近日,，國(guó)際著名雜志International Journal of Cosmetic Science刊登了國(guó)外研究人員的最新研究成果“Population genetic segmentation of MHC-correlated perfume preferences,。”，文章中,，作者揭示了女性對(duì)香水味道喜好是受基因調(diào)控的,；香水是每個(gè)女人最?lèi)?ài)的產(chǎn)品，瑞士一項(xiàng)研究發(fā)現(xiàn),，女性對(duì)于香水味道的喜好,，都會(huì)受到一組名為MHC的基因調(diào)控，該基因也決定了每個(gè)人會(huì)受到哪一種異性的氣味所吸引,。
據(jù)報(bào)道,，瑞士聯(lián)邦技術(shù)研究所日前對(duì)116名受訪者進(jìn)行了不同氣味的測(cè)試，包括肉桂,、玫瑰,、雪松等10種物質(zhì)，而每次的測(cè)試濃度與環(huán)境都不相同。
結(jié)果發(fā)現(xiàn),，最受歡迎的氣味是“香樹(shù)脂”,，而“香根草”因?yàn)闅馕遁^平淡，最不受歡迎,。研究指出,，在不同氣味的刺激下，人類(lèi)受基因MHC控制會(huì)對(duì)味道呈現(xiàn)出強(qiáng)度不同的反應(yīng),。
英國(guó)劍橋大學(xué)專(zhuān)家萊斯利納普表示,，同一款香水給不同的人使用，會(huì)產(chǎn)生不一樣的反應(yīng),，而MHC基因?qū)?lái)也會(huì)被擴(kuò)大研究,。另一名瑞士專(zhuān)家德金德也表示，MHC基因與異性氣味的關(guān)系是在女性聞嗅男性襯衫味道的實(shí)驗(yàn)中發(fā)現(xiàn)的,，他還指出,，90年代初期就曾發(fā)現(xiàn)過(guò)人體對(duì)于氣味的喜好與免疫基因有關(guān)。（生物谷Bioon.com）
doi:10.1111/j.1468-2494.2011.00696.x
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Population genetic segmentation of MHC-correlated perfume preferences
A. Hämmerli1,2, C. Schweisgut2, M. Kaegi1,2
Keywords: individual preferences;major histocompatibility complex;mate choice behaviour;olfaction;perfume ingredients;perfumes;scent;sexual communication Synopsis It has become difficult to find a matching perfume. An overwhelming number of 300 new perfumes launch each year, and marketing campaigns target pre-defined groups based on gender, age or income rather than on individual preferences. Recent evidence for a genetic basis of perfume preferences, however, could be the starting point for a novel population genetic approach to better match perfumes with people’s preferences. With a total of 116 participants genotyped for alleles of three loci of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), the aim of this study was to test whether common MHC alleles could be used as genetic markers to segment a given population into preference types. Significant deviations from random expectations for a set of 10 common perfume ingredients indicate how such segmentation could be achieved. In addition, preference patterns of participants confronted with images that contained a sexual communication context significantly differed in their ratings for some of the scents compared with participants confronted with images of perfume bottles. This strongly supports the assumption that genetically correlated perfume preferences evolved in the context of sexual communication. The results are discussed in the light of perfume customization.
