The Elixir of Youth

If YOU've been trawling the glamorous stands of your local cosmetics store for the perfect fragrance, there's one ingredient you should be asking for - grape fruit. it seems this citrus fruit is hot property in the scent world, because it supposedly makes a woman seem younger to men - six years younger, in fact. in a recent experiment by Dr. Alan Hirsch at The Smell and Taste Institute in Chicago, several middle aged women were smeared with broccoli, banana, spearmint leaves and lavender. but none of these scents made a difference, until the grapefruit came along. when male volunteers were asked to estimate a woman's age, their guess was considerably lower than reality.