Is it normal to like the mysterious scent of my gf's hair?

My girl has long straight hair, and when we are standing, the top of her head reaches my shoulder height, so it's perfect for me to smell her hair when I'm holding her.

Every time I see her, I notice this really nice scent and it seems to be coming off of her hair. At first I thought it was just her shampoo, but it wasn't. Nor was it her conditioner, body lotion, perfume, etc.. (Yes, I have smelled all of those things and they are not the same scent) When I brought this up to her she wasn't sure what was it either.

Nevertheless, I really like the special scent. It makes me more attracted to her than ever, in a weird way. The scent is milky-mild with a tint of sweetness, but the closer I am to her, the scent will have more of a metallic smell, similar to iron rust to it.

I'm intrigued to what it really is, and I was wondering if any of you guys have similar experiences. And is this normal?

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  • RoseIsabella

    That's just her body odor, and the pheromones from the sweat on her scalp mixed with her natural oil from her scalp.

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    • 2-oxodecahexanol

      Anyway it smells amazing and I've never noticed it on any other girls.. which is very interesting

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      • Moe_Moe_Kyun

        Maybe you've never noticed it on other girls because they over use products on their hair that strips their scalp/hair of the things that contribute to their natural smell, cover their hair/scalp with one or more perfumed products, or burn their hair with heat products

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        • 2-oxodecahexanol

          yes thats probably why

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  • geek_god_101

    It could be tricophilia (abnormal love for hair).

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    • 2-oxodecahexanol

      maybe..

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  • Aethylfritha

    My husband says, one of the ways he can tell if hes really into a woman is if he likes( or is turned off) by the smell if her hair/ scalp. Guess he liked me.
    I think its normal and its her skin scent, hair ouks and maybe some sweat but in a nice way.

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    • 2-oxodecahexanol

      thanks! guess i really like her then

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  • Boojum

    The human sense of smell is very strange.

    We have something like 450 different types of olfactory receptors in our sinuses, but humans are primarily visual creatures, so we don't pay a lot of conscious attention to what we smell.

    There's a large variation in people's awareness of smells in general and their sensitivity to particular aromas. For example, my general sense of smell isn't all that good, but I'm very "tuned-in" to the aroma of rancidity (fats and oils that have oxidised). My wife isn't, so on a couple of occasions she's happily used ingredients in the kitchen that smelled really bad to me. On the other hand, there are smells that I hardly notice but she finds overpoweringly obnoxious.

    Things get even stranger when it comes to the aromas of other people - particularly potential mates. For a long time, the scientific consensus was that human pheromones don't exist. That's logical, since we certainly don't respond to aromas in the dramatic and obvious ways that insects and many other mammals do, but it's a very difficult field to research and there are some hints that scents may have subtle effects on us that we're not consciously aware of.

    I won't go into the details here, but Google "t-shirt experiment" if you'd like to read about one of the most intriguing experiments that was carried out a few decades ago. The search results that came up for me just now also had links to many related articles on the subject of scents and dating.

    What is clear is that we do all have a particular scent (as proven by the ability of dogs to track a particular person), even though most of us mask that aroma by applying other smelly substances to our bodies and clothing. The most important thing in this case is that you like the smell of your girlfriend. Ideally, she also likes the smell of your body - even if she's not an olfactory-oriented person and she's not consciously aware of doing so.

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    • 2-oxodecahexanol

      fantastic! thanks for typing all that lol

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  • Nikclaire

    Pheromones maybe. Yes our hair smells nice after a shower.

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    • 2-oxodecahexanol

      I always thought of pheromones like odorless. Don't know why. But I don't notice it on any other girls for some reason

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      • Nikclaire

        I think they ARE oderless but the brain interprets them as pleasant and recreates a pleasant smell.

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        • GaelicPotato

          Wait, really? Is that an actual thing? Wow. That's really interesting.

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        • 2-oxodecahexanol

          Ooooh ok. Thank you for solving my mystery. But this still doesn't explain why other girls don't have it?

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          • Nikclaire

            Iron and rust also might mean your girlfriend is an old robot tho. Haha.

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            • 2-oxodecahexanol

              Lol I hope not

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    • Aethylfritha

      When is it ok to punch a midget?( play along!!)

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