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Yes, I prefer Heart & Soul as well. This is something giddy and swoony about Gotcha! to my mind, which I can imagine veering into irritation if it comes at a bad time. Plus, the first time I wore it, it made me incredibly dizzy, to the point where I did not feel safe walking around in the house - I did not even feel safe sitting on the couch! If someone else has a similar reaction (or a lot milder even) to it, and that person is not wearing it themselves and it not aware of Gotcha! being around, that might end up making them feel very uncomfortable. Heart & Soul just feels very intimate, it makes people friendly and sympathetic, maybe even slightly protective; I really like it a lot!

This is again one of those that I did not expect to like (I was worried about the cinnamon; I like it fine in food, but on my skin it can be iffy) and ended up buying a full bottle of... I wore it through most of December and still pull it out often. It starts with a strong whiff of spices and cinnamon, but after a couple of minutes that backs off, and a sweetness and a hint of patchouli comes to the foreground. The scent contintues to mellow throughout the day, becoming more musky and skin-like; from time to time it hints at foodie-ness but it never quite gets there. It it smooth without being creamy in any way and very very warm feeling (which I suspect is because of the cinnamon). I love it for the colder months because of that warmth (it's like a warm, orange glowing fire) but I can see this work in summer as well, just to create a haze of shimmery warmth. It's a grown-up scent to me; it does not shout youthfullness but it feels quite calm and mature and very very sultry. I can totally see this together with SS4W, Bang! etc.

I wish I could send him the interview I read a week or two ago with a lung oncologist (only it's in Dutch, so that probably wouldn't work anyway ). She said that for her and a lot of her colleagues it could be a depressing field to work in; any kind of cancer specialist has people die on them of course, but for lung cancer it is by far the worst. 85% of lung cancer patients were dead within the year. And about 94% of the cancers she saw were caused by smoking or second-hand smoke. The good news is that the effects of smoking are mostly slowly undone after you stop (but the younger you are when you stop the better; if you're after 35 it doesn't reverse completely anymore). It is a tough addiction to break though. Crossing my fingers for the both of you!

*snorfl* Now that is an interesting way to measure girly-ness! I haven't tried Bang! yet (although I now have a sample of a scent that contains it, I think, so hopefully soon) but I do like me some Est!

This is such a gorgeous, sexy, golden scent.... It makes me feel strong and cheerful and ready to handle anything. It's one of those scents that makes me feel 'me' only more so & better. At first it starts off a tiny bit heavy, almost musty, but on my skin it blooms within seconds to something that is like golden honey with red and yellow and orange petals of flowers still in it. From reading the descriptions here I was worried it would be really heavy and strong, but to my nose it isn't; it just melds to my skin and makes me feel like a Golden Goddess of sexyness. I keep catching whiffs of it all day but it's not overpowering at all, it just swirls around me lightly in sparkly golden whorls of goodness. After that initial change it doesn't morph much during the day, it just stays warm and golden. It reminds me of sunshine and summer - makes me want to stretch out and purr like a cat. Great self-effects as well, it gives me a nice little buzz each time I wear it. Have not had the opportunity to really see it's effect on a man unfortunately, but most people I came into contact with while wearing it were nice and friendly and helpful. But it makes me feel so great that I am sure I just radiate strength and good cheer when I wear it! I am SO happy this is one of the permanent scents!

What a pity, I don't think this one works on me... The scent is really pretty and beautiful, but (like with scented Cougar) it just does not feel like it wants anything to do with me. And so far, the results of LFM have been underwhelming as well. I think I will hang on to both of my samples, but I'm putting my bottle up for trade.

Ah yes, it's probably all the 'nones in it! Interesting, how something that smells SO blatantly sexual can work as a social. *slaps forhead* Of course... Still a bit overwhelmed by the whole Pheromas update! I've read through the entire Un-BI thread now and yowza, there are indeed a lot of cops in BI! Amazing how thoroughly they are covered here.

Thank you for the tip, I might try that one out some time!

You're not the only one who doesn't love Sneaky Clean! Soapy scents don't work very well for me, either.... I can wear Sneaky (it came in the starter trial kit I bought a while ago) in tiny amounts, especially if I layer it with something dirty and sticky and sweet. Mara's Rocket Fuel is sort of the polar opposite of the Sneaky Clean scent to my nose! Very sweet and sultry and intense and warm sugar and dirty and yum.

