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.
Why perfume smells different to each of us: Receptors in the nose vary by 30% in two different people. 1  Human nose has 400 different receptors-one change could be dramatic. 2  Paper published by Monell Chemical Senses Centre in Philadelphia found one thing could smell like sandalwood to some and urine to others.