Amalthea1978

I was hoping that maybe it had aged and I would like it now, but sadly when I tried it on last night...no. It does smell a bit less soapy and more on the floral side than I remember, but I'm not really big on florals either. Oh well, I guess I just can't love them all!

I usually use the little stick to apply a scent to my neck, then put the opening of the vial against my wrist to get a good 'drop' and then smoosh into the inside of the opposite elbow. I do that with each arm, then apply with the stick to my cleavage and usually the back of my neck. Sometimes I apply to my shoulders. It sounds like a lot more than it probably really is, since a trial vial lasts me a LONG time. I go very light with occo's though, usually just a tiny bit with the stick.

This is a great topic! I'm debating on trying out some leather, since I LOVE my little sample of Absinthe of Malice, but I'm afraid of using a more dominant phero since it's SO at odds with my personality. I've been working on repairing a friendship with a co-worker lately, and for the past couple of days I've been wearing straight Est and Topper with fantastic results. So even though I really really want to try out leather, I'm sort of afraid to switch to something so opposite. But I really feel like it would benefit me overall at work. Maybe next week...

You're welcome Princess! And there's no need to send me anything in return, I have so many little sniffys right now that I might never make it through them all! Plus NR's every month, it gets hard to keep up with all the goodness sometimes;)

Wow, 20 bottles! I wish 20 bottles of Absinthe of Malice would magically appear in the cart...I'm kicking myself for missing out on that one. I'm not sure about the phero for me, but it smells AMAZING.

I thought I was really picky about fragrances too, but most of them here are so lovely that even things I thought I wouldn't like, I love. Before LP I was pretty anti-perfume, never finding anything I really liked in the stores, but I find that here there are only a few that I just absolutely can't wear. Even the ones that I only kind of liked were wearable enough to get an idea of whether or not I liked the phero that came with it, and some that I wasn't crazy about initially grew on me after wearing them a bit. Just be sure to let them sit for about a day after they arrive before testing, to get over travel shock. ETA: Princess if I can manage to empty out a sniffy in the next few days I can send you a little bit of H&S. After you've placed an order on the website you'll have to register with Mara for trading, and then just let me know. It will only be a tiny bit because I just have a sampler of it myself, but hopefully enough to let you know if you like it enough to order more.

I've found, for me, that really just experimenting with ALOT of phero blends was the way to go. As a relative newby, I'm finding that what works for some doesn't work for others, and what works a certain way for some people doesn't always work that way for me. For example, most people here like a-nol blends, but they just either flat-out don't work for me or they work badly. I can OD on Cougar super-easily, and most everyone else here loves it. Just my body chemistry, I guess. But Est blends are great for me - I've found that La Femme Mystere is one of my favorites, even though it doesn't necessarily work the same on me as on alot of people. So just search for perfumes with pheromones and start with alot of samples - start with the likely ones that everyone else has suggested, but if they don't work for you just keep trying. When you find the right one for the right situation, you'll be amazed - I swear that one of Mara's blends was recently responsible for mending a friendship that I thought was beyond repair. Good luck, and happy experimenting!!!

I'm already kicking myself for not ordering more of the NR samples, but I'm trying to be good...I feel like I really should have tried at least three more! However, I told myself I'd only order 1 fb a month this year, and between the trade boards and the actual store I'm already up to four in January

I searched "white" and there were quite a few results, but I found the original LP White thread that way. I jumped at this one fb unsniffed - it's iffy, because I love Red and Black but I'm not crazy about Pink or Gold. But I figure, with it being so popular, I can always trade it if I don't like it:)

LP Red - Finally! My sample is getting low and I don't know if I could live without this one. And now LP White (fingers crossed that I like it!) and a couple samples. I've promised myself that I wouldn't go crazy with perfume purchases this year, but Mara makes it so hard not to want EVERYTHING!!!

