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Thank you! Took yesterday off (well, I did try a smidge of cops, but nothing else) and I've tried Gotcha! for the second time tonight; home alone, nothing to do but eat my dinner, knit, watch tv and play the ukulele so no biggie if it made me feel woozy again. This time, I applied about half the dosage of the first time (I think 2 inches, whereas last time it was probably about 4 inches in all - difficult to be precise though, because it takes the ball a bit of distance to start rolling, as it were) and I put it on one wrist; that way, it wasn't so 'in my face' the whole time and I could wash it off more easily. (it's a bit of an indication of how it knocked me out the first time that it didn't even occur to me to try and wash it off) And it feels so much better now! I was a bit tense when I applied it, getting nervous about something a week away (I don't do well with things I can see coming... I'd rather have my stressful and difficult moments come up to me unexpectedly!) and the Gotcha! calmed me right down. No real woozyness, no dizzyness at all - more a mellow sense of well-being and I found (still find) myself with a smile on my lips for no reason. Not the best mixture to do stuff with perhaps; it took me about half an hour to write a few lines about it in my journal because I sort of kept staring into space, woolgathering. It feels quite similar to having one very civilized drink actually, but better, less psycially affecting. So, yay! I think I will keep it for 'home use' initially; it will be very nice to apply in a small amount at the end of a day, to wind down - not dissimilar to having a beer or a glass of wine. That way, I can slowly get used to the effect and figure out the best dosage & placement; I think I will keep it away from my torso and apply it to wrists, perhaps the back of my neck etc. When I am more at ease with it and can predict the effects better I might give it a whirl in a social situation, to see how it effects others.

Got a sample of this with my first order, and decided to try it out today - just a tiny smidge on my wrist, because in the bottle it smelled very very strong and sweet and fruity and red; like sticky, sweet, red candy. Extremely sweet, and I am not a huge fan of fruity sweet stuff... On my skin it is a little lighter fortunately than in the sample vial; still very sweet berry though. Very red, but a bit more sparkly fizzy red than the sticky I smelled before. Diluted with some soda water (or, you know, maybe wodka or gin... ) it might make a great drink - not so sure about wearing it as a scent though. However, it's now been on my skin for about 30-45 minutes, and it's mellowing out great! Most of the sticky red sweetness is gone, and what is left is a sort of... creamy sandalwood? Still quite sweet but in a much more sophisticated way. It also smells a lot less strong, I have to almost press my nose to my skin to smell it properly now. I really rather like it now! Still sort of reminds me of booze, or maybe just the warm, sweet, sloppy feeling you can get from being really rather drunk. I'm going to have to try this again; I'm not crazy about the initial stage, but what is left after those red berries have gone is quite lovely! Edit: Hey, I am a sorcerer's apprentice now! That sounds like fun... Wonder if I can do the thing with the brooms and the buckets of soap now, like in Fantasia?

Yeah, sort of like that - although really, I felt as if I'd swigged the entire bottle, and then someone grabbed it from my hand and hit me over the head with it! Less it is (very much so)! Hmmm, I guess the good thing about that is that would make me a 'cheap date', phero-wise? A sample could last me as long as a full bottle does for some people, judging by the strength of this amount. I did try a tiny swipe of the Bonded with Perfect Match last night, mainly because I was curious about the scent; about half an inch or less with the tiny stick from the sample bottle on the side of my wrist. I did sort of think I felt some self-effects from that as well (nice ones though, fortunately - although the scent, while not horrible, did not feel like 'me').

