.

Juanita often describes her beauty salon as being “dangerously close to Houston.”  It appears that she will be seeking redemption for that comment.

Come to find out, some scientists at Brown University did a study on what women want a man to smell like. Big news:

In two large studies led by Brown University olfactory expert Dr. Rachel Herz, women ranked a man’s scent as the most important feature for determining whether she would be sexually interested in him.

The good news is that Dr. Herz isn’t totally insane.  It appears that  “scent may be the main way in which women literally sniff out genetic compatibility with a potential mate. How we smell is an external expression of the genes that make up our immune system.”

Juanita reports, “Part of the study was to determine, by region, which scents woman found most sexy.  It might surprise you, but not me.”

1.      New York – coffee

2.      Los Angeles – lavender

3.      Chicago – vanilla

4.      Houston – barbeque

5.      Atlanta – cherry

6.      Phoenix – eucalyptus

7.      Philadelphia – clean laundry

8.      Dallas – smoke/fireplace

9.      San Diego – suntan lotion/ocean

10.  Minneapolis-St. Paul – cut grass

John Cornyn smells like ... hummm ... is manure on the list?

“Barbeque.  Yep, that’ll do it.  While Philadelphia women want their men to do the laundry, Chicago women want their men to bake, and God only knows what Atlanta women want but I’ll bet it’s pretty kinky, Houston women want their men to kill something, put a dry rub on it, slap it on the pit, and serve it in tight blue jeans,” Juanita says she can now scientifically prove.

“So,” she advises, “all you Minneapolis men get out there and mow the lawn.  You New York men get up and make the coffee.  And you Los Angeles men?  Lavender?  Really?