# Riley, ‘Pheromones Are Probably Not Why People Find You Attractive’, 2016 > [!cite] > Riley, Alex. ‘Pheromones Are Probably Not Why People Find You Attractive.’ Future. *BBC*, 9 May 2016. [https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20160509-the-tantalising-truth-about-sex-pheromones](https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20160509-the-tantalising-truth-about-sex-pheromones). --- ‘The term pheromone was coined in 1959. Peter Karlson and Martin Luscher, two researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry in Munich, Germany, argued that within the cloud of molecules produced by animals some were more special than others. They were similar to hormones within the blood, but emitted away from the body, influencing the behaviour and physiology of others. Rather than just odours – a broad term for molecules that can elicit a spectrum of responses – pheromones were shaped over evolutionary time between members of the same species for a precise purpose.’ [[Riley, ‘Pheromones Are Probably Not Why People Find You Attractive’, 2016|(Riley 2016, n.p.)]] ^31647c