Thank you! It's not a headache exactly (fortunately), just feeling very woozy and like the room is spinning. The after effects are similar to those of a migraine, but the initial effect was different. Hard to describe, both stronger and more 'clean' feeling than a migraine dizzyness. Now (eh, 6 hours or so since application) I'm sort of more sleepy and tired and heavy-headed and warm - then again, it's a little after 6 pm here now and that is usually the time that my body demands (though rarely gets) a nap. I'm absolutely going to try again in a couple of days or so; there are too many raves here about it to just give up (plus, I am stubborn ) and it might be due to something completely unrelated to the pheros in any case. Also, somehow I can sort of imagine my body reacting very strongly to (a component in) it the first time for some reason, because it was new and unfamiliar, and then not responding to it again (or far less) the next time. I've actually had that with several kinds of medicines and (herbal) remedies as well; very strong and effective the first time (Tension Tamer Tea put me right to sleep the first time I drank it and then unfortunately did not have that effect ever again) and hardly noticeable the next times I used them.

Whooboy, tried Gotcha for the first time today, and it made me feel all dizzy and woozy... and not in a good way, unfortunately. And here I thought it would be a pretty fool proof phero to start with! I have the unscented oil; applied a small triangle below my boobs, and put a dot on either side of my neck, on my collar bones. Then I went outside for a walk with my dog. As we were walking (and it was a short walk, luckily, since the weather is foul today) I started feeling sort of relaxed and loose. That part felt nice; like sensing the beginning of a buzz with your first drink. A warm, soft, loose feeling along the back of my spine. A bit more relaxing than I expected perhaps, but nothing worrying. But then when I got home, I started feeling more and more light-headed, woozy and dizzy. At first it was like the effects of valium (which a docter prescribed for me briefly, years ago, in a low dosage - and which I stopped taking almost immediately because I simply could not function with it, it was like trying to go about my daily business after having drunk half a bottle of strong booze), then it started to get even more disorienting; my head was spinning and even though I was sitting on the couch, I felt at risk of falling over constantly. I drank a glass of water and tried to take it easy, had something to eat eventually. I had been planning to go get some groceries, but I will probably do that tomorrow. It's now an hour or three after applying it and I'm slowly starting to feel better, but I still feel light-headed, and rather groggy and hungover. Not at all what I was expecting, that's for sure! I'm not giving up on Gotcha! just yet; perhaps I over-applied, or something reacted strangely to something in my body chemistry, or perhaps it was just something else alltogether and not the pheros at all. But I am making sure I am in a safe and calm environment when I try again, and that I don't need to go outside with it if I don't feel up to it!

No, not yet - haven't had a chance to! I might give it a try tomorrow, when I'm going to a knitting group... The only male participant is very cute but gay, but the cafe where we meet does have a rather attractive waiter... So, far, sniffing from the vial, I really like the smell of the Occo white, and I LOVE the pink amber scent! I wonder if that one comes as an unpheromoned, scent-only option somewhere?

Thank you Halo and LadyVictoria! Fingers crossed I will get the opportunity to appreciate it.... My love life the last decade (and I wish I was kidding - but yes, I do mean decade) has been abysmal. Well, mostly non-existing, really, apart from a couple of occasions with that fella last year. And I was constantly amazed at how little sex we managed to have in such a short period of time!

Whohoooo, my first order is here!!!! And of course I want to try everything..... Going to have to work hard to restrain myself! Some lovely freebies as well, so sweet and unexpected! And since those are phero-free, I can experiment with them a bit more freely (like using two in one day). Fortunately, I have a couple of quite social weeks ahead so at least I'll have other people to get reactions from, and not just my dog and my cat. ;-) The EoW oil smells, er, interesting.... Actually, it reminds me of a certain brand of fountain pens (Noodler's, they started out making ink first - yet another hobby of liquids for me!) that are made out of a vegetal resin. It's not the same, but they seem to be in the same family. It's an odd smell, and not terribly pleasant, but one I can get used to and even appreciate in tiny, tiny, really minute doses...

Thank you! Putting those on the wish list as well. Love your icon btw!

Thank you everyone! I will probably just try and use only one or two minute drops then. I might end up waiting for it to dry with my shirt hiked up and wearing at least partial clothing on the bottom; the cooler weather the last couple of days has reminded me that while in summer I don't mind hanging around the house naked for a while, in winter that would get very, very chilly....

