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This scent is devastatingly beautiful. Fruity, floral, beautifully well blended and with amazing staying power. It also lasts for a full 12 hour shift on me. I can't say I smell the saltiness, but luckily the pineapple is not too sharp or bitter on me. So pretty! ordering a FB for sure.

Is the licorice very strong?

Yaaassss. *waits patiently*

Oooh I hadn't seen that one! woooooo

Enjooooy!! I first found it when I had no idea that the nosleep articles were "possibly" fiction and I was super engrossed and paranoid until I figured it out. It was sooooo good!!

 

I'm glad you liked my attempt at Creepypasta, heh. It was based on my favorite one, which goes something like: In all the years I've lived in this house, I've opened more doors than I've shut.

Loooove creepypasta stuff! My favorite is a /r/nosleep post I read about a year ago... https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/26rhij/i_came_home_today_and_someone_else_has_been_in_my/ Loving the descriptions of the NRs as well!

November is what is called Pheromas. All the new releases with be phero enhanced. Additionally, all pheros & phero blends will be available in a smaller sample size. NOT the trial size.

The Pheromas offerings are larger. Usually cost $15.

Some of the trials in the women's sampler are phero enhanced. Have fun!

Maaaaan I can't wait.

 

Not sure if you know this, but in November all NR will be phero enhanced That is my favorite month!

OHHH I actually didn't know this! I thought it was just trial sizes of the UN pheros! Thanks!!

You mentioned that you want him to be into pleasing you... You might try some of the bonding pheros like perfect match? That one gets me feeling sexy but also affectionate. And it's a unisex phero blend!! I LOVE when the bf wears it. You will have no trouble finding a scent you like, though!! I am still fairly new and get the best results when I use the phero'd scents. Mara blends them expertly and I usually manage to use the right amount. You may also like garland w/lace v5. That's a flirty feminine phero blend (might help boost your confidence?) with a great creamy fall spice scent, since you like gourmand and spicy and he loves cinnamon. Also I'm highly anticipating November when you can buy trials of unscented pheros!! You just have to try and see what blends you like best. For me it's PM and lumina. Best of luck and Im sure you'll have fun figuring out what you like best!! Welcome!!

Welcome!! Get ready to get addicted!! Haha

That bubble bath is so cute!! I might have to look into the dimensions of the bottle to see if it will fit into my guest bathroom vanity.

I can't wait to read the notes

Hi and welcome!! I Think the best way to start is through fragrances!! The perfume/phero combinations are a little easier to use because you just use as much as you want to smell good!! The fragrances can help you get in that mindset and the pheros just work right into that mindset. Plus all of the scents are so gorgeous! You'll have it figured out in NO TIME! And you'll be smelling delish! Which is not to say that I've got it all figured out, but it IS to say that I smell delish all the time!! haha

Welcome again!

Aww, I feel so bummed now.

Aww I'm sorry! LP white is soo beautiful as well!! And ceremony is still available

Perhaps there will be something in November that will suit you.

 

I missed out on getting a full bottle of this during the sale. It was on my list but I was waiting for the next paycheck and by the time I could order it was gone. However, Cutie_Pie was nice enough to sell me her bottle.

Yeah, I'd love a great LFM/LFN scent

Today I wore this for the second time and while there's a little fruitiness wet, once it's dry, all I get is this cloying coconut. I've never been a huge coconut fan so I'm having a hard time really getting into this. It doesn't smell bad, just not my thing. I'll finish up my trial vial and keep my eye out for other LFM/LFN scents.

This scent (v5) is DELICIOUS. It is christmas spice in a glass of creamy, warm, steamed milk for me! This is fairly reminiscent of AHE w/Lumina, of which I purchased 2 bottles because I love it so much. The lumina makes me very happy and floaty, and I'm wondering what Lace would do for me.

ETA: Well, after about an hour, the gingerbread man has come out to play! Still smelling strong.

Scent-wise, this is VERY soapy for me. In the vial it smells like a hospital hand soap (but in it's defense, we have fairly nice soap at my hospital! Hahah!). It's very strong and has good throw. It also lasts a long time. It smells very clean and fresh. The BF actually chose this for me to wear to bed, so I can't speak to the phero aspect. When I woke up it still smelled powdery and clean. I like it much better after drydown because initially it is VERY intense for me.

I'm wondering if I might have to let this mellow a bit for me. I don't get much of the tea at all, which is what I was hoping for more of. This is really strong on the apricot, and while it is very bright, it doesn't convey the sort of zen calm I associate with a tea ceremony. Not on me, anyway. The one thing I will say is that strongly fruity scents come across as "sticky" to me where as this doesn't so I think the tea and other notes must be cutting through it. So I found this to be more of a fun, summery scent than a meditative one (which is what I had been expecting).

