10 facts about the most useful smells

The sense of smell is one of the five senses, plays a significant role in our lives. Smells, strong and barely discernible, pleasant and nasty, constantly surround us. But there are fragrances thanks to which you can look younger, lose weight, and increase efficiency at work.

1. If you stand over the copier for only half a minute, then you can forget about visiting the forest fields after the rain for 81 years! The ozone emitted by copiers is almost a billion times more than "natural". Just do not think that it is useful: ozone is the strongest oxidizer. It accelerates all processes in the human body. And the main one, unfortunately, is aging.

2. With the help of an orange, it turns out that it is very cool to save on alcohol! The smell of orange helps to warm up and creates a feeling of emancipation. However, it will still be difficult to explain to the guests why they are called not for a glass of burgundy, but for a pinch of orange peel.

3. Women who have a strong predilection for lavender bouquets should be slightly wary. This addiction speaks not so much about the lady's love for flowers, but about her depressive state, which nothing but lavender, the strongest antidepressant, can cope with.

4. A girl who dreams of losing weight, you need to give ... candy wrappers from chocolates! If after such a gift it turns out to make her listen to an explanation, then you can tell that the smell of chocolate causes the formation of endorphins — hormones of joy. And in addition to anti-stress effects, endorphins also exacerbate sexual desires and have an analgesic effect.

5. Tea with lemon is best to drink, contrary to the requirements of the authorities, at your workplace. And when you try to expel to the kitchen, you can cite studies by Japanese scientists that the smell of lemon reduces the number of errors when working at the computer by as much as 54%.

6. Almost any smell can be used as a medicine or... a mini time machine. The reaction to the effect of the smell develops instantly: I did not have time to blink, but already in the past. To do this, you only need to "bind" the fragrance to a pleasant memory. And when a person is happy, he is already practically healthy (the release of endorphins, neurotransmitters and antibodies increases in his body, which greatly helps the recovery process).

7. According to one of the legends, the wife of Zeus Hera seduced her husband with the help of a magical fragrant belt taken from Aphrodite. Modern aroma specialists believe that the composition of the aphrodisiac fragrance, which the main Greek god could not resist, could well be as follows: ylang-ylang, nutmeg, pink vanilla, jasmine and clove.

8. Does a friend slip grapefruit oil instead of an analgin pill? No need to rush to lose a friend! This oil in aromatherapy is widely known as an analgesic.

9. Useful medicinal odors can sometimes cause severe headache and ... nothing else. If a person does not like this particular smell, his body will not benefit from it — even if this fragrance is able to cure the rest of humanity.

10. A pregnant woman who does not know whether the moment of childbirth is already approaching or whether she has been overtaken by the so-called "harbinger contractions", it is enough to rub herself with jasmine oil. If the contractions are "training", they will pass from such manipulations.