a fascinating article on the limbic system of the brain. The article is titled, "Aroma Communication: First Brain" and the author explains the difference between the NEW BRAIN (Cerebral Cortex) and the FIRST BRAIN (Limbic System and Hypothalamus.) The FIRST BRAIN is where we experience emotion. The NEW BRAIN is where conscious thought, memory, language, creativity, and decision making happen. It is on the outer part of the brain and sort of "wraps around" the FIRST BRAIN.
So, if the Limbic System and Hypothalamus are the parts of the brain most affected by fragrance, what fragrances evoke what emotions? People believe that organic peppermint fragrances lessen mental fatigue, and organic orange and peach fragrances lift depression. Floral fragrances will always be with us. The best ones for you will always be pure fragrances, not ones created with chemicals. In the 70's, Musk was a very popular fragrance. It hasn't gone away - in fact, the latest trend is to attack the Limbic System as directly as possible with hormones. The base of the new fragrances is pheromone, from the ancient Greek words "pherein": to carry, and "hormon": to excite. This term was introduced in 1959 by the scientific team of Karlson and Luscher.
Pheromones exist in all living creatures to some extent. This hormonal chemical is what animals use in mating. There are signal and primer pheromones. The signal pheromones trigger a response in the recipient. Think about that song, "Love Potion #9" (if you know it!). One of the newer colognes to use this is AXE cologne. I found a web page with in-depth information on pheromones, and again it's worth a look. No one can say it better than the author, so here it is:
Pheromones: The Smell of Beauty
I wanted to include these links because the information is so well-written and fairly easy to understand. I found other web pages, but they weren't worth your time. When it comes to information on pheromones, there's a lot of trash on the web and you don't need to be exposed to that.
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