Get out of the way, Tinder. There's a new dating app on the scene hoping to disrupt the way we find that one special person to eventually melt down in an IKEA with over the relative merits of a Kvikne wardrobe versus a Trysil. Described by Wired as "a sort of 23andMe meets Tinder meets monogamists," Pheramor's secret to success is your DNA. That's right--for a low-rate of $19.99 plus a $10 monthly membership fee, the Houston-based online dating startup promises to match local singles who are compatible not only socially but genetically. The app's matching algorithm analyzes 11 special "attraction genes" supposedly linked to our pheromones--olfactory signals that some believe trigger attraction.

Christopher Plata doesn't have time or patience for bad dates anymore. The 30 year-old nursing student has been trying for years to meet Mr. Right--first on Grindr and Compatible Partners (eHarmony's queer subsidiary), and more recently on Bumble--and has yet to find someone with whom he shares a real connection. "I've really been through the ringer," he says. So in December, while he was attending Houston's Day For Night music festival, he stopped by a booth hawking cheek swabs, and handed over a few thousand cheek cells in the name of love. The booth belonged to Pheramor, a Houston-based online dating startup that claims to use your DNA as the secret sauce in its matchmaking formulation.

If you've had enough of disappointing first dates, this new app could herald a new era of dating where you have sexual chemistry with every person you meet. A genetics-based app called Pheramor has pinpointed 11 genes that link to our pheromones and therefore whether we are sexually compatible with someone. Experts say this information could reveal how diverse someone's immune system is compared to our own - and all you have to do is take a swab from your cheek. Pheromones are chemical signals secreted in bodily fluids such as sweat that influences the behaviour of the opposite sex - including triggering sexual interest. People can take swabs from their cheek in order to isolate the 11 key genes that control how attracted we are to other people.