I finally got around to really testing this one today - I got the UN oil sample during pheromas. I was worrying about the best phero to wear today - me and "the guy" (if I can still call him that, idk) were going to be alone together all day for some planning today. Things have been pretty crappy between us since we got back from the Christmas break - right before we left I gave him my letter telling him how I felt. Long story short, he did not feel the same, and while he's been very polite, I'm working hard just to get him to speak to me or make eye contact. There has been absolutely no smiling, laughing, or joking, which we used to do all the time. I think he's trying hard to not hurt my feelings, but really he wants to just get as far away from me as possible. I personally just miss our friendship and desperately want to get back there, so I was really nervous about today. I thought about wearing several different things, even testing out Leather to see if a completely different vibe would change things up a little, but I finally settled on this one. GOOD CHOICE. Today has been, hands-down, the best day I've had since I gave him that stupid letter. I went pretty light on the Empathy Potion, since reading the trial thread it seemed like it's a less-is-more kind of phero. I think I split 1 tiny drop between each wrist and opposite inner-elbow, and then smeared the end of the dropper on my neck, cleavage, and back of neck. I covered with one of my favorite scents, Kanary Kremes, which I wear pretty regularly, usually with LFM. I didn't get the heightened-senses thing that alot of people reported, but then I don't usually get alot of selfies that I'm aware of, so that's no big surprise. The morning started out tense, pretty much our post-Christmas norm. As soon as I got into the office, he found an excuse to leave, which has also become sadly kind of normal. But we really did need to get alot of work done, so I just printed some things out, set us up at a table, and we got to work. Maybe half an hour in, things changed drastically. He opened up and talked about things we didn't have to talk about. He was making eye contact, and began smiling, even joking some. Things seemed almost normal. This stuff works miracles. Before Christmas we normally ate together for both lunch and dinner. We haven't sat together for a meal since we got back - one day he was even sitting at a table at lunch, and when I sat down he got up and left. I think today he actually expected us to eat lunch together. It didn't work out that way, but if we had it would have been huge for me - a big step toward getting back to normal. So, all in all, it's like I said - this stuff works miracles. I do wish that I could wear it more often, but from everything I've read it seems like it works best if used only occasionally. Still, I'm pretty happy to have it if I need it - if things don't keep looking up, I'll probably wear it again pretty soon. I haven't gotten the overly-emotional effect, either, but like I said, I don't get alot of selfies. And to be honest, since this whole thing with the guy worked out so badly, I've been pretty emotional and weepy anyway, so if I had been today I wouldn't necessarily attribute it to the phero. Thanks so much for this one Mara. Really, honestly, today has been better than Christmas for me.

That's exactly what I did today. I went heavy on the LP Red (it already has added Heart & Soul phero), and layered it with a bit of LP Black and a bit of Lick of Cream. It smelled WONDERFUL!!! It didn't quite last all day like I'd hoped, but then my work day was like 12 hours long today:(

Kanary Kreme on me is VERY lemon...a rich, vanilla lemon, but I don't think I'd go for it as a vanilla. I'm sad that LoC is gone as well, it's one that I just haven't gotten enough chance to sample. Since I've just recently found LP Black, I was thinking of LoC to layer and tone it down a bit. I do think I like the scent of OCCO white better though, so I'm sampling NOCO white and it may be a fb for me.,,

This is a scent I never thought I'd get my hands on a full bottle of...and then, miraculously, it happened... I love this perfume. It smells like a very thick, dense, and rich pear and maple desert. I had sort of rough holidays this year, and I found this scent and phero to be very comforting. I wouldn't say happy, but definitely comforting, which is something I desperately needed for a couple of weeks. I don't get alot of selfies from pheros, but when I wore this I could definitely tell a difference in my mood when I first put it on and it was fresh, and when I'd had it on several hours and it had mostly worn off. I've never really felt a drastic mood change with pheros (except that one od, and that wasn't a GOOD mood change, lol!), it's always more subtle, but during the time I was wearing this the most, every little bit helped. And I did find myself pulling this one out every day, like it was an anti-depressant drug!

