Body Odor Based Personality Judgments: The Effect of Fragranced Cosmetics

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00023752:_____/16:43915182

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00530" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00530</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00530" target="_blank" >10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00530</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Body Odor Based Personality Judgments: The Effect of Fragranced Cosmetics

Original language description

People can accurately assess various personality traits of others based on body odor (BO) alone. Previous studies have shown that correlations between odor ratings and self-assessed personality dimensions are evident for assessments of neuroticism and dominance. Here, we tested differences between assessments based on natural body odor alone, without the use of cosmetics and assessments based on the body odor of people who were allowed to use cosmetics following their daily routine. Sixty-seven observers assessed samples of odors from 113 odor donors (each odor donor provided two samples one with and one without cosmetic use); the donors provided their personality ratings, and the raters judged personality characteristics of the donors based on the provided odor samples. Correlations between observers' ratings and self-rated neuroticism were stronger when raters assessed body odor in the natural body odor condition (natural BO condition; r(s) = 0.20) than in the cosmetics use condition (BO+cosmetics condition; r(s) = 0.15). Ratings of dominance significantly predicted self-assessed dominance in both conditions (r(s) = 0.34 for natural BO and r(s) = 0.21 for BO+cosmetics), whereas ratings of extraversion did not predict self-assessed extraversion in either condition. In addition, ratings of body odor attractiveness and pleasantness were significantly lower in natural BO condition than in BO+cosmetics condition, although the intensity of donors' body odors was similar under both conditions. Our findings suggest that although olfaction seems to contribute to accurate first impression judgments of certain personality traits, cosmetic use can affect assessments of others based on body odor.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

AN - Psychology

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/GA14-02290S" target="_blank" >GA14-02290S: The role of trigeminal perception in formation of olfactory preferences</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Frontiers in Psychology

ISSN

1664-1078

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

7

Issue of the periodical within the volume

April

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

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UT code for WoS article

000374273900002

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-84974530353