“It’s not fear I smell, it’s future,” encouraged the scientist.

“No, I’m pretty sure it smells sweat, and it smells bad,” I disagreed.

I have been participating in a study attempting to prove that humans are also attracted to pheromones. That means I had to sweat profusely in a shirt that they will ask women to smell. I was a bit uncomfortable with that idea.

“You see how people get closer to each other when they watch a scary movie?” he added. “We are trying to recreate this sensation.”

I looked at my shirt that was fully wet, with yellow stains on the armpits. How would a woman ever be attracted to that?

“And if no one picks me?” I asked.

“You’ll never know” he answered. “And what if someone picks you? Would you like to meet her?”

I never thought I would be meeting a woman this way, but it was worth a try.