StacyK

On 7/6/2018 at 3:38 PM, Eggers said:

I know that most people think that this smells really youthful and girly. I swear though, for me it evokes peaches and peach fuzz and skin and peach-fuzz-skin, and it flips the "sexy" switch in my brain. That under-ripe green peach tinge comes off almost like a musk, and I just LOVE it. This is still one of my favourite LPs for summer wear. I'm just about to finish my first full bottle. Thank goodness I have a back-up! (Although I wouldn't be opposed to a rebrew... maybe Eggers in the Clovers? This is still such a fabulous scent and I'm SO GLAD that I have it to enjoy! Thank you!  

This has aged very well.

I put this on today, as I am avoiding anything phero until by physiology settles down. 

I get a much more musky forward  fragrance. The peach is one of my favs ever. It's young and a bit green. But not tart or sour as some of the other green peach notes have played out on my skin. Or maybe its the way the other notes balance it out.

I think the red clover is more prominent to my nose now. To me it lends a warm hazy note to the musk that brings the Summer Dance musk to mind. With all this I stil get that firm peach, faint floral and green aspect with drips of that semi animalic honey here and there. Grr.

Definately a fragrance that makes me want to go outside a throw a ball for the dog and have some type of idealic picnic. Or if I can't get the outside time I can carry a bit of it on my skin.

What a lift. 

If a fragrance ever begged for OW & a dab of cops together, this is it. 

1 hour ago, halo0073 said:

Now you guys need to get it in spray!! It hits so much better in spray.

Yes. Very true.

I think this was the first single molecule I bought. Although I always have Topper on hand. I like the option of straight DHEAS. For me, the sweet spot is usally 1 or 2 sprays. It all depends on how I'm feeling that day. 

I have gone 3 & 4 sprays. 4 was far too much for me. When I wear it with a blend, my favorite combos are with EOW,  EST, CB, LAM, Sexology & it's intresting with TH too. 

15 hours ago, Eastwood22 said:

I'm at a music festival in the redwoods, it's 90 degrees here in the shade. I'm laying down on my fainting blanket.

Lol.

oh I loved N. California. Miss it.

4 hours ago, Eastwood22 said:

@StacyK a fainting couch! You're so funny!!!

I was so serious. 

I really want one though. Actually I saw a "love seat" but it was like a "love chaise".  It was soo cool. That's what I need. To be able to comfortably faint or chill on something like that. Haaa.

I actually need one right now. I've just had my first drink in 3 months. Its 88° out. I am feeling it. Lol. Quite the buzz

On 6/7/2019 at 7:57 AM, halo0073 said:

My kids will play cards sometimes. When my youngest was having a Ton of anxiety last fall and winter that’s all we did. But I reallllllly miss playing 4 player cards like Euchre, Spades or Hearts. Those are my favorite 

I love that. Now that the little beasts are basically adults its hard to get a game going.

How do you do it online?

I grabbed this one, thinking it was the Original. 

I like this rendition. But, not as much as the original. Except for the lavender, I am not sure which note it is, there is a note that is very bright on my skin. It tends to overtake the scent and me. Its not terrible. But, it pokes at me. It can get intrusive.

Fragrance wise this version is not as soothing on my skin. But, it is restorative.

That pokey note makes it a bit more invigorating which is ok. But not quite the effect I was looking for based off the origional.

I never saw this. Its pretty easy though. On a man...

#1 Dark Desires

Then in no particular order;

Tonka Musk

Top Dog

H200 oh (you know what I mean)

Lucero

Xavier 

Pinnacle 

ILori (sp?)

Probably 1 or 2 I am forgetting. 

7 hours ago, halo0073 said:

Don’t freak out too much guys! While that one was actually made by that formulator that we are no longer doing business with, Gotcha was 100% Mara’s idea and baby so it won’t be terribly different when it returns.

Please keep telling me this... I practically needed a fainting couch yesterday. Seriously.

I know shit happens.

I was like, Aww when I heard about Bang. But, I knew I'd survive.

But, GOTCHA is my total jam in a specific area and nothing else does that. My heart litterally started beating fast.  It is just so magically effective for me. 

Sorry to get hysterical, can't help it.

Breathing.. in...out... 

18 hours ago, oceanjewel said:

Gotcha is my fav too! It should be back eventually, but yeah, if there’s any left, might want to order now

None in shop. I looked immediately when I saw this topic here. 

Just trying to stay calm now.

