Amalthea1978

Thanks!

MDC I actually have been eyeing empathy potion too...I recently got a sample in Empathy and Harmony (I think that's the name without pulling it out) that I haven't really tried yet - not too knocked out about the smell of that one. I just wonder about this phero because I can't find alot of info about it in reviews - it doesn't seem to be a favorite here, but that doesn't necessarily mean that I won't like it. I will definitely give it a try - maybe even tomorrow.

Stacy, I am looking forward to next month's releases! Even though I think I've managed to get my hands on alot of the popular blends, there are still alot that I'd like to try. The problem I'm running into with phero'd scents is that I find I want MORE scent, but then if I'm putting on alot of the scent I'm also slathering on the phero. I think this is why I had trouble with Velvet Kisses - I liked the scent so much that I went WAY overboard. But don't worry, I'm trying LOTS of phero'd fragrances, I've already got quite a collection of samples I've bought from the site and the trading post. Plus I'm thinking I may just order the sampler in November, but I guess I'll wait and see what the releases are first.

As far as certain pheros not working for me, it just seems that so far, if a blend doesn't have Est, I'm not getting much of a reaction. Maybe though, like you said, I need to give it more practice and time.

And yes, I think the OD question was covered and this thread has evolved;)

NuTrix I've been wanting to try it for a while, but I'm noticing that I don't seem to get a good reaction (well, ANY reaction really) with A-nol, and that's one of the main ingredients in Lace. I wish there was something similar to sexology but with less cops...I actually had this crazy minute where I went into the mad scientist section, but then realized that I had no clue of percentages! Lol I think I need alot more experience before I try something like that!

ETA: Today I tried my sample of Levitation (trying to decide if I want to go FB on Flying Potion for October) and didn't see much of any result. It was the first time seeing the guy since Friday though, and he was STILL weird for almost the whole day! I was a bit worried that my phero experimentation had damaged our friendship somehow, but then I wonder sometimes if I'm giving the pheros too much credit where he's concerned. And then suddenly, almost the end of the day, everything just seemed to go back to normal. Weird...maybe he's just weird...lol.

And now I have to decide what to wear tomorrow...any suggestions? I'm thinking I might give TMI another go, or try out cougar which has been good so far in Enduring Appeal.

Thanks for the ideas! I'm trying to avoid cops at the moment, so my OCCO's are out. I experimented layering with sinister pink - I put them on about half an hour ago. I thought Sinister Pink was pretty strong, but already you all are right, the Bonded is overpowering the pink:( And the lime isn't working well with the Bonded, either.

I may try layering with my OCCO white at home and if I like the scent, include some Noco in my next order. I wish I liked this one on it's own, but I just can't get past the super-soapy smell that I get with it. And it also smells like someone else, although I expect hers really IS soap!

Someone in another thread mentioned layering it with Lick of Pink, which I do have a sample of, but I LOVE LOP on it's own and I don't want to waste what I have. That's why I was thinking of trying a different pink. NuTrix, I don't have any sugared amber or egg, so I'll have to keep digging...

So I'm wondering...does anybody have any suggestions for scents to layer with this one? I'd really like to give perfect match another shot, but I just can't get past the fragrance of this one. Not that it's horrible, but it smells almost exactly like the perfume that someone I know always wears, and I just can't get past the association. I don't want to smell like her! So since I'm a dummy with scents, I thought I'd ask you ladies what scents or types of scents would layer well to change this one up a bit. I'm thinking of trying LP Pink, would that be any good at all?

So Dolly (or anyone else who wants to respond) another question - then do you think the weirdness was not really OD, but rather just too much cops in the wrong environment? In the past CB has been like happy in a bottle for this guy, but I have normally worn a VERY modest amount compared to what I wore in Velvet Kisses.

So...Flying Potion question...I have a sample of Levitation, which is a fragrance phero-enhanced with Open Windows and extra DHEAS. So FP is a different scent with the same phero-blend that's being called Levitation, right? So same phero, different fragrance? Somebody please correct me if I'm wrong because I'm about to just blow my entire carefully-planned order for October and go for Flying Potion full bottle...

Thanks Dolly. And you're definitely right. I have only been using cops about one day a week - I hate it because I had kind of thought that CB was going to be my everyday, go-to phero. I do have some unscented LFM on the way that will probably become my staple, either that or cougar, which has also gotten pretty good results at work. I want VERY badly to try lace, but I'm waiting for unscented samples to come out in November.

