--- title: This Is Exactly How Much You Need to Drink to Seem More Attractive description: Researchers at the University of Bristol have provided a pinpoint answer to an age old question. canonical: https://time.com/3738550/alcohol-sexy-attractive-opposite-sex-wine-drink/ author: Rishi Iyengar article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-03-10T08:31:03.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:47:55.351Z og:title: This is How Much You Should Drink to Be More Attractive og:description: The precise amount, backed by science og:url: https://time.com/3738550/alcohol-sexy-attractive-opposite-sex-wine-drink/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt704db103939f167d/69878158e20a87ae76a85536/time-healthiest-foods-red-wine1.gif?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: healthiest foods, health food, diet, nutrition, time.com stock, red wine, alcohol og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This is How Much You Should Drink to Be More Attractive twitter:description: The precise amount, backed by science twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt704db103939f167d/69878158e20a87ae76a85536/time-healthiest-foods-red-wine1.gif?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Is Exactly How Much You Need to Drink to Seem More Attractive, Backed by Science by [Rishi Iyengar](https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Mar 10, 2015 8:31 AM UTC  Photograph by Danny Kim for TIME; Gif by Mia Tramz for TIME by [Rishi Iyengar](https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Mar 10, 2015 8:31 AM UTC Want to seem more attractive to the opposite sex? Drink one — [exactly one](http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/03/150309211523.htm) — very large glass of wine. That’s what a recent study by a group of researchers at the University of Bristol’s School of Psychology, published in Science Daily, suggests. The researchers asked 40 heterosexual men and women, divided equally between both genders, to complete an attractiveness-rating exercise. The volunteers were then shown two images of a person, one taken while the subject was sober, one after the subject had consumed 250 ml of wine (equivalent to a very large glass), and one after 500 ml of wine (two-thirds of a bottle) had been consumed. The photos of those who drank 250 ml wine were rated as more attractive, followed by images of sober subjects. The photos of those who had drank 500 ml were considered least attractive. The researchers attributed this to the increased facial flushing that comes with consuming low amounts of alcohol, along with additional muscle relaxation and subtle smiles that portray a heightened positive mood. 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