Legal Definition of recant. : 1  to renounce or withdraw (prior statements or testimony) surprised the prosecution by recanting statements made earlier to the police. 2  intransitive verb.
Â· just now. Report Abuse. When you sniff your armpits, when you tuck your nose under like you do, your nostrils encounter the smell unevenly. Armpit sweat contains pheromones, especially those pheromones that attract the opposite sex, but repel one's own sex, including oneself.
The researchers took bacteria commonly found in the armpit and added an odourless molecule found in human sweat. Of all the bacteria under the armpit the Staphylococcus hominis were the worst offenders, but there are a variety of Staphylococcus species that produce thioalcohols to a lesser extent. The thioalcohols have a scent comparable to sulphur, onions or meat when concentrated.