7 hours ago, halo0073 said:

The long long drydown is soooo fucking nice. I reapply This all day when I wear it, so I can go through all the stages just to get to the end. A really fun and sexy as hell journey.

IKR! Its AMAZING at that point. On my skin that lasts a good while too. 

Very grrr...

7 hours ago, halo0073 said:

Yin/Ylang. Lol

Ha ha.... 

This one is so intresting. I keep going back to the vial for a sniff.

9 hours ago, johnsonlisa90012 said:

I am on the fence about this.  I absolutely love this dried down after a few hours.  I mean, top 5 love.  And the grapefruit blast at the top and start is great, refreshing, sharp and quickly blends.  So scent wise, incredible.  My big problem with this and with many scents lately is zero throw after 15 minutes.  I can still smell my lotion an hour after I apply in a bit of a waft but this, you have to get right up to my application points after about 30 minutes.  I can smell up to about 4 inches up from application points. Not much difference in the spray I made although I do have more coverage.  It’s not because it is an indie perfume.  I do fine with the other indie perfumes.  I think I need a stronger concentration.;  Any ideas, folks?

Are you sure you are not going scent blind? It happens without even knowing it.

I have been going long stretches, fragrance free, related to health issues. 

I can tell you that when I put on fragrance now, I instinctively use far less than I did. I did not even realise it at first.

I get more off subtle fragrances than I did before. Some last noticeably longer etc. I'm using far less over all with all scents. I also get over powered with too much scent. 

Overall, I feel like its given me a new appreciation for perfume.

Maybe take a week off to reset your nose. Just to make sure. 

1 hour ago, oceanjewel said:

When I asked the shop, John said Gotcha was going to have to be reformulated like SWS. If there’s any left the supply is probably limited at this point. I bought backups just in case

Omg. I missed that in the "SS4W" discussion. I would have bought a ton if back stock had I known. 

I am totally devastated by this.

I can do without the others or find subs. But, Gotcha was my win, win! The secret weapon. I just can't...  omg

@Potion Master is Gotcha still available? 🤔

On my skin, this is the Frenchy of the collection.

I really get a French parfume here. Like I just wandered into some petit magasin a paris and bought a little bottle of indy perfume. 

The almond is on top at first. The other notes are tightly woven and I get that smooth, light base of patch drift up a moment later. 

The longer dry down is something of a close embrace with foody and non-foody notes tightly intertwined together. 

The Ylang and cream are more of a feeling. All so discreetly settled together on my skin. 

This is what light and weighty feel like together. Very yin/yang. 

The fragrance insists on being present. But, is not overbearing. Its not trying to define me. 

IMO its almost a part of the LP variant type. LP French?

Romantic, sweetly sophicated, pretty and smooth. 

On 5/29/2019 at 11:18 AM, Eggers said:

I just meant that sometimes you've gotta do stuff for yourself, regardless of the opinions of others. If I left every perfume that BF didn't like on the shelf, I'd NOT have quite a few of my favorite scents to wear and enjoy for myself. There are so many notes he's not fond of, and a few of them are my favorite notes - coconutty things and cherry things in particular. It's just too much work to navigate his likes on top of my own. Yeah, it's nice when he enjoys the scent I happen to be wearing, but since I have to spend the day with me, I'd rather I like it. Besides, most men's noses are weird and unsophisticated discerners of notes. Half of them say that everything smells like baby powder or "flowers". Those aren't noses I'd want guiding my scent choices.  

Same here. Sing it sister!

On 6/6/2019 at 2:20 AM, Eastwood22 said:

@StacyK I wear CB around him always, my kids are young enough that there's still a ton of interaction. Cuddle Bunny is his kryptonite, he can't do shit to me when I have it on. I think he just had too much nonsense in his head and it flew out his mouth. It took me off guard since it started with me giving him a great pic of our son from when he was about two and him after he just got off a motorcycle trip. I gave it to him in a gift bag at our son's graduation and he barked at me something like, "just put my stuff downstairs if you don't want to look at it, I still own the house, you know." I was taken aback as I meant it in a sentimental way, he said it was "calculating and manipulative" to do it at our son's school in front of other parents. Um, no. And the family sitting next to us was separated, but he wouldn't know that. And exactly no one there cares about our relationship, no one is looking at us or finding us particularly imteresting, they're there for their own kids. And of course we all know that, somehow he does not. After I convinced him it wasn't a calculated attack, he admitted he loves the pic. Me having to apologize and smooth his feathers after he assumes the worst possible motive from me when I'm trying to do right by him isn't unusual. But that's how I got sucked in, I was blindsided by his reaction. 