Thanks everyone. I originally liked the idea of the scented pheros because I didn't want to have to cover scents myself. But now I'm finding, like yesterday's experience, that I want ALOT of scent and it may be just too much phero. That's why I'm now thinking of playing a bit more with unscented pheros.

So far I've only had one bad reaction from another woman. That was one of the first times I tried out sexology III (and decided that I couldn't pull off the scent). Funny thing though, when I wore indecent exposure (also sexology) I had a GREAT reaction from all the women I work with. But my experience yesterday was the first time I tried Velvet Kisses (with Cuddle Bunny). All the women I work with responded well, it was just the guy who acted weird.

From my understanding, there usually are samples of the unscented pheros during the month of November...somebody correct me if I'm wrong. I hope I'm not though, I've been looking forward to November!!!

Thanks! Your thread was pretty helpful, after reading it and thinking back over my day I am pretty sure I was getting some ghosting from my target guy today. But everyone else seemed okay, it was just him, which is why I asked this in the first place. It's hard to tell sometimes what's pheros and what's just a person's normal reaction, especially with him because he can be kind of moody. I mean, he didn't completely ignore me - he kind of can't, we work together too much. But for example, at one point I was standing right next to him, but he called someone else over from across the room to help with something instead of asking me, when I could have just as easily done it. That kind of hurt my feelings at the time, but now I'm thinking pheros. And he actually backed away from me when I pulled my chair up to his desk (which I do all the time, when we're both looking at his computer or working together on something) which was weird too. So now I'm definitely thinking phero OD. Especially since I got an unusually thoughtful text after work - I wonder if he realized that things were weird? I'm definitely going to have to watch how much I wear from now on. Maybe I should think about trying unscented pheros, so I can wear as much scent as I want without worrying that I'm going overboard on the pheros.

So it sounds like, if you're talking about OD for other people and not yourself, it's probably OD across the board or it's not. Right?

Okay, so if this has already been covered before I apologize, but I couldn't find anything similar with a forum search. I'm pretty interested in OD effects anyway, since I don't usually get alot of selfies I don't think I feel alot of OD effects either. I think the only time was once when I got super-grouchy a few hours after applying cougar.

But I'm wondering, specifically, if OD is an all-or-nothing thing, or if different people can be affected by different amounts of pheros. For example, if I'm wearing a certain amount of pheros, can it be a good amount for some of the people I come into contact with but an OD amount for others? Or is it either OD or it's not?

I wore this one to work today, and scent-wise it's pretty much the same...the chocolate mostly goes away after dry-down. It's still a nice scent and I'm definitely happy with my purchase.

I do think I might have worn too much...I felt like I got a little bit of the "ghosting" OD effect from the guy. I just liked the scent so much that I slathered a bit...plus I'm used to using trial-vials, so it's hard to tell what's a similar amount with the roll-on. Honestly, though, my target guy is SO moody that sometimes it's hard to tell what's the pheros and what's just him.

I took the plunge and ordered this one fb untested, and it's been killing me waiting for it to come in the mail. I already know CB is my favorite phero blend for my target guy, even though I'm toning down the cops so I'm not wearing it to work as much. And all I could see when I read the description is chocolate and coffee lol. I was so excited to find this in my mailbox last night, and I could actually smell the chocolate when I opened the box. I HAD to try it on to check out the scent - wet it was absolutely perfect. I don't get any orange, mostly chocolate and cocoa butter-ish smell with a little bit of coffee. When it dries though I was disappointed that most of the chocolate smell was gone. I was still left with something nice, but it wasn't chocolate - maybe coffee/amber? I'm definitely wearing this one to work today, we'll see how it does more long-term.

I tested this one today - thanks to a lucky trade I recently received a full spray bottle, as well as having purchased a sample vial. I love love love the smell of this! And after reading this thread, I felt okay about testing it at work for a day. I'm trying to avoid stuff with alot of cops at work, but I usually give myself about one day a week to have fun - usually CB because I love the reaction from it, but this week I opted for Indecent Exposure:)

