VexedGlory

I have a question: what will happen if they are exposed to heat and light? i, too, have mine in a cool dark place, but i took a phero oil roll on with me in my purse while driving and didnt notice it had fallen out in my warm car after i'd gotten out. it was maybe an hour before i noticed and retrieved it. i took a sniff and things seemed fine, but i was just curious.

I think this is just going to make me stalk the Whisker Wishes bottle numbers. :-s

I had always wondered why it was called that, too. You learn something new every day, haha.

That's what I'm thinking too! So next time I place an order, I'll be adding a sample of OCCO Red just to see if layering and adding a little sweetness from its notes makes a difference.

I'm going to wind up needing the Whisker Wishes too. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it doesn't sell out by the time I'm able to set aside some funds for my next order.

This is all super good to know. I have my sample of LP Red and I'm still not quite sold on it but I always keep reading such amazing reviews and reports from you all that I felt like I was the only one who wasn't feeling the amazement. I think I just have to let it age a bit and return to it or let my own tastes evolve as well to appreciate it more. Right now, whenever I wear it, it just wears as heavy cinnamon til it softens. I never mind it after it softens, but I've personally never been a cinnamon gal.

On the stalking front, this has probably been done before but I'm too new to know. I secretly hope that this month's new releases are mythology themed. And since ambrosia is the food of the gods in some myths, oh hey, everyone would get another round of OCCO Ambrosia (even though that was just rebrewed and then sold out, one can dream).

I'm dittoing the OCCO Ambrosia crowd. I luckily had ordered a trial vial when it came out but then the full sized bottles were gone in a blink of an eye. Just goes to show how awesome these formulations are!

This is one that I tested out today as well and am totally enamored by. It settles softly and doesn't come off as powdery on my skin, but it's definitely clean and sexy. And it's very light and subtle. I'm absolutely also ordering a full bottle of this if there are any left. It's lovely.

I have the same issue as Chai in that mine feels a bit off to me. It's definitely a great fragrsnce but I'm amping the cocoa butter like crazy so I wind up smelling like chocolate for a while. But hours later, the other notes emerge and I can tell how many layers and complexities are within this scent, so it makes me want to hold onto it and take it for a few more spins.

Thanks, everyone! I havent worn anything overly sexy in social situations (i think), it's just not how I roll anyway. I'm more into fun and friendly sorts of scenes. I just didnt want to be offputting or disrespectful to anyone so I figured I'd gauge opinions here. Thanks for all the feedback!

I was just curious if anyone noticed a difference in phero effects or hits on people in different relationship realms? To expand upon this a little further and not be so vague, I feel like my male friends who are super single respond more favorably and obviously to pheros, whereas ones who are in relationships with other people wind up coming off as either a bit more protective or they either shy away altogether. Is this because their hormones are more in tune with those people they are already with? I was just curious because I don't want to be emitting something off-putting to my already attached friends, or should I just chalk it up to everyone responds to pheros differently?

I wore my sample of this today and have to agree with the triple milled soap comparison. Much like Halo, I didn't get any patch, pepper, or wasabi, however. It was definitely all powdery floral for me. Usually, that would drive me away from a scent, but after it settled, the florals and powderiness blended really well into one another. It is indeed calming, and very clean without being overwhelming or sharp.

I received my package today, too! Thanks, Mara! I'm already plotting my next set of purchases.

Regarding the guy you're interested in and your roommate: as I've read on this forum, sometimes some of the pheros need to accumulate to produce a hit? Someone with more experience will be able to correct me if I'm wrong as I dont want to give misleading info. Or, perhaps you haven't found the sweet spot of the right amount to be using for you. Perhaps it was just too much or too little. So don't be disheartened yet!

Ooh, I just ordered this and reading your reviews makes me feel excited. My friends have always told me I'm the most intuitive of the bunch and if something amplifies that even slightly, I'm a happy camper. Plus, I heart lemongrass.

I got around to testing out my Honeyed LP with Gotcha and it is by far my favorite. I wish I'd been brave enough to snag a full bottle when I was discovering this site. I wore it in a social setting knowing that the guy I'm interested in would be there, and I felt like a couple of my male friends were friendier, wanted to play more games, and spend a bunch of time together and stuff. Weirdly, but I take it as a positive actually, the guy I'm interested in grew a bit more shy even, which is not like him at all. But from having read up on hits here on this forum, I think that's exactly what it was. He would kind of stay close, get a little ummm "overwhelmed" is probably the easiest way to put it and have to leave to readjust himself, haha, and come back. Scentwise, this smells beautiful. I've never been a honey person but there's almost something spicey about it that leaves me wanting more. Maybe "spicy" is not the right word, but a definite warmth to the scent that rounds out wonderfully.

I just got my samples today! I couldn't fight the curiosity so I took a quick sniff of all of them and I really love the smell of Cuddle Bunny and Playdate already (I'd put the latter in to possibly give away, but now I'm definitely keeping it). My immediate and extreme affinity for Cuddle Bunny has me rethinking whether I was even right to say that I'm anti-florals, lol. I wound up getting a little of the Rocket Fuel on my hands and now I keep getting distracted and pausing to sniff myself every couple of minutes, haha. Anyway, I have a major test on Tuesday morning so send some good vibes my way and I'll let you know how things go once I start testing these out! :-D Thank you, all, again for the awesome suggestions/guidance.