 

It was when I asked to quit it with the financial digs that he attacked. He led in with a whole bunch of "been thinking a lot about the financial situation since our last meeting," the meeting we had about our house (that I live in with kids.) I did come in to that meeting swimming in CB, so he couldn't assert himself how he had most likely rehearsed in his mind. So now needed to make a few 'announcements' via text. I'm thinking he thought it was safe since he's leaving the country for a week? I dunno. But I'm not taking the bait anymore because it's just old news and fairly boring to argue about the same shit over and over. So he's on a texting time out. He is too involved with the kids to not be in regular contact, but no need for it this week.

 

 I'm sure he's not the first man to feel financially attacked when he's actually just paying child support and spousal support to the woman he talked into staying home with the kids. It's like the saying about death and taxes, you can't avoid them, I think maybe child support should be on that list, too, if one plans on breeding.

 

I just put on Unisexy w/ B2.2, it's such a win/win for the calming. My man just got home from work, maybe I'll slip some into his water. I did some vacuuming in the hopes that it will calm the cleaning beast. 

Yup. You nailed it exactly. God reading that was like a bad flash back.

Flash forward a few years an he's gonna wonder why you are not sentimental or wanting to talk to him at all, unless its really pertinent to the kids. 

I'm so sorry that moment was marred for you. I have had my share.

It can be a messy business. 

Just focus on the kids and try to be happy. 

If you ever try B22 around him let us know. There should be a totally seperate thread about pheros and divorced ex's or ex's with kids. As in we are done! What works in that tough spot. I am not talking about trying to get them back and that shit. Probably needs to be in a journal. Lol

20 hours ago, halo0073 said:

I know it’s annoying but I will buy your BF a plane ticket to come help me with my house. I have been organizing, purging, redecorating and cleaning for weeks and weeks and weeks and still have sooooo much more to do.

In my experience its endless. I think with ADHD it is too easy to find another part of that road to go down once you finish the 1st project. For me it almost always happens before I finish #1. 

Make sure you do before and after photos, at least so you can see your hard work. 

15 hours ago, Eastwood22 said:

Hmmm. I haven't noticed any problems with alpha-nol before, but I was a little more riled up today. I was wearing a fair amount of PP when something calming would've been more appropriate and I let my self fall into that pointless trap again. Not sure if it's because my ex is a mentally twisted ahole & I was looking for a fight, or he's a mentally twisted ahole who baited me and I once again took the bait. Either way, my bad. He's off to another country for the week so I'm going no contact/minimum contact for a bit. Just one more week where he doesn't have the kids at all, and my BF bonds with them, drives them around, cooks and cleans for them, and keeps them entertained. My 13 yr old actually thanked him today for doing so much for them!

 

Point is, the Heart's Ease and the BB helped me stop responding to his insulting texts. AND it smells so pretty! AND it has JASMINE in it! Jasmine and I do not get along! But, yet, this is so lovely. I reapplied after my nightly shower so as not to fall down any more holes. My man will not stop cleaning, like taking every damn thing off every shelf and taking shit apart, like he decomstructed the kitchen island tonight to really get it cleaned up. Earlier he cleaned MY desk. I want to tell him to knock it the fuck off because he's been cleaning like 12 hrs a day but I know it will be nice long term. But WTF? Can he please stop for an hour or so without falling asleep? Is he pregnant and nesting?                           

Oh, Balm Bomb, keep working your magic. 

 

Glad you scored a bottle. I love HE. 

Definately wear it around the ex if he's a button pusher. I like any of the 3 relaxing blends around the ex. MLH or Dom work for me too. If it get's really bad try the B2. I know its hard. Its a situation that took me a long time to settle into. 

Then, I can't say why, maybe time? Its like a switch flipped. Maybe, i was tired of caring at all. But, I was like.. enough. I dont feel it anymore.

The last text he sent me that pissed me off, I was getting off work and there's this shit on my phone. Some all of a sudden faux caring bullshit abought my daughter. I. Could feel my BP rising, I was tired. I thought nope not tonight. 

Then later there was a text something like "Did you hear me?" Like he has a MF'kin right to talk to me like that. Like WTF? So... I after about 2 days. I wanted think about it. I sent him an email. 

I briefly & not too politely, laid out the reason I didn't care for his tone. He did NOT talk to me like that. The end. Then I told him he was not to text me.

He was to email me only. 

That's it. I basically suspended him for a year. After that, I have had 2 texts from him. It was ok for that instance. But, it's not at all a habit now and that's a good thing. 