In my tiny bit of previous experience with sexology, my target guy responded extremely well to the phero, as did most other people I came into contact with. I did have one female co-worker who had a negative reaction (she didn't say anything to me, but I was definitely getting a weird vibe from her and she avoided me for a couple days afterward). I'm happy to say that with Indecent Exposure, though, I had NO negative reactions from anyone. The guy is going through a bit of a personal rough patch, and I didn't really get the super-happy reactions from him that I'd hoped for, but I did have a pretty amusing conversation with one of my female co-workers. I should preface by saying that I did recently get my hair cut and colored, but this co-worker has seen me since then, so it shouldn't be new. But I walked into the room and past her today, she says "Whoa, what's going on with all this?" to which I responded that I had gotten my hair colored, and it was way too dark (which it is, I didn't mean to go so drastic), but then she says no, that I have a "glow" lol. I tried to just play it off and say that I was late and had rushed to get there (which was true) but then she says "Oh no, do you have a man?" I denied it (of course - the guy was there!!!) and she didn't believe me! So she says "What happens in the dark will get found out in the light of day!" OMG lol! I think this is the funniest hit I've had with any phero ever! Of course, the guy was pretty quiet for a few hours after that, I'm not sure now if he thinks I DO have a guy, but hopefully he believes me when I say that I don't. I just wish I could have gotten the playful-happy reaction from him that I was after, but sadly the pheros can only do so much.

Oh, and I have to say I may have put a bit much on but - I definitely could feel some self-effects! This is rare for me, since I usually don't get selfies much. But with this one today - definitely!

Thanks!

So far I've preferred the scented samples, but I'm starting to think that maybe I should invest in the un pheros. To me when I have a fragrance, it kind of determines how much I put on because I'm judging by smell. Oh well, as the collection grows I guess I'll try different things in different ways. This is one I'll definitely look at buying fb!

Arg, I just replied to this and somehow lost it!

I wore GotBM again today. I'm finding it harder and harder to choose my pheros every morning, now that I have a few that I like. Tonight there was a bottle of Indecent Exposure waiting for me in my mailbox too, which isn't going to make things any easier in the morning!

Anyway, I'm finding with LP scents that, for the most part, the more I try them the more I like them. I wasn't particularly crazy about the scents of CB or Enduring Appeal when I first wore them either, and now they're two of my favorites. I think it's a real testimony to how beautiful LP scents are - I am so NOT a perfume person, but LP is addicting! After wearing GotBM again I think I'm getting used to the scent and beginning to like it. So of course it isn't available for sale any more - I may have to add it to my list of things to watch for on the trade boards. I'm definitely adding UN LFM to my wish list though!

The phero didn't have quite the same effect today - I didn't sleep well last night and as a result I was SUPER tired at work, so it was more likely me than anything else. I probably could have gone without pheros today like a few of you suggested. One thing did happen that was weird, and I didn't think about it being pheros at the time. But I've been reading the LFM thread and GotBM thread, and a few people noticed a tendency for others to become "close-talkers" when exposed to this phero. At one point today the guy (really need a better thing to call him than just "the guy" lol) was standing strangely close to me. But we weren't even talking, he was doing something else and seemingly not paying much attention to me at all. I was actually sitting down, which put us in a somewhat awkward position actually, and at the time I was just wondering why the heck he was standing there so close. But now I think it was the LFM!

The same girl who asked us if we were going out just KEPT making comments today - how we were so right for each other, how well our personalities complemented each other - I'm not sure if it's a good thing or a bad thing. At least so far we've both just kind of blown it off and haven't gotten awkward around each other because of it.

Thanks ladies!

I never really though about pheros "overlapping" from day to day! I usually take the weekends off and just wear unpheroed fragrances to give myself a break.

So no ideas on layering? Sadly, I don't have OCCO blue - I've got samples of white and pink on the way, but honestly blue is pretty far down on the list of ones I want to try. Red and gold samples will probably be in next month's order.

I think I've got a BTN sample coming from the trading post - I've ordered so much now that I can barely keep up! But honestly, I like the effect of LFM without cops just fine. Anything with cops seem to make the guy playful and fun, which I love, but last night the whole "serious and connected" thing just blew me away.

I may have to buy this one unscented eventually. Of course I'll have to just live with the scent (I don't think it's horrible or anything, it's just not my preference) and experiment more first. I hate to just jump to the conclusion that everything is caused by the pheros I'm wearing - in order for me to put out the money, I need to see some consistent results!

Today I tried LFM for the first time, in a sample of Goddess of the Blue Moon, and...I already love this phero (I'll tell you about my hits, definitely). Unfortunately, I'm not crazy about this fragrance (I know alot of people like it, it's just a bit too perfumey and floral for my personal taste). I'm probably going to use up this sample anyway, since I loved the phero effects. I'm just wondering if LFM happens to be in any other fragrances that you ladies may know that I don't. I don't think I've seen it anywhere else, but then again, just a few days ago I figured out that Cuddle Bunny came in another scent, Velvet Kisses, and I was floored that I didn't already know that. And yes I know I can buy it in unscented, but being a beginner I really like having it already mixed so I don't have to worry as much about dry-down times, congruence of scent to intent, etc. Plus I have such a HUGE wish-list already that my checkbook just can't cope.

