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On Friday evening Feb 8 at the Nouveau Antique Art Bar in Midtown on Main Street, dozens of adventurous singles arrived with slept-in t-shirts in plastic bags to try sniffing their way to a new date. This was the second Pheromone Party sponsored by Houston Social Source and Matchmaker Amber Roundtree-Neal. Just as with the first event at the same location Oct 5 2012, participants were asked to sleep in the same t-shirt for 3 nights and freeze it while not being worn. The idea is to infuse pheromones into the garment. Participants registered in advance, and bags were assigned a number (blue for men, pink for women) on arrival. The bags were arranged on separate tables, and at a signal from the hostess, everyone took turns sniffing bags brought by members of the opposite sex. In theory, if pheromones on the t-shirts of the biologically attractive potential mates would stimulate a euphoric response. If so, the sniffer was photographed holding up the bag. The photos were then played on a screen and everyone could see who liked his or her number. From that point, they were free to mingle, knowing who liked their t-shirt.
Some of the participants attended the first party, but everyone seemed to enjoy the experience, judging from the room full of lively conversations after the display. But if any pheromone-stimulated coupling was in the offing, the party goers were discrete about it, at least to the reporters and organizers (see video clip of interview. Perhaps it was just a fun way to break the ice at a party. Perhaps everyone took a “don't ask, don't tell” approach to the event. Whatever did or did not happen afterwards, participants seemed eager to do it again...
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