Hmmm, I don't think so - I can't remember trying that, or even having it on my wish list. But their catalogue is huge to say the least (plus, I've been buying the stuff for years; I still have some cobalt bottles, and the 10 mls they dont' make anymore) so I could well have done and simply not remember. Thank you! Oh yes, I am afraid this is going to be the start of a whole new, er, hobby (*coughaddictioncough*).

Thank you Katz! My head is spinning with all the abbreviations - I'm sure I'll get the hang of them eventually.

Thank you everyone for the sweet welcome words and advice! I'll definitely try anything I can get my hands on; if there's one thing I learned from playing with BPAL it's that a description can be completely different from what the scent does on me. Plus there are variables in weather, health, mood, etc etc... Not to mention ageing of the oils (I have some newer bottles that will need at least a year of aging before they will smell as sweet and deep and layered as the older imps I've been testing). Anything that is not utterly horrible and / or migraine inducing gets at least two or three chances, usually. Looks like I can't buy samples from the trading forum here until I have received my first official LP order - guess I need to work on honing that patience some more. (I do hope it gets here in time so that I'll have the opportunity to try some blends out before the party on October 20th; I would love to have a bit of a 'boost' then, but it would be nice to already have some idea of what the effects are of the stuff I'm wearing....)

Thank you! No, neither my dog nor my cat objects to me walking around wearing nothing - and while there are still leaves on the trees outside my window, neither do any of my neighbours. I guess I tend to overthink these things - plus, I am sort of hoping in the nearish future to not always sleep and wake up alone... Ehm, what does DPG stand for?

Ah, thank you so much! Putting those on my wish list for November too.

With still weeks to go before I can even begin to expect my first order to arrive, I have nothing else to do but browse the boards and try and practice my ability to be patient... One of the things I ordered is the EoW oil; I am 41 years old and have been on some kind of birth control pil nearly continuously from the age of 14 (medical / hormonal issues; basically, the BC pill is a milder version of what they would have prescribed anyway. And since I have no desire whatsoever to ever have children, I don't generally mind). I do remember really liking the way I feel around my ovulation the couple of times I was off the pill for a while; a bit more alive, more sensual (even though I am a pretty sensual person anyway) and sort of sparklier. (the one thing I did not like was the over-sensitive nipples; like I'd chafed them on concrete....) I really look forward to experimenting with the Essence Oil, but at the same time, reading about how strong it is and how heavy the effects on men can be, I want to be quite careful with it as well. I am thinking about making a blend with some neutral oil (probably almond or jojoba). Probably just a few drops of the EoW in, say, 5 ml of scentless oil to start with; I would still only rub a few drops of that mix on my torso / belly I think, and wear a perfume oil to cover any lingering traces of it. Does anyone have any experience with something like this? Also, I understand the oil comes in a roller bottle; would it be even possible to get the cap off and take some drops out of that? Edit: Ah, and another question; what do you all DO while you wait the 20 minutes for the cops to dry??? I don't generally spend a lot of time on make-up (some mineral powder and some lip color only most days, takes 1 or 2 minutes maybe) and my hair is rather short at the moment, I sort of flip my head over and toss it around a bit, then smooth/comb it to where I want it to be. Am I going to have to wonder around the house mostly naked every morning? Come to think of it, I do have a yoga routine I try and do most mornings that takes around 15-20 minutes; but because that gets me a bit sweaty I prefer to do that before I wash or shower.

Oh, could anyone help me out with some of the abbreviations? For instance, what is 'OW', and 'SWS'?

I have emailed Heather, to see if it's not too late to swap out the sample of Cuddly Bunny for one of Velvet Kisses. Thanks! I am 'Hedera' on the BPAL forum (same user icon as here), but I haven't been active for a couple of months now: I go through times when I try out a lot of new scents and do a lot of swapping and buying, and then calmer periods where I'm quite happy with what I've got. Come to think of it, I still have a few dozen or so imps I could put up for trade or sale or something there. 'Foodie' is definitely not the only thing I like, but 'soft and floral' tends to go shrill and powdery on me... What are your favorite BPALs? Some of mine would be Dorian, Black Forest, Old Scratch and of course Snake Oil.