There are a few different Jasmine types. There's one I dont like. Thank god its not in here. 

Maybe you can distract your guy. Go on a bike ride or something. At least tell him to leave your desk. You have it like you like it 😁

On 5/24/2019 at 6:18 PM, luna65 said:

This one is very strong on me!  I really like the way the cocoa butter and the floral notes meld, it reminds me somewhat of Seaside Sizzle, but it's not quite as sweet, I don't think?  It has more of a perfume-y quality to it.  The base is really plush.  But as the fragrance is very intense I would recommend you put on just a little bit at first because I don't know if this one is really for slathering.

I agree with Luna about slathering and intensity.

Seaside Sizzle is da bomb... I could not do Pherodise.  But, I loved the lable. 😙

I love cocoa butter. It seems to me, sometimes, cocoa butter and certain florals don't go together on my skin. I wonder if that is contributing to the issues here.

 I think that's what went wonky with Pherodise. I never had the heart to say it. I didn't want to ruin it for others. But, on me, Pherodise smelled like the place I took my dog to bathe her. Like when it was cleaned. Not a bad smell, but pretty much right on the nose. I like the place but... 

I thought those posts would merge.

This one is nice out of the vial. Fun, warm, bright. 

First on I get a bright burst of fruity/floral. On my skin, after dry down, I get a note that pricks my nose. Its not piercing, almost the opposite. A note that has bugged me before. Almost fruity, but off. Its gotta be the cactus. It happens. 

Fragrances with cactus and cactus type fruits do this to me. I feel like yea, I can do this. Then humm does it smell funny? Do people notice that? It becomes almost pungent on my skin. If only it was aloe. The BFF I made right here at LP.

I'm on the fence. I mean myrrh, Hedione honeysuckle...I love those notes. 

I imagine this without the cactus and feel the cheery bright youthful glow. 

Humm. I will retry. 

Oh my, this is amazing. Beautiful!! 

A disclaimer first. I almost completely disregarded this. Rose doesn't work for me. I can get a skin reaction anywhere from ichy to raised welts. 

I am still in love with "Summer Belle". I'm thinking how much I'd love another dewy summer melon scent, the hint of earth, exchanging grass for flowers. But sadly, rose. Not expecting this to work, that one note.

I carefully applied a very wet swipe in one spot, I did not smoosh around. Just in case I have to wash it off fast.

Out of the vial I smell wet lily and melon on top of the perfume. It's gorgeous!

 Really a skin scent on me.

Moist,  pretty and exquisitely blended.

I wait for the rose to irritate me. Nothing. Mmmm I am still enjoying this.

Perhaps the subtle French version of Summer Belle. Pretty, soft, refined. Yet still getting that outside mist of floral, melons and in the later drydown a faint touch of earth.  

The rose came forward in the LONG DRYDOWN. It did not dominate the scent. It never irritated me. Everything mingled nicely. At this point I have a soft skin scent. I want to believe I smell like this naturally. 

I want a FB or 2. But, I need to try a more liberal test. 

Very excited about the possibility.

Try this ladies. I love it. Not to sound like  an ad from the 60s..

I cannot think of a man who would not be inclined to breathe you in wearing this. 

Ohh I wish @Black Cat were around to squeee over this. 

On 5/25/2019 at 1:24 PM, FlowerPower said:

SWS and Open Windows for sure!! I’m in a profession where people have to trust to give me their large sums of money. If I’m going for an in person appointment, I NEVER am without OPEN WINDOWS. All hail to the Queen of making others feel good! 

 

Now in retail settings Cuddle Bunny makes people want to give me stuff without even opening my mouth as long as I smile and look sweet. 

 

LFM hasn’t shown me anything special either way. 

Yes. Open Windows is a great idea. 

This is very sultry. I can get why its in the summer collection.  If only to add variety to all the lighter, fruity brighter summer notes.

Imaging this on my skin on a humid summer night  .

I get more "exotic" than incense. I kind of want to throw on a saree and let the warm sun heat up my tummy. A drop or two of cops would be very sweet in this.  

But, that long dry down is too much and by that I mean too good. Its pretty OMG. I put a swipe of this in the crook of my arm. So I huffed it all night and the long dry down is TDF. 

I kind of wonder, what if Mara had put a wet steamy note in here. Add steam & It will be a total summer SLF.

I can get the "fall spiced scent" off this. 

I am one of those "other people". The one who starts counting down to FALL right after July 4th. Labor Day? Please.. I am long past summer by then.  

This is also a total win for a wax melt. 