Good to hear I'm not the only one! Oh well, I managed to get used to (and even like, after dry-down and blended with something delicious) actual copulins - I might get used to this one in time, as well. Although oddly, the fact that it smells much less organic to me than cops do might make it more difficult.

;p Sadly, I am very much lacking in actual crotches to smell, becrumbed or otherwise.... So Petit Four will have to do for the time being! Ha, that could be it! Although the smell did seem very similar to the cops in BAM and LAM, and, well, the pure copulins - but somehow in BI they get blended in perfectly, to my nose. The people I talked to today didn't seem to mind either; my downstairs neighbour (female, heterosexual as far as I know) was downright chatty, she had a hard time letting me go!

Unfortunately, this scent doesn't really do well on my skin. In the sample vial it smells lovely; like Christmas and cookies and other good things. But as soon as it hits my skin, one note (it's sort of like cinnamon but not quite; something spicy though) gets amped to high heaven and it Just. Will. Not. Quit.... I tried a tiny amount on my wrist a few times, and every time it just keeped getting stronger and stronger. It's such a pity, because in the vial there are some notes that are really lovely! Effects-wise, I did not seem to get many selfies, but I did get along great with an aquintance and his colleague I ran into at the cinema. During the movie ('Inside Llewyn Davis'; boy, those Coen brothers aren't getting any more cheerful, are they? Good movie, but rather bleak) the guy sitting next to me, who was there with his (girl)friend, kept encroaching my space - it didn't feel like anything flirty, almost more like a territory thing. Or perhaps he was just annoyed with me because he kept checking his phone during the movie and I held up my hand, shielding it, to it to indicate that the light really bothered me.... This is the only FB that doesn't seem to work (I've been really lucky in my unsniffed order otherwise!) so I'll probably put it up for trade - I could really use some Phero Girl instead!

It's weird: I can smell the cops in UnGotcha! and even a small whiff from Tickle Tickle - but I can't smell them in Petit Four at all. LOL, yup, self-effects up the whazoo! Quite fun!

This starts out very very strong and nutty on me (I want to say almond, but I guess it's the pistacchio), a strong sweet blast like inhaling a bottle full of essence; a bit overwhelming, but that only lasts for a couple of seconds, literally. What emerges after that is a soft, sweet, sweaty and very sexy scent. Like sticking youre nose in a particularly lovely smelling crotch after just having sex, and finding some cookie crumbs inexplicably lodged there. It's delicious and the self-effects are great (I'm feeling all sassy and chipper and strong and sensual) but it feels almost indecent to go around wearing something that to me smells SO much like sex! And whooops, I had not realized this has copulins in it; I've been applying it the way I would a regular perfume oil; to my wrists, cleavage, neck etc, without worrying about dry-down or contact with clothing etc. Are there a LOT of cops in it? Or more of a smidgen, like in Gotcha? I guess even if the Un-BI has a good dose of cops, this added-to-perfume version would only have a third of that, right....? Even so, perhaps I should be a little bit more careful about how I apply it. Not to mention that it makes me feel like humping everything and anything in sight, and I suspect it makes everyone I meet (yes, women too) feel the same way.... So it's probably best to save it for occasions where thoughts of humping are not inappropriate! Edit II; apparently I have spent so much time away from any kind of crotch that I forgot how to spell it...

Still not having much luck with this, scent-wise. It's just a little too overwhelmingly strong for me; funnily enough, I had an easier time getting used to the smell of copulins! I try it very carefully, just touching the tip of the sample wand to my skin, but even that feels like way too much. Apparently this one just doesn't blend well with my skin chemistry, it feels VERY loud and strong the whole time, very one-note, and unfortunately it's not a note that suits me. Reading this thread it feels like I'm the only one who doesn't seem to get along with Aja. It's too bad, because the effects (and the lovely scent most of you are getting) sound so wonderful!

Thanks! I use Firefox too. But that is what I tried, and it just said that the product I want was 'out of stock'; it did not tell me anything about any remaining bottles. And even when I tried to lower the amount to 1 bottle, it kept saying 'out of stock'. (I've had the checkout get confused on me earlier, when I tried to order something that was actually out of stock; only the things it told me were out of stock were things that could not be, like Bam or a sampler set) Oh well, the point is moot until January anyway!

