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Third:.......... I don't know how! I'm afraid if I try that act in the bedroom I'm just going to crack up and totally ruin it!

First of all, get into the mind set that you are doing this FOR YOU. Just because he gets turned on by it, doesn't mean you don't call all the shots, and get to do it YOUR way! Second, don't worry; if you start to crack up, blame him for it. And then punish him for it. Third... have fun.

Urban dictioanry makes up whatever they want to. I doubt that it originally had anything like a phallic connotation. I think that in modern slang it is simply used exactly as katz meant it, to mean someone young. I've usually heard it used with an edge of admiration for the intelligence and audacity of youth.

Yes, if you go to a dictionary, you come up with insignificance, but if you go to a thesaurus, you come up with youth. Of course, that depends somewhat on the dictionary you choose.

The difference is that the pheromone chemicals are all synthetic: they are synthesized in the laboratory from other chemicals, paying careful & utmost attention to the purity and quality of the chemicals. Musk is the same game, but completely different sport.

 

Pheromones do have a rather strange, albeit mild odor. Some are extremely sensitive to this odor, but the vast majority of people take well to it - associating it to the magikal sensations they feel from them. Musk is comparable insofar as mechanism of action versus lab pheromones. Musk contains odoriferous, monocyclic lipid-like chemicals which influence the electrical firing of certain receptors in various parts of the brain. From our experience, the synchronization of the two has a cumulative effect: each reinforces the other.

Thank you, this was the answer I was looking for.

So, with synthetics, the pheromones are created to interact with pheromone receptors, while musks are created to interact with scent receptors. Naturally derived animal musks have a combination of animal pheromones and scent, which may be why they work so well for the animals. (Your experience of the synchronization.) Which actually supports blending "sexy" scents with the pheromones, because this would provide that same sort of synchronization. Right?

I am curious to try to the new blends, and see if my experience with them differs greatly from my first experience.

so, the differences between lab derived musks and lab derived pheros?

Mostly asking because I have noted that musks explode with my skin chemistry, and take over any scent to a point where I usually can't/don't wear them. My experience with Phero-girl Dominance was similar, with the pheros taking over as the scent dried. Obviously, the people developing the pheros are doing so with specific attention to their effect on humans, while people developing musks are probably paying more attention to scent; but I was curious about how much cross-over may or may not exist between the two.

Hate to interrupt the Ghost Busters love, but I had a question relating to pheros.

Do the animal derived musks have a phero component to them? And related to that, what are the chemical similarities and differences between musks and pheros?

Weren't musks supposed to add an animalistic reaction to scents, similar to what you are doing with pheromones?

In the bottle: This is very chocolate and coffee, but I can smell a hint of rose coming through as well. The coffee is extremely bitter to me, but the reviews say the rose comes out, and for some reason the chocolate is very appealing to me right now.

On, wet: The rose does start to shine. The coffee is still bitter, but it acts as a nice balance to keep the chocolate from being too foody.

On, dry: Oh, there are the pheremones. Ick. I like the rose and chocolate together, way more than I thought, but the stank and the burned coffee are completely taking over now. It's making me feel a bit sick to my stomach, and I think I'll have to wash it off.

My partner liked this scent, he said it was "pleasant." My cat did not like it. Usually when the cat dislikes a scent he makes a sticky face and backs up a step (he doesn't like oranges at all) but with this one, he backed up and then ran for the other end of the apartment. So, I guess the pheremones work? But this blend isn't for me, despite having some lovely roses going on. (Poo. And I did like the art and the name.)

I love this one. The fruit isn't as present on me, but it does soften the patchouli nicely, and keep it on the sexy side of dirty.

When I go contra dancing, at the end of the evening I smell my hands, and no matter where I've been dancing, there's always this lovely blend of scents with a soft/bright patchouli base. I don't know why, that's just the way it is. Contra dancing must attract men who wear patchouli. I've often thought it would be nice to have a perfume which caught that "end of the dance" scent. Dirty Sexy does exactly that, and adds a feminine twist. Beautifully done.

There is more fruit in the bottle than on my skin, but not much of a morph between hitting my skin and the drydown. The next morning, I still have sweet amber on my skin, and patchouli on my sheets.

Welcome Tish!

For those of you who missed the earlier conversation: Wednesday = Hump Day

A Tribute to Mother Christmas ~ Sugared fig with sweet musk, benzoin, labdanum, and more.

Magickal Properties include love, passion, wisdom, fertility, prosperity, luck, protection, divination, astral projection, purification.

This one starts off with a hint of cake, with the figs keeping it moist. As it blooms and dries on the skin, it becomes this fascinating blend. I'm afraid I don't know most of the notes that are in this one, and therefore can't pick them out.

It's like a house scent. Not a scent you would spray or otherwise scent your house with, but that scent which is unique to each house, and is a combination of all the people who live there, the meals that are cooked there, and that something else, which defines the character of the house apart from its family. That scent which seeps into your clothes and hair, and lingers with you long after you are done visiting. In the house of Holle, yellow cake is cooked, herbs are crushed, and animals are cared for. It's a very cosy house, where you will always be offered tea, and where any beast on four legs or two can go when they have broken bones and wounds to be healed.

After several hours, this becomes a soft, sweet muskiness, which stays close to the skin and is impossibly lovely.

This one is reminiscent of Portunis, but softer, sweeter, and more feminine.

As for magickal properties: Despite having a killer headache, I felt safe, and reasonably happy while wearing it. (Don't seem like they could go together, but they did.) I had lovely conversations with both mothers (birth and in-law) and felt the warm touch of Holle causing those conversations and making them flow in useful directions.

I will not be testing the fertility aspect of the potion any time soon. ;-)

Oh, Figgy! Your clothes are wonderful!