Well I tried my sample of this one...another surprise for me, I think I love it! It's so strange how some of these scents, when reading the description, I think I'm going to love and then I don't, and then others that I think won't work for me are some of my favorites. I was really afraid that I wouldn't like LP Red or Black, but Red is one of my favorites and it's in my cart right now for my next order. But now that I've sampled LP Black, I'm finding it hard to choose which one I like best! Of course I haven't worn LP Black out into the world yet, so I guess I should do that before I change my order. I thought I would love LP Gold and LP Pink, and neither of them have been my favorites. But since I DO like Red and Black so much, I might give Pink another try. I'm fairly certain that Gold just isn't going to work for me. Anyway, more specific for LP Black, I love how thick and dense this scent is! I was really surprised, when I looked at the description again, that it doesn't have any licorice in it, because I definitely get a nice licorice smell. And before finding LP, I never would have thought of licorice smell as "nice"! I can't remember which scent - maybe Vieux Carre? - but one of them convinced me that licorice scent is good after all. LP Black is definitely a thick creamy foody smell on me. I'm a little unsure now what I'll be wearing tomorrow...I was planning on LP Red, but this one might just make me change my mind!

I'm trying to wait too...I told myself that for the next few months I was going to order lps that I want that have been around a while...thanks to the trading post I've got Kanary Kremes on the way already, and that was going to be my January fb. Now I'm probably going with LP Red since that was my next one in line...but I really want to see what the NR's are before I order!!!

Thanks everyone. I think LFM is the way to go. Actually I think I'll probably wear "his" best combo, LFM and Kanary Kremes, since I was wearing that alot right before the break when things were going so well. Kind of keeping things on a normal, even keel, you know? I'm still not sure about contacting him. I'm still hoping to hear from him before we have to go back to work, since as soon as we had a break it was Christmas and he was travelling for family, then he was immediately travelling again to a friend's wedding. I'm hoping that when he gets back home I'll hear from him. Honestly, I don't know what on earth made me think this two-week thing was a good idea. It's been two weeks of misery, and imagining the worst possible outcomes. Really, though, after thinking about it ALOT for the past weeks, I can honestly say that as long as we're still friends and things don't get super-awkward, I'll be happy. That's why I hesitate to make contact - I'm kind of hoping that if he doesn't feel the same as I do, we can kind of just ignore it and get back to normal. The more I push things, the less likely that will be.

Hmm, now I'm debating - put my order in January 1, or wait until the NR's come out? Decisions!

I wish this forum had a "like" button...

Hi ladies (and guys, maybe?)! I haven't posted in a while, as I haven't been using alot of pheros during my Christmas break - usually if I wear anything, it's Get Happy with Treasured Hearts. But if you've read my post in the OT forum about the guy, you'll kind of know my situation - I've been interested in a co-worker for a while, can't decide if he feels the same way, although alot of people at work assume we're a couple and ask me about it alot. So on our last day at work together before the break I gave him a letter letting him know how I feel. I've been a wreck during the break so far, mostly convinced that I've ruined our work friendship, and we work together VERY closely so that could be really bad. Anyway, I told him specifically that I was giving him the time to think about things during the break, but I really feel that IF he felt the same way I do he would have been in touch by now, so I suspect the news is bad. We go back to work this Friday, the 3rd, and I'm already wondering what phero to wear to help ease the awkwardness. I know he responds well to est blends, and my favorite is LFM, but I'm just not sure. Plus, even though I assume his response is negative, I really don't know that for sure. I'm also undecided whether I should try to get in touch with him before we go back to work. What do you guys think, about the phero and the situation? What would you wear?

I don't need new releases...I just want the store open so I can catch up on all the ones that are already there that I want!!!