I opted for trial sizes of Cuddle Bunny and Rocket Fuel. And for fun, I threw in OCCO:Ambrosia. Mara is absolutely lovely and made my day because she still had a Honeyed Love Potion trial size that sold out while I was in the process of checking out. And I think I tossed in another random trial size or two to either experiment with or give out to friends to see if they want to join me on the phero train. I don't know how long trial sizes last so I'm anticipating aiming for Gotcha as my first full size, but at the same time, I can't quite say yet til I've tried out some more. But I'll definitely let everyone know how everything goes, you've all been so welcoming!

Hi again, everybody! Wow, thank you for all the amazing responses!! (And I do remember you, Honeycake - thank you for referring me here!!) To reply to some of the questions and comments and stuff that stuck out: Firstly, don't worry, everyone, I would never *ever* change myself for anyone. I've always felt that we should love others, and that others should love us for exactly who we are. Not "despite" this or that, but for it. Do you talk a lot? Well, I love you for it! Do you get really testy when you haven't gotten enough sleep? Well I'll love that about you and will most likely remember that it's a quality you possess and won't get annoyed by it if it comes up in action. I only meant that if people point out that I might be doing something in an extreme manner, then I'll stop to consider how I'm behaving and then I wonder if it unconsciously promotes a disconnect. For example, I do like going the extra mile for those I care about: friends, family, and otherwise, and so what starts out as "I'll buy my friend a get well balloon" can easily turn into "I just bought her a dozen balloons and a million pieces of candy and gifts and wrote out two cards" when she only has a cold, lol. So that's when I tend to notice stuff like being mommish. And even then, I mostly just tell people to deal with it, or point out that if I didn't act whatever way, nothing would get accomplished. Sometimes you need a momma bear to keep things going! The classroom sense, people have definitely told me the intimidating or competitive thing, but I've always been really career/academics oriented, so I would definitely never compromise any of that just because someone else is threatened by it. However, if/when I do find that things are becoming stagnant, or if I feel I'm in need of a change or that something's a self-perceived weakness, I like working on that too. For example, I hate running. Haaaate it. So this summer, I'm going to try working on being better at running. Before you all had responded, I just didn't know what sort of self-characteristics info was needed for pheromone guidance, because even though I'd read a ton of threads, I hadn't actually noticed the congruence thing so I didn't know what to play up or what would pose a conflict. Like would a truth serum-effecty phero be the best idea when I'm already really open with others? Stuff like that, so I threw it all in. Overall though, I'm cool with (and happy) being me! So thank you all, once more, for your concern on a personal level! Race/ethnicity-wise: I don't tend to stick with only people of my own culture or anything. I know exactly the groups you are referencing, but it's not me. I mentioned it because, like Beccah, I feel like genetic makeup, blood type, and other factors might play a role in these sorts of things. For example, my part-South Asian side leads to more hair growth or perspiration and stuff. Or I can tolerate a hell of a lot more spiceyness than my friends can, lol. And I have enough female friends so I don't feel like I'm lacking, I just find that I primarily hang out with my guy friends. We share a lot of the same interests whereas my female friends and I could not be any more different. So it isn't a socially stuck thing, I just felt like they'd sort of gotten used to me in a way where they aren't protective/nurturing/attentive like they are with other females. And despite my better efforts and reminding them, I felt like it might be a sciencey issue, which brings me to: DHEAS testing: I don't mind sharing (and sorry if it's TMI) - my cycles aren't the most regular, so my physician ran blood tests and ultrasound stuff for PCOS. But everything came up negative, all my other hormones are fine, and there are no cysts or anything. But the low DHEA-S was something that was definitely there. The solitary number amongst all the normals. So I was referred to an endocrinologist (because I asked to be, just in case) who then said it just seemed life/school stress related and said I was fine. I disregarded my low levels of it entirely until, when doing pheromone research, I noticed it popping up as an ingredient and became curious. Plus... it's a weird pattern, but when I do have my cycle and stuff, I do actually notice people acting very slightly nicer or smilier or something the week before, (which now I assume then falls into the range of possible copulin production or other stuff), but then it subtley tapers off. So on a sciencey level, that adds to my curiosity. I definitely don't think there's a cure-all for me, and I know there's no secret trick for making things happen, but on the off chance that my low DHEA-S levels were/are unconsciously/physiologically affecting my interactions over time because of low levels and stuff, I figured, let me try and help myself out a tiny bit. Socially, I'm like, whatever, actually. My main interest, even though I know I stressed the boy situation heavily (but hey, who doesn't like being in love with somebody, right?), isn't in luring a guy or anything. It's mostly just that I don't want to be handicapping myself in some way if I can help it (or even if I can't help it, like the DHEA-S level thing). So if people could be .01% cooler with the help of pheromones, (or I could feel .01% cooler about the fact that they're not cooler, lol), then why not? And I don't want to look back at the end of the day and think, hey, I had some way to help me in getting what/who I'm seeking or to be the best me I could be and didn't take the chance. I ordered a few trial sizes and I can't wait to see how it all goes! It's really exciting! Thanks for everything!

