The last poll we put together a list of anti-aging treatments and asked you to figure out which one was the FAKE. Well, hundreds of you responded and here are the results. 
1. Perfume that makes you look younger – TRUE
31% of you thought this was the fake, but it’s real. According to fragrance designer Harvey Prince, Ageless Fantasy is a perfume that takes advantage of the fact that certain odors are related to certain age groups. According to their research, women who wore their perfume were rated as being younger than their actual ages.
It turns out grapefruit odors make people think you’re younger while rose odors skew higher in age
2. Facial scars make men more attractive – TRUE
A few of you (8%) thought this was the fake but it’s real. A study published in the journal of Personality and Individual Differences demonstrates that women rated men’s attractiveness higher when they had a facial scar.
The opposite was true when men looked at pictures of women with scars.
3. Clean people are less judgmental – TRUE
This one fooled 35% of you. It’s actually true. This report published in the journal Psychological Science shows that people who are excessive hand washers tend to cut other people moral slack. They had 2 groups of people rate moral dilemmas. One group washed their hands prior to rating while the other didn’t. They found that the people who cleaned their hands were less judgmental.
Apparently, feeling clean also makes you feel more compassion.
4. Prior to the 1970’s people normally washed their hair once a month – FAKE
Here’s the fake story and only 27% of you were able to identify it. Frequent hair washing actually began in the early 1900’s according to this NPR report. But it was in the 1970’s when the trend to wash everyday became encouraged.
The power of marketing. It’s not the best advice for your hair however.
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Ha! Speaking of facial scars, I’d like to thank this site for its post on baking soda as a facial exfoliant. I read about it elsewhere and did a search here, and found the post. I have NEVER used something that actually faded my pink acne marks and smoothed the rough areas like baking soda!
Ageless conquered at last!
Lovely perfume.
Harvey Prince can stick his finger up his nose.
I love rose and lily of the valley. I wear `em because I like to smell them.
@ #1: I remember my grandma using rose perfume all the time, and I somehow associated the smell with old people. the smell is so soothing.
@ #2: Ok. so men like Seal are attractive. Well, come to think of it, he’s sexy because he’s got other qualities that so called “perfect men” lack.
And that’s just about it. #3 and #4, they’re all about hygiene people!=)
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Anti-age perfume sounds nice. Though I am a teenager, completly understand this old-age smell.
Wow! Ageless Fantasy…I am loving it!
Thanks for the article, Brains! I’d like to ask a favor, though. Could you cite or link to the original journal article, rather than some random news story reporting it second-hand? I like to read the originals for myself, and giving a proper citation is just proper style.
@Nerdy – We don’t always have the direct links to some of these journals as they are not all online. However, you make an excellent point and we will try to get Mid Brain to do a better job of citing sources.
You hear that Mid Brain!
I heard lots of buzz about Ageless & checked the website too…cant wait to try!!!
@annejumps – I once used baking soda as a facial exfoliant myself and liked the results. However, my derm was concerned about the pH of baking soda, and suggested that I use Mochiko rice flour instead. Frankly, I like the result I get with the rice flour a bit better, and tend to use it more often since I’m no longer concerned about pH. Give it a try and see what you think.
to my utter surprise mom smells fabulous now…. credit goes to the fantasy perfume Ageless
Wonderful! I don’t need to spend hours with anti-age experts & follow the rigid rules.
Why should I care to look when smell can work?