On 5/27/2019 at 10:43 AM, HipGrrrl said:

Wore Heart & Soul layered with Caramel Musk the other day.  I took my daughter to a dentist appointment and then out to lunch.  The employees at this dental office are weird.  They're all happy and friendly, but if one questions them about anything, they get all "I'm a professional - how dare you question me!".  An attitude which irritates the beejeebers out of me.  This day, they were all thrilled to go over the totally screwed up bill they sent me for another kid's visit.  They were thrilled to chit-chat.  They were thrilled to explain everything to me.  Typically, I have to order (seriously ORDER) the hygienists to use the x-ray thyroid collar on my kids and today, they remembered and didn't make a stink.  First time ever, lol.  The appointment coordinator is a very curt woman who never gets conversational.   This day, she and I were commiserating about braces, the weather, bad office coffee, etc., etc.  Crazy.

 

On to the restaurant:  We parked and were walking to the door.  It was a beautiful day, nice breeze and warm.  Out of nowhere, an older man came RUNNING up to us (he was totally downwind from us initially) and started going on and on about whether the restaurant was any good or not.  He did NOT want to stop chatting...I did not want to stand there chatting so I finally very firmly began to excuse ourselves and enter the restaurant...his parting shot was "and you ladies smell so good!" as the door shut on him, lol.

 

We had our late lunch and the restaurant was pretty empty.  Typically, this restaurant's servers are not terribly concerned about the patrons, lol.  I actually really don't like this restaurant because of the very disinterested service and because the food is beyond meh.  My kid likes it (where did I go wrong, lolol?) so there we were.  There were two waiters.  They were concerned.  They were caring.  They were incredibly polite.  They stared in my eyes.  They actually boxed up our leftovers AND put them in a bag!!  Then thanked us over and over again as we walked out the door.  I was totally amazed.

Heart & Soul is one of my all time fav social/snuggly pheros. As Eggers said it IS the "sweetheart" phero.

I also get great selifies from it. I feel exactly like I'm 22 when I wear it. Not 18 not 23. 22, young, cute, a bit sexy,  happy, social, pretty, nubile, bondy... you get it.

What you describe is very H&S in terms of hits. 

Now the warning...  & why I did not recomend for dealing with the cheer moms.

As I said above I love H&S. Hits are great. They are so easy to spot too. Most of all, I love da selfies I get. But...

Pheros are contextual. As you saw with Cougar. 

I bought TH and H&S at the same time.

I was sooo very enamoured of H&S. I did not get those jazzy selifies with Treasured Hearts. So in the beginning it was all Heart and Soul. Which was great, most of the time.

Back then, I was in the school situation similiar to you. Sometimes I would get weird responses when wearing H&S. Now I had been around some of these women before. So the difference was vexing. I thought I should be getting better, right. My actual friends great. Some others, nice!

But, damn bitchy, competitive moms or any other women of that type.  Also, someone that I thought was secure ... wtf?

What I'm saying is that IMO, because H&S gives off that youthful sweetie vibe it can occasionally flip the switch of those too easily threatened by another woman.  Not as intense but in a way, I felt like it was the the phero equilvancy to wearing cops around some women.

Now of course, this is not a hard and fast rule & results can vary by user. 

I just want to give the heads up because of the mom pack you deal with. 

Other than that little hitch, I love the effervescent Heart & Soul.

This is very homme dans le frais. 

Guys!! Get this and wear it for your SO.

The dry down umm. Its fancy shaving cream clean. It must be the labdanum, rose, citrus & mint giving me that. All are pretty common in shaving cream. 

I want to huff this on his chest after a bit of a dry down. Just 1 spritz on your chest and let the Hedione lead her (me) in by the nose. 

I am thinking X Mass gifts here. 

I love LPMP Carnation.

If I had Balls or Ovums I would say this grabed me by them hard at first.

* NOTE. I slathered too liberally.

It started off a unisex Carnation, strong and a little spicy. Yes guys, try a sample. I love carnations on a man  .

After about 15ish mins. It mellows and some of the other notes pop through. As are all these scents, the notes are seamlessly & smoothly interwoven. Carnation is the top note and stays. But, it mellows and blends into a simply georgous scent. Classy & Sophicated come to mind here. If you don't overdose. 

I get a truly amazing unisex (yes even after drydown) scent. Go anywhere with it. I want to wear it to Italy and dance in a fountain. Then I want to give a bottle to a hot Italian guy! 

Very compatible with PM. I could feel OW too. FB.

CIAO!