My second question about Goddess of the Blue Moon is, what types of scents (or even specific scents - I probably don't have them but I possibly might, I guess) would layer well with it to change it up a bit? Which OCCO's might mix with it well? I haven't tried layering scents yet, but I'm afraid that I'll be hopeless at it when I do try.

Now for the fun part! So far I almost NEVER get self-effects from pheros. Yesterday I tried TMI and was so worried about selfies that I didn't wear any on my neck or chest so that I wasn't constantly breathing it in, but I felt no self-effects at all. But today with the LFM I just felt so...pretty, I guess, for lack of a better word. And Wednesdays are tough days at work, I don't even make much effort on my looks so I was wearing a work polo and ugly pants, but every time I looked at myself in the mirror I just had this weird feeling that I looked really good. I think this is the first time I've tried anything with DHEAS, so I guess it's that. But wow, I hope the guy thought I looked as good as I thought I did today! We don't see each other much on Wednesdays, but tonight after work we started talking and had probably the most meaningful, deep conversation we've ever had. And I'm almost positive it was at least partly the pheros, because the seriousness started right after I was standing really close to him (like up against him close, which was only because I was making a point about something that happened earlier). Wow. Can I just say that the effects from this are sort of what I'd hoped for from TMI, which I wore for the first time yesterday! And yesterday someone flat-out asked us if we were a couple, and we were both like "No!!!" in unison. Things didn't get awkward, thankfully, but I did notice that his face was really red during that whole discussion. I wonder if the TMI had anything to do with them asking in the first place?

I can see how selfies can be a double-edged sword though, since tonight I did admit to another co-worker that I was interested in this guy. I don't think she'll tell anyone, but yikes, I can't believe I told her! I just hope she doesn't try to play matchmaker. And I wonder why the LFM had so much more effect than the TMI? I think I may have used too much of the TMI yesterday, because I LOVED the scent I went a little heavy-handed with it, as opposed to the Goddess of the Blue Moon that I didn't like and went light with today. Maybe less really IS more?

Thanks Halo. And no, I haven't had any more problems, but I haven't been wearing it on my chest. I may try upping it a little. I'm thinking though that next week I'm going to try out Gotcha a bit more than I have in the past. I haven't gotten alot of result from it so far, but now that I have a normal-sized sample I might try it for several days in a row and see if I get anything, the same way I did with cougar this week.

And this weekend I'm going phero-free, since I won't be at work or seeing the guy. (Hallelujah - the last time I had an entire weekend off was Labor Day weekend!) I'm loving that too, because it gives me a chance to try out some of the wonderful unphero'd fragrance samples I've ended up with!

Thanks Dolly! I have a sample of original cougar on the way eventually, so I'll get to try it also. And trust me, I've been watching the trade boards like a hawk for a few different scents now!!!

I think I'm getting pretty good results from cougar. Not the crazy-fun response I get from the guy when I wear CB or sexology, but still I can tell the Est is definitely having a similar influence, just a little less so. And I'm actually beginning to love the scent of the Enduring Appeal! When I first put it on it's soapy and I don't like it. About an hour in is my favorite, I don't know how to describe it exactly but something warm and a bit foody pops up. But then it fades to a light floral - I'm not a big fan of florals, but it becomes so sheer that I do like this one. All in all, I like this perfume and phero. Too bad that by the time I sample stuff, it's already sold out! How do you ever catch up?

ETA: Storemy, I can't wait for the phero sales! I want to try Lace SO badly!!! I feel like it will be a great phero for me, but I haven't managed to get a sample of it in anything yet.

Sorry, I should have put that a different way...I get positive effects from the pheros, just not self-effects. I can only think of one other tiny instance other than this OD that I noticed any selfies at all:(

Thanks ladies! So today I wore a drop on each arm (usually I hold the sample vial to my wrist, and then rub it into the inside of the opposite elbow and up my inner arm), a little on my neck (using the tiny applicator wand) and then a little on the back of my neck. Yesterday I did put a good-sized drop on my chest, which I did NOT do today, figuring if it was right there where I'd be breathing it in all day it might have been the partial cause of an OD. Thankfully, today I had no problems. I was barely around the guy at all though, Wednesdays are just busy days that have us going in opposite directions, so I can't really comment on any results either.

It does make me sad that I can have negative self-effects when I rarely get positive ones, though.