Can a man sense when a woman is ovulating?

I was wondering if men take notice when a woman is ovulating? Does she look more attractive or smell differently?

I’m asking this question because I noticed a pattern that around my fertile phase, men start to become more interested in me.

Hi Michaela,

this is indeed a legitimate question and actually proven by scientists that men find women more attractive during a period of 12 to 24 hours when ovulation happens.

This is the one day in a woman’s menstrual cycle that the ovaries release an egg that is ready to be fertilized. In other words: when women are on their most fertile days, men are biologically programmed to pick up on that and can literally smell ovulation unknowingly.

Hope this answers your question,

Best regards