I know amount varies alot from person to person, but I usually make a little circle on each wrist and then rub them into the inside of the opposite elbow, hit the rollerball a few times across my chest and neck, and then roll some onto the back of my neck. I don't really get selfies any more usually from LFM, (or much of anything, really), but it seems to have a good effect on my target guy at this amount. I think pheros work weirdly on me. LFM doesn't get me the distant, mysterious vibe at all - more of a playful, happy reaction. And Lace...it just makes me feel brain dead - I so wish it worked for me!

When I very first started using pheros, blends with Est would make me weepy. The only thing that's made me crabby so far is when I think I OD'ed a bit on Cougar.

Well, I boosted my trial vial of LP Red with a couple drops of Heart & Soul last night, and I tried it out today. I honestly had NOT read this thread (or if I have it was long ago and I didn't remember it!) so I thought it was funny when I started reading about how many people have already paired these two up. I got a sample of H&S during pheromas, and I was just dying to use that little dropper to add it into a scent! Anyway, I'm loving LP Red but when I paired it with LFM and a tiny bit of Aja I had disastrous results with "the guy". I was kind of afraid to wear Red after that, because I know how connected scent is to memory, and it made me worry that even without the pheros I would get the same reaction with just the scent. But on Wednesdays me and the guy don't typically see alot of each other anyway, usually only for about an hour, so I figured today would be a good day to test - I'd be around him enough to see what the reaction was, but not too long in case it was bad! Well, I have to say that already I am in love with this phero! And really this combination as well, since I am completely in love with LP Red too. I haven't read this entire thread, but the first few pages and the last, and I have to say that I do get a bit of a different experience than alot of people seem to report. It isn't so much an upbeat, feel-good phero for me, but rather it just makes everyone - men and women alike - so concerned and helpful! I did a bit of shopping on my way to work and one of the employees in Michael's (who was busy and in the middle of something else when I caught him) went out of his way to help me, which is unusual in that store, and I'm there ALOT. Then a couple of the maintenance guys at work also went out of their way to be helpful, and one of my bosses who is typically very self-absorbed (I don't mean that as badly as it sounds, she's legitimately very busy and has alot going on) gave me more actual help than she probably ever has in the past three years that we've worked together. People were so helpful, it almost bordered on embarrassing just a tiny bit, if you know what I mean? Almost like people thought I was fragile or something. And during what little time I saw the guy, he was helpful too I guess, (not that he isn't anyway, he's a sweetheart really), but it was more of just this feeling of closeness...and almost like we were the only people in the room, I guess, if that doesn't sound too cliche. I'd like to compare this to LFM, because LFM is so far my favorite phero to wear, but if I keep having days like today H&S may surpass it. Really I'd like to compare the effects they have on the guy, because he's the person I'm really paying the most attention to. With LFM he's nice and everything, but we seem to have a really jokey-teasey thing going on. Like we make fun of each other and give each other a hard time, even though we both know it's all meant in good fun. It's a very flirty-feeling phero I think. One of my co-workers told me last week - "I swear he's flirting with you all the time, and you're obviously retarded if you don't see it." (Although I still have my doubts about that, but that's beside the point). With H&S today there wasn't really any of our typical joking around and teasing, which was weird, but still the friendly closeness was there and also that almost-too-concerned-helpfulness that I got from everyone else. It was REALLY nice, but I'm not sure that I'd want it every day. After saying that though, I am definitely wearing this same combo tomorrow to see if I get consistent results! Also, I was already hoping to get a fb of LP Red in February, and now I'm thinking I may have it boosted with H&S. I'm sure Mara would get the amounts in a much better ratio than I did anyway. ETA: Another difference I should report is that I seemed to get more hits from other people with H&S than I do with LFM. Like I said above, I'm really paying attention to the hits I get from the guy, but he's proven to be a pretty good Est responder anyway, and both of these blends (I think?) have Est. But it felt like I was getting helpful hits from everyone I came into contact with today with H&S! That's not always the case with LFM.

Lol, thanks NuTrix! One of my goals for 2014 is to spend less, and I'm going to try to go for only one fb a month, and I already have January and February planned...