And Ambrosia, how lovely you look!

and he said he just trained himself to fake it. That he prefers to be home and away from the crowds. Maybe I can pick up his trick!!

I knew this girl in high school, who always seemed to know what to say to new people. She was outspoken, funny, and I thought she was totally cool. (Also a little nerdy, which made her doubly cool to me.) She was nice to me, and at first I was too shy to be nice back, but then I realized that I desperately needed the skills she had, so I held my breath and jumped into trying to be her friend. I learned a whole lot from being close enough to her to watch how she did the whole outgoing thing. I'm still a bit shy, but I have learned that I can fake it when I have to. Plus, all these years later, that girl is still my best friend!

*Jellus* that you have a sweetie who's willing to "pair scents" with you...this for me, remains a dream! My s.o. will occasionally wear scent, but then he only mists it in the air, to land ethereally upon his clothing. Barely perceptible. Not that I mind a natural skin scent...but I'd LOVE to share one, or find some that go well together...sigh.

Oh don't worry. Mine has capped his scents at four, and won't consider any more now that he has that many. So most of the pairings thing is me finding ones that go with what he'll wear.

I love the Robin+Marian Romeo+Juliet pictures! They look so loving with each other! And it's cool that it's made for girls and guys! Girlfriends and boyfriends can smell like each other. (I wish I had a boyfriend ; _ ; )

Lol. My partner and I never smell the same in the same scent. I like finding pairings of things that work well together. LP #3 is nifty because they were blended to go together. Of course because our chemistry is so different, they don't match anymore when we wear them. *sigh* (Plus, I like the men's better on me than the women's.) Fortunatley, he's got a nice boozy one from another vendor that I can wear Pirate Bumbo against, and we're working on other pairings.

Robin and Marion are Francesco Hayez's, "The Kiss." "Romeo and Juliet," is by Sir Frank Diksee. Edward Blair Leighton did "The Accolade." It made for a lovely trio.

Edit: beat to the punch.

I used to have prints of those R+M and R+J paintings hanging in my bedroom. For years and years, they were my favorite pieces, along with "The Accolade," which has Gwen and Lance. Still love them but the posters wore out.

I had a hard core music fan whispering in my ear when I watched it the first time. "See, it's funny because drummer DO always die!" I'm not sure if that was actually helpful to my appreciation of the humor. I have seen it many times since, and still giggle. Having been raised on folk music, I also get a big kick out of Might Wind.

As far as potions go. I think having more ingredients makes for more possible reactions between ingredients, which could cause some drastic changes in scent even if most of the ingredients were the same. But of course, I have no idea what went in to either of them, so I'm making things up to fit the evidence.

*critical difference*

If you can see, the numbers all go to... eleven. Look, right across the board. Eleven, eleven, eleven, and... Exactly.

I can't believe I haven't written a review on this one yet.

In the bottle: Bright, fresh berries, with a sharp sparkle which can almost be distinguished as pine.

On wet: Juicy is really the only word that fits. The peppermint and the pine play very well together, and work as the perfect frame for the explosive juciness of the fruit.

Drydown: Eventually the plum comes through, and has the longest staying power, making this scent go from a bright pinkish red to a darker, purpler fuscia as it evolves. The pine eventually wins out over the peppermint, matching the darkness of the plum.

This blend is so exact that the icy frosting of pine and peppermint is more of a sparkle on the fruit than it's own note. The fruit are much more tangy than I expected, but every bit as juicy as I hoped. I really love this one.

Try wearing it while eating brownies. You will explode with delight.

.... I just need a "bat belt" with every scent at hand...

/e wonders if sample vials would fit in an ammo belt.

Bread and Wine, smokey resins of Frankincense and Myhrr, and Gold as embodied by golden honey.

Wet: This starts out with a whiff of cake. Not sweet cake, but a dry buttery cake. (Must be the bread, but it is richer than bread to me.) There is also something dirty like old ashes, and the tinies hint of incense.

Drydown: It takes an hour or so, but this settles into a pure, heavy incense.

This scent has a lot of throw, and lasts for a very long time. If you are looking for a less sweet, very powerful incense scent, look no farther. At the end, (after about seven hours,) there's an element of powder which joins the incense, but this may be my skin chemistry.

I haven't used them yet, and probably never will so I can save them for my Linnea collection.

Ack! Someone get this girl back-up bottles!

Welcome to the forums, SL. (Phantom really is nifty. I'm glad you got to try some perfumes, even if you have to save the Linnea ones.)

Notes: Warm and spicy Dragon’s Blood essential oils, with complimentary notes of Egyptian Musk, Indian Chai Spices and Benzoin.

In the bottle: sweet cookies, but also a little fruity.

Wet: The dragon's blood is a powerful player, smelling a little fruity, and a little floral. It must be the chai spices giving it a little bit of smooth cookiness in the background.

Drydown: The musk and spices become more prominent, but the juicy dragon's blood is still a player. To me, dragon's blood often smells more like pomegranite than pomegranite does, so this blend smells like spiced pomegranite.

This is a much lighter/brighter smelling scent than one might expect from the name and description. Most of the notes are rather nice on me, but my mystery astringent note is also here. (I really must find out what that is, no one I've met can figure it out.)

Salomewild has the description spot on. The drydown on me still has some pine in it, but so much pine that I feel drenched in sticky sap.

 

This one didn't last as long as some LPMP scents, maybe four or five hours instead of the usual eight to twelve. But adding a little more was no problem, and allowed me a much needed moment of invigoration in the afternoon.

Oh dear. I left out a critical "not." My description should read, "The drydown on me still has some pine in it, but NOT so much pine that I feel drenched in sticky sap." *sigh*

Also, a friend of mine, who is afraid of the forums, came up with a great description for this one.

Woodsy green, but also very blue. With spots of fuscia.