 

I did get one surprising evocation though. I'm not an apricot eater and I took a deep sniff when I first put it on to see what apricots smelled like. I felt like I had smelled something like that before, a long time ago, so I took another sniff. Suddenly I was transported back to my childhood, when I had an apricot-scented doll from the Strawberry Shortcake cartoon series. I would not have remembered owning those dolls, or the fact that they were all scented, had I not been sniffing this perfume and trying to place it. Obviously this perfume does not smell like a scented doll from the 80s, but something about it evoked that memory for me.

You just reminded me of the strawberry shortcake doll I had in the 80s that blew strawberry-scented kisses when you squeezed her!!

This might sound silly but how does this compare with LP White? I was intrigued by this one but decided to play safe and ordered more LP White since i already have tested that one.

I was thinking the same thing. Its a SHAME that I sent my trial vial of LP white to my mom today, as I could have done a better comparison. Ugh!! From what I remember, the ceremony version starts of a HAIR brighter and sits just a little more earthy after drydown. They are very similar, but LP white is sweeter and a tad less complex to me.

I am IN LOVE with this! Thank you Katz for sending me a sniffee as this was on my to-sniff list!! It IS wearing off fairly quickly BUT it is SO amazing. I will see if I can stretch that sample to a whole application tomorrow. I am getting that forward apricot scent wet, and it is drying down to an amazing vanilla sandalwood but with a hint of complexity from the teas. BEAUTIFUL.

RIP brookejones, you died smelling what you loved.

THIS JUST MOVED TO ETSY!!!! OH NO. . .It may be almost gone! I snagged an extra bottle. It's my fav on a man.

Where can I find this? Please don't tell me it's gone... I need this. I NEED IT D':

Can I be a backup for starry night if there ends up being an extra bottle?!

Belle, sometimes LFM and my cycle don't mix either. My hormones can get the best of me and flatten out even the best of 'mones. LFM is no different. I've experienced being a bit peevish wearing it, even though more often than not it puts a glide in my step and smile on everyone else's face.

 

I will add that (mysteriously) Pirouette is the one fragrance I've smelled the whole gamut of notes on. There have been times when it's all nut one week, then all citrus three days later, then all sugar the next week, then all coconut the week after that... It's a baffling testament to personal chemistry and how skilled Mara is as a master perfumer.

 

More experienced members can speak to the use of more. My two cents would be to give it another go either on your cycle or off, in a few more days.

Yeah I was reading your review on pirouette. It really is amazing how delicious, complex and personal these scents are! It was all coconut goodness for me, scent wise. I was just so grumpy but it might have been situational and nothing to do with lfm. I'll have another go after the cycle is done. Right now it's balm bomb, balm bomb, balm bomb all day errday! Loool

Is it possible that this could make me more irritable? I wore pirouette w/lfm last night and Tuesday night and was totally fighting utter grumpiness. I'm on my cycle though. Or maybe I didn't use enough?

He stuggles enough with the weight of the outside world.

It's alot to deal with, isn't it? *siiiiiigh* Good luck dear

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Hi Cycle Kitten. I suffer from extreme clinical anxiety. I have used Balm Bomb with success if I hit it *before* the anxiety levels become too intense. I can not attest to how it works for men however. B 2 is a heavier hitter. I am feeling some of the concern that Cheeseburger has expressed. When it comes to depression, one can never be sure how much another person is suffering , no matter how close you are to them. Could it be that it's time to sit down and try to speak openly with him about your concerns? Is your husband aware of your BF's anxiety/depression issues? If you were to decide to approach the subject, do you feel that he would be more receptive to opening up if it were just the two of you talking, or would it maybe put him more at ease to have your husband present as well? I think if I were in your position, these are things I would be asking myself. I pass no judgement at all on people who have found happiness in polyamorous relationships. I think what is concerning me, is the strict, old fashioned upbringing that you mentioned in that perhaps it is he who is carrying around some sort of guilt and judging himself. I think for many people, some of whom I am close friends with, polyamory can work quite well when all people involved are completely comfortable with the lifestyle and feel secure. It's only my opinion, but I think I would try approaching the situation by talking openly before taking the phero route. Of course, it could perhaps assist in dealing with having "the talk." For that, I am thinking maybe, Open Windows, Empathy Potion, and if anyone can suggest a calming phero that could be helpful to both genders, I would think you might do well to consider those as well. I'm sorry. It's very painful when someone you love is suffering and of course you will end up feeling it as well. I really wish all of you luck with this. I hope you will post updates.

Rose, your comments are always so... complete! And thoughtful and sensitive. Life goals. Haha! Too bad I'm too brash for it.

I third the therapy comment. Screw the stigmas! It helps and even if he is not suicidal, it sounds like he might benefit from therapy, or maybe couples therapy or something would help. Shit, I want to go to therapy too! Haha!