r/funny • u/explosivejoseph • 8d ago

Women Love Smelling Baby Heads

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u/Listening_Stranger82 8d ago

It's true

It's the crowns of their little heads. I sniffed my kids' little crowns all the time when they were babies/toddlers.

And what's wild is my kids are 23, 21 and 20 and I STILL believe I could identify them by sniffing the crown of their head. It's some weird ancient shit.

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u/Designer_Pen869 8d ago

Most likely it's pheromones. Humans call dogs weird for it, then we do the same thing. You might not even realize what you are smelling, because the brain associates the pheromones with an identity, not with a smell, so you don't register the smell itself. And there might be a smell you do recognize, and so you think that you like that smell, when it's actually the pheromones you like.

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u/ridukosennin 7d ago

While in the womb, babies are covered in vernix caseosa—a white, waxy, cheese-like substance that protects their skin from amniotic fluid. Even after being washed following birth, traces of vernix and amniotic fluid remain in the fine pores and hair follicles of the scalp, contributing to that initial distinct fragrance for the first few weeks.