What colouring do you find attractive?

That's very interesting. I know that women's senses are often heightened during pregnancy. I remember reading about morning sickness and how it's unheard of in some cultures where the diet is less likely to be damaging to a fetus. It was very intriguing. It was all about how a woman's body works naturally to protect the unborn child.

It would make more sense for those men to smell horrible to you BEFORE you got pregnant -- so you wouldn't procreate with the wrong one! LOL. The fact that your husband's smell didn't bother you could be seen as an indicator that you chose the right mate.

I think the 'opposite theory' works on AVERAGES thus you would expect there to be some individual variation (where some people don't exhibit that).

I didn't know (or remember) the stuff about HLA so thanks for that :-)

I thought that pheremones just were responsible for our unique scents. Is it that pheremones are one distinct aspect of that such that people think that the girls were choosing on the basis of some other aspect of scent?

Thinking more on the similarity / difference thing... I wonder if people who have 'distinctive' characteristics would show preference for differences... I just mean... When I said that I preferred guys who were like a male version of me... I just meant that with respect to body type. I'm fairly tall (5'7 or 5'9 I can never quite remember) and fairly solidly built. I tend to be attracted to guys who are a bit taller than me and as solid (or preferably slightly more solid) than me. I also have dark hair and I think I prefer dark hair though that is a whole heap less important to me lol.

Hmmm I generally go for taller and more solid (I am not solid but I am decidedly curvey. No one would ever put me in the waif pile heh).

I don't think I've ever slept with a blonde. Hehe.

I don't really have a "type." I am generally not attracted to those with similar features to mine, though: Red hair (but there are exceptions), pale skin, short, etc.

I'm not attracted to Hugh Laurie, but to each his (or her) own.