That's good to know, thank you! (for some reason I have been unable to make that put-loads-in-the-cart trick work) I hope you love it!

Thank you for the update! (and awwwwww, cute little pug!) I'm not entirely surprised by the tons of last minute panic orders.... I had actually planned my last minute (well, Sunday the 24th) order, but I did end up nearly doubling it in size at the last minute!

*rubs hands* Whereas I am considering picking up a second bottle in January! (this isn't one of the ones that sold out already, is it?) I bought 5 of this month's scents in FB unsniffed and I think only one of them doesn't really work on me (in that it's ok, but the sample would have been enough). Tickle Tickle is definitely one of the ones that works for me - I am so relieved I did not let my earlier dizzy experience of Gotcha! scare me away!

I'm starting to think of it as a symphonie orchestra (or a band, perhaps - but one with a lot of different instruments) where the scent, the pheros, our own personalities and moods (and probably our natural hormones and pheros as well) can create wonderful music if it all comes together. But if one instrument is WAY louder than the rest, or out of tune, it just doesn't add up to something that is pleasant to listen to - or that is even recognizable as music. So, you know, it's like learning how to play half a dozen instruments (and singing too)!

*highfive* Yay, fellow lightweight! It's funny, because with alcohol I can drink most anyone under the table... I tried La Sylphide with LFM in a tiny amount a few days ago, and that seemed to go well; haven't posted my thoughts on that one yet because I want to try again (I like it, but I can't quite put into words exactly how the scent works on me). And hey, it makes us cheap dates, phero-wise! Edit: Ah, I am a Disgruntled House Elf now! It's fun to see the different 'grades' show up - never thought I'd feel kin to Dobby!

Yum, this is delicious! Nothing sharp or medicinal about it on my skin, fortunately; I tend to turn lavender into something really sweet generally (which is sometimes a pity, because I do like the fresh aspect of lavender too). The first few moments it is almost too sweet and briefly it threatens to make me slightly nauseous. But then it calms down and it's just lovely and sweet and warm. I was very careful with the amount because the first time I tried UnGotcha! it made me extremely dizzy, but I've tried this one in a (to me) 'normal' perfume amount twice now (which is probably modest compared to most people; I prefer not to smell my own perfume consciously all the time, I'd rather catch a whiff now and again) and I was fine, fortunely. And for the first time I noticed the effect of Gotcha! on others! It was great; several people were very enthousiastic about seeing me again, it was like I was so much more close to them than I'd normally expect to be. Sort of an instant-best-friend effect.

Oh, this one turns out to have gone away! For some reason I was under the impression that it was part of the permanent collection, but evidentely not. I was cosidering getting another sample; the scent tends to go a bit plasticky on me unfortunately, but it likes me much better than the Cuddle Bunny scent and the phero does seem to work really really well. Well, I guess now we can hope that the CB phero will be added to another delicious scent in the future. (and I got me a sampler of the UnCB to play with.... I have a feeling Est works really well for me!)

LOL, Mara, that made me giggle so hard! The Aja is going to take some getting used to for me, I think. It's not exactly unpleasant - it's just overwhelmingly STRONG, even from one dot off the tip of the sample rod.... Very very sweet and pungent. I might try and blend it with a Love Potion or something, see if it works as part of a symphonie rather than as a single instrument. These stories really make me want to be able to make it work!

This is working really well for me! I've worn it a couple of time over the last few weeks and people on the whole are very nice and helpful and friendly - it just gives a calm, happy, cozy feeling. Not sexual at all to my mind (it would be interesting to pair with cops, I think - would make for very cuddly sex perhaps) but it sort of makes everyone feel a bit more familiar. Some self-effects too, in that it mellows me out a little bit, makes me feel calm and happy (but not chipper happy, like Perfect Match can do; this phero is much more Zen I think). And a very interesting self-effect two days ago; I had been babysitting two kids that I look after regularly and when their dad came home and the kids and I started the whole cuddle-goodbye, see you next time etc routine I was this close to giving the dad a cuddle goodbye as well! I don't really know him that well, we have an employer-employee relationship so it would have been very inappropriate (and I am not attracted to him at all, so it's not that) but I got the feeling he would have reciprocated the cuddle, too. Just this sort of mutual body language feeling-very-familiar thing.