Women are using bizarre 'vabbing' dating trend to attract potential partners

People online have been left seriously divided over the practice of attracting a partner by using your body's own natural perfume.

Incase you're one of the few who don't venture onto TikTok very often - the trend we're talking about is, of course, 'vabbing'.

What is vabbing?

Now, if you're reading this and wondering 'what the hell is vabbing?' we're here to shed some light on the trend.

Vabbing is an amalgamation of the words 'vagina' and 'dabbing' (yes, you have read that correctly) and involves applying vaginal secretions to certain areas of the body in order to attract a potential partner.

There's no clear evidence on who was the mastermind behind the vabbing trend, however, it can be traced back to a 2022 TikTok post from a user called Mandy Lee who declared: "I swear if you vab you will attract people, like a date, a one night stand. Or you'll just get free drinks all night."

So, just to be clear, vabbing means you apply vaginal fluids to pulse points on your neck, wrists and behind the ears and hope that human nature will do the rest.

The trend has left users divided for obvious reasons, with vabbing enthusiasts swearing blind that the practice has gained them an army of lovers, while others have gone as far to denounce the trend as nothing short of a health hazard.

"Thank you for giving me another reason to wear masks and not hug people," one TikTok user wrote under a post about the trend.

Is there any real science behind vabbing?

The second question on everybody's mind - after 'what' - is to ask if there's actually any scientific basis behind the trend or if it's a phenomena entirely exclusive to the murky depths of social media.

After all, how many women do you think would admit to dipping a finger in their vaginal juices before smearing it along their neck and wrists in real life?

When it comes to the science behind vabbing, the evidence is pretty thin on the ground.

The trend is based off of the idea of pheromones, a chemical substance secreted in our bodily fluids, which has the ability to attract a mate who would be compatible to us. There is currently no studies on the link between pheromones and vabbing at the moment, but that's only a matter of time - looking at you biology students.

Potential health risks of vabbing

Asides from the obvious precautions, such as making sure the wash your hands thoroughly before to avoid giving yourself an infection, there are no known health risks to vabbing.

Sex and relationship therapist Jodie Slee would even go as far as saying that vabbing could be a positive movement, especially if it removes previously held ides that vaginas should be considered 'unsanitary'.

"If vabbing helps women realise that their natural body odour is not just normal but attractive, then this is something I can get on board with," she told Women's Health.