Ooooh, that sounds really good! I have tried to find as many phero stuff yesterday that had samples; not sure if I could have bought a sample from Velvet Kisses and I just missed that one? (there is SO much on the site! Still finding my way around) Oh well, I should have enough to keep me experimenting for weeks at least already. Also, I read somewhere that in November you can buy smaller portions of the pheros that don't usually come in samplers, so that sounds like a great time for a second order! (would also give me time to save up some money again, because I pretty much cleared out my bank account yesterday... )

Thank you everyone! Thank you for the tips! What does 'OW' stand for? I haven't figured out all the abbreviations yet - it took me a while yesterday to find that 'LAM' that everyone was talking about...

Thank you! Ah, and being able to combine the unscented and lightly scented ones with my favorite BPALs (did I mention I rotate that collection out by season? I've just installed my 22 autumn / winter bottles, plus there are still oodles of imps).... The possibilities are mind boggling!

Ah, actually, just realized it might be nice to list what I've actually ordered. Let's see. Samples of: - OCCO White Shield - BAM sandalwood & resins - BAM vanilla & honey - LAM pink amber - LAM spicy brown sugar - Cuddle Bunny phero enhanced perfume - TMI - Seer - Bonded enhanced with Perfect Match And because there are no samples available, roll-ons (love the oil option!) of Essence Oil and Gotcha!. Scent-wise I am most unsure of things like Cuddle Bunny and Bonded; I generally do better with resiny and foody blends, the more floral / powdery / soapy things are usually not so good on me. But the properties sounded so good, and if they don't work well on their own I might be able to mix them with another fragrance. I've learned from BPAL to go very carefully with applications; it's the ones that don't suit my skin generally that project the loudest and longest! Probably because 'clashing' draws more attention from my nose than 'harmony'. Whohoooo!!!

Hi there! I'm a 41 year old single woman from the Netherlands, bursting with curiosity and impatience to try out all the goodies here! After reading a (mostly) spoof article about copulines, I got curious and googled the term... And several hours - well, days really - of surfing has led me to these boards and the LP store. I have just placed my first order - all kinds of blends loaded with cops and/or pheromones (some scented and some unscented). I've spent years playing with BPAL and this seems like a perfect extension of that. In my first order, I've more or less tried to focus on two different goals: I'd like to be in a relationship again (with plenty of sex please), hopefully / maybe with a man that I had a sort of fling with at the end of last year; it never really got off the ground at the time, mostly due to emotional/trust/sexual issues at his end - as well as impatience and insecurities on mine. We did keep in touch for a while but currently haven't spoken for a few months - but I am hoping to see him again at a party in October. So maybe, by that time, I'll have found something that can give a little boost to anyting that might still be there... And if not, who knows, I might meet someone else wonderful and kind and smart and delicious-smelling (I am always very aware of how huge a part a man's scent plays in how much I am attracted to him. Can't stand smokers, for that reason) in the near future. The other part of my first order is more with socializing in mind, probably with women more than men; people tend to perceive me as stand-offish, and I do have a tendency to observe rather than participate in groups and with people I work with for instance (unless there is lots of alcohol involved, but unfortunately that is not appropriate in every setting!). I would love to be able to come across as just a smidge more friendly, more approachable. I am on birth control pills (PCOS; also, very much not interted in having babies), so with the first goal in mind I have ordered the Essence Oil - I am planning to be veeeeeerry careful with it though (probably mix a drop with some jojoba oil or something) because I keep reading how incredibly strong it is! For the second, socializing part, I have tried to focus more on blends containing pheromones that promote trust, opening up, etc. Anyway, I am sure I will spend many more hours lurking (and maybe sometimes posting) here. I can't wait for the first order to arrive! (edited because of course the relationship not getting off the ground was not entirely his fault - plenty of issues on my end, too)