As any Cosmo reader will tell you, its a well-tested truth that men love the smell of vanilla, according to Newsfeed.Time.com.
Turns out though, that men may not be falling for a scent that reminds them of childhood, but for something else entirely: Castoreum a.ka. a fragrant, brown slime that comes from a beavers castor sacs, which are located pretty much where you expect them to be located.
The chemical compound that beavers use to mark their territory has a musky, vanilla scent, which is why some perfume makers incorporate the component into their products and food scientists add the all-natural ingredient into recipes. As one can surmise, the vanilla aroma is not typical of the area, but is a product of the beavers unique diet of leaves and bark, said Joanne Crawford, a wildlife ecologist at Southern Illinois University, speaking to National Geographic.
http://newsok.com/your-vanilla-ice-cream-may-actually-smell-like-beaver-butt/article/3889777
Turns out though, that men may not be falling for a scent that reminds them of childhood, but for something else entirely: Castoreum a.ka. a fragrant, brown slime that comes from a beavers castor sacs, which are located pretty much where you expect them to be located.
The chemical compound that beavers use to mark their territory has a musky, vanilla scent, which is why some perfume makers incorporate the component into their products and food scientists add the all-natural ingredient into recipes. As one can surmise, the vanilla aroma is not typical of the area, but is a product of the beavers unique diet of leaves and bark, said Joanne Crawford, a wildlife ecologist at Southern Illinois University, speaking to National Geographic.
http://newsok.com/your-vanilla-ice-cream-may-actually-smell-like-beaver-butt/article/3889777
Good heaven's to Betsy ... You guys have to have instructions posted on the wall?!?!? 