I'm usually into scents that are spicy, or citrusy, or green, I'd say. Definitely not foods or florals. And thank you for the input!

I made a similar post on another phero board and they told me to come here. So I lurked for a bit and here I am! I'm new to pheromones and am really interested in giving them a try and seeing if they add a little enhancement to my life. I just needed some help about which combos might be right for me and what I'm looking for, plus I had some questions. A couple of things about me, I'm a 27 year old Middle Eastern/South Asian-mixed ethnicity plus sized grad student, which means I'm overworked or sleepless all the time (Random aside: Has anyone had any issues with being a larger size and proportion of applied pheromones? I'm a size 16-18, so it's not like I need a forklift, but if I need bigger jeans, then I assume I'd need to adjust the amount of pheromones used too, but I don't want to OD on stuff. Any suggestions?). I don't have trouble talking to folks, I like to think of myself as positive, outgoing and supportive. I'm told that I come off as self assured, and approachable, so I'm not sure if I need help in that department. However, I tend to mostly hang out with guys, I guess I'm not viewed as very girly or feminine even though I wear a lot of dresses and enjoy domestic endeavors. I'm told it's because I'm very laid back/not high maintenance and because I might run the gamut from being a bit intimidating in the classroom to being too nurturing. Add to all these things that I'm not a person who physically hangs on others or does a lot of touching (Whoops!) and I guess it means I'm not coming across as a sexual being and maybe just as a friend. Ooh, and I found out I'm naturally low on DHEAS. There's no real reason why, though my doctor said it might just be school stress. I wonder if this has an effect on my interactions with folks. So anyway, I'm trying to work on all this stuff because while I'm confident in myself, who I am, and what I have to offer, it still feels sort of lame to be a wingman for the fellas and get told that I'm cutesy but not turn some heads in the way that I want. So after reading a ton of reviews, I impulsively ordered PherX and Pure Instinct to see if they'd provide a little help in upping my game in attracting a different sort of attention. But then I kept researching and more and more people kept recommending LPMP, so I'm just going to return the unopened bottles of the other two. Secondly, and more importantly to me, there's this guy. There's *always* a guy in these things, right? He and I are very close. We're friends. We have great chemistry. We talk often enough. We do a lot of activities together. We started off with a ton of flirtation and touchiness and physicality, and it sort of died down after he had some personal stuff happen (not between us, just in general). He's such a touchy-feely guy overall anyway, so sometimes it really stands out to mutual friends and myself that suddenly there is a difference in our interaction on a physical level, but not an emotional/intellectual level. Since I care about him so much, this bothers me. Plus, he's still retained that same level of physical interaction with everyone else in his life, so I'm unable to wrap my mind around what's changed. I can't seem to move past the idea that we started something and it never got a chance to be fully realized, or that there was a path that we started down that sort of hit a bump and stopped. I really really above all else, want the touchiness and playfulness and physical closeness back. We weren't in a relationship or anything, but you never notice how much you miss the small things like holding hands randomly or being led around by the small of your back until it's not there anymore. I often wonder if it's the same thing as above where maybe he just doesn't view me in a sexual manner anymore, like maybe I'm in a friendzone or he thinks of me as a mom figure despite us being the same age. (Ugh, I can't help it, I like baking for folks and being a cheerleader for all they do). So anyway, in the meantime, I've increased my touchiness, and I think it helps a little bit but I guess I was just looking for a bit more, and I don't like things feeling so one-sided. I'm not quite sure what angle to approach here in terms of pheromones and that's where I needed advice from all of you. Since we already have a bond, do you think just straight up copulins or something would be the right move? Or something that bombards the senses like Sexpionage or Sexology or Blatant Invitation? Or do hits just seem more natural with stuff like Gotcha? Gotcha's description seemed to fit nicely with my perpetual Ross-Rachel will-they-wont-they frustration, but I think I need something stronger than that even (Plus, even though we are tight, I can't say that this guy veers to any particular side of being an alpha male and wanting to protect, or being a sensitive dude. He's in the middle. He's definitely come to my rescue before, and his previous girlfriends tend to be on the very feminine side). I thought the Estratestraenol Pheromone Spray seemed like it had the right ingredients, but it's also crazy expensive and I still have student loans to think about, haha. :-p Anyway, I'm trying to find a decent balance between sex/lust and love because although we're not in a relationship, it's almost like we are, and though I'm not shy, it's hard to figure out how to start to get him back to a more playful spirit. I thought Cuddle Bunny or Bang even sounded good in this respect. Plus, then I figured any one of the above would be a minor enough reminder to all my male friends that, hey, I'm still a female! And so, win-win. I'm not expecting miracles in either scenario, but I figured if anything can help in the smallest of ways to supplement the positive I try and put out in the world, well that can only lead to more good things. So yup, clearly, I'm pretty lost. Thank you, everyone, for reading this long plea for advice, and all your help!