Also various forms of dirt, oil, fecal matter, and other things that are soiling your skin.
No, it wasn't. You were doing everything you could to downplay human scent capability.
Which has no bearing on if human pheromones exist and have function, which they do.
No one reasonably involved in this conversation thinks that
human pheromones work like they do in insects, where, when affected, you have no higher brain function and become a slave to the instinctual response;
they provide subconscious cues to your body to prepare for things or change your perceptions on things, but they don't force you to act upon anything. they are how and why
women sync their cycles when they are near each other for long enough a period of time, and why women can
find a man more attractive through scent if he's sweating.
Human pheromones exist and have effects, whether you like it or not.