A field guide for your nose
The Lab
Find a scent, map its family, and inspect the claims. Three useful tools, one curious nose.
Instrument 02 / find your family
Fragrance wheel
Pick a family
Tap a slice to see what it smells like, which notes define it and where to read more.
Instrument 03 / claims under the glass
The molecule everyone argues about
Androstadienone is a steroid found in human sweat and semen and the most-studied compound in human pheromone research. Some small studies link it to subtle shifts in mood or attention. Others find nothing, and the field has had real replication trouble.
That is why we write “marketed as”, not “proven to”. Fragrance chemistry is real. Pheromone magic, so far, is not.
Read the evidence