Goddessinjapan

Irish Eyes, good reminders of how to get through rough times!! I do have a hobby: I collect perfume.

Sounds like jobs I've had that needed moving on from!! To those who harp on productivity, I always think, "of course you're "productive"...you haven't got a bitchy, annoying co-worker to deal with". Hang in there...but only until you ditch the place for something better!! Got a whole slew of job applications done, yay, me! Remember...you only need ONE job, if it's the right one. I am thinking about a Private Edition scent intended to lend a little get-up-and-go...or if anyone has a recommendation? Like cutie.pie said, a Spell Potion would be fab!

I am a tough nut to crack...bipolar, with the sometimes severe lack of motivation and focus that can entail, plus I have Crohn's, with fatigue as my main symptom, also going through all kinds of super-stressy life stuff, like divorce and job hunting. Oh, and I tend towards S.A.D. anyway, plus living in clammy grey (but beautiful) Seattle. Let's just say I don't exactly bounce out of bed and greet the day sometimes. This is not a magic elixir, but, really, what woild be?? The sharper vision is noticeable, even hours later. The "white noise" in my head increases...my brain buzzes, like it does in meditation or when I'm really absorbed in doing something. I also noticed that when I DO get myself doing something useful, I see it in a different way. Like yesterday, instead of just applying for jobs, I also reorganized my resume a bit and wrote a cover letter with a different focus. When I was cleaning, I got out some storage boxes and put my summer things away so I had more space. It's like I see how to do things differently? Or feel like doing more than the minimum? I also thought I got more absorbed, so it seemed like time passed more quickly. If I were naming this stuff, I'd call it "In The Zone". I remember reading that there IS no phero that would give energy, plus there is apparently no anti-procrastination phero, so I'm out of luck on that. Darn. But considering what could reasonably be expected, I think this works great. Way better than I would have thought. And as I said, I'm a tough nut to crack. 2 questions: Is there an LP scent that IS intended to build energy? The combo might be perfect for me. And can I use this every day??

Best wishes, you guys!! Just got my package, with a full-bottle Mega Watt spray, 60% alcohol, 40% oil. 3 sprays to chest and things got noticeably glittery and sharper, and I felt more focused. Now I just need to shift my focus from screwing around to job applications. More than an hour later, and things still look sharp, like when I get new contacts. My preliminary conclusion would be: with a tiny bit of a push in the right direction, I bet this stuff is great. Will report back.

I got a free sample of this very early on, and I love this scent so much, that when I saw a bottle on Artfire, I scraped my pennies together and ordered it. It's just as lovely as I'd remembered. Crap, I keep forgetting about the phero and smelling myself. I put some on thinking to get a couple of family members to open up a tad, and ended up being the one spilling all kinds of things...you know, the kind of stuff that maybe would be better unspoken, or that maybe is better out in the open....and you're not really sure which? Anyway, so now it's out there, we'll see how that all turns out, I guess. Note to self: if you want to smell this, lock yourself away from others first. The phero works. AND am I correctly recalling that the TMI phero is even MORE truth-inducing than True Confessions? 'Cause this seemed entirely quite more than adequate to me!!

I went FB, too. Eager to hear what others think. Exciting!

I wore Lumina, with Bridezilla, on my last day of vacation, and the desk clerk offered me a ride to the airport, and the guy sitting next to me on the plane bought me a beer and asked for my number. I think I used kind of a lot...5 or 6 sprays. Or 7. In my hair and on my arms/ hands. But it was 50% strength. I wasn't expecting such a "let me give you stuff" reaction.

I always get free stuff when I wear Empathy Potion. I always use it now for doctor/ dentist appointments, haircuts, shopping... i have the 1x spray.

Here's a thread: http://lovepotion.invisionzone.com/index.php?showtopic=6883

I'm going to get a bottle! Just trying to decide what else I need, too...

Look at me, I'm Sugared Blackberry!!

Just wanted to put in a word about the fabled "travel shock". When I got my first order I was quite disappointed by some things that I had thought (from the descriptions) I would like. Well, a week or 2 later, they smelled just fine. And shake everything well. With the little trial vials, rolling them between your palms works well. So don't give up on anything yet. Having said that, Betrothal Potion is not my favorite...but I've gotten compliments on it from others. OH, and the pheromones are so interesting!! Adds a whole new layer to daily life!!

Welcome! Boy did you come at the right time...have fun with the sale!! I remember thinking, " who the hell needs somewhere that offers 10+ new kinds of perfume a month??" Then I got my first order. Ohhhh, OK....

Well, the conductor was supposed to be there anyway, and the space between the cars was right next to the bar car, so people were naturally walking by...it's not like it sucked unsuspecting men out of their seats from throughout the train or anything. But I was seriously like, "behold the power of copulins!!!" As for lunch, in 30 years of having breasts, I have never gotten that type of attention. I can see where it'd be annoying to be talking along and there's no eye contact. Kind of makes you think you could get up and leave the breasts only and they might not even notice. But he's a nice guy, he'd catch himself and quit it. But kept getting distracted, definitely. Screw Wonderbras, apparently OCCO Gold works just as well and makes you smell good, too. New marketing slogan: "a boob job in a bottle!!" There was an article that Mara posted somewhere about how cops made guys go from rating women as 4s or 5s to 7s or 8s. And that's power...meet them again with no pheros and they still have already got it stuck in their minds that you're gorgeous, right? RB, apparently I hit the sweet spot...but the sweet spot for "hello, boys!" Powerful stuff.

Well, yay, me, I had a slam-him-over-the-head-with-the-hardcore-stuff opportunity. I used Under Your Spell (with Blatant Invitation) on my torso, and just a dab of OCCO Gold in my cleavage. I didn't put anything on beforehand, thank goodness. I was on one of those European trains with the squishy compartments, and my seat was way in the corner by the window. So I went out of there and put some on (not too much) in the restroom half an hour before arrival, tucked a tissue over the top to keep it from getting on my clothes, buttoned my coat up to the top, and instead of going back I waited in the empty space between the cars during the drydown. By the time the train arrived, there must have been 5 guys who just happened to decide it was a great idea to linger between the cars. They'd be walking through, then stop, or even go and turn around. Including the conductor. One guy from the same compartment walked by and said, "hey, you left, are you coming back, or getting off soon?" I was just reading my book, thinking, " oh, shit, I hope he's right there to meet me". I tossed the tissue before getting off the train, but maybe I should have hermetically sealed it in plastic? I got a big hug, and an immediate, "wow, you smell fantastic!!" We went out for lunch. I was almost laughing out loud. I was wearing a conservative neckline, but the guy kept staring at my chest like I was Dolly Parton. I'm a very small A-cup. Never had that happen before, LOL. I made very sure to shower it all off before the return trip. No need to upset all the boys, all the time. Next time I'll try the band-aid thing!!! Ms. Mara, you have created a monster.

Thanks! Just sitting here at home I smooshed some Under Your Spell (with Blatant Invitation) around on my wrists. Can't smell a thing but huffable goodness! I gave my father's wife some Hummngbird Potion boosted with Aja...I'll borrow it for a test. And I posted a Q to Mara about those scratch-n-sniff stickers. It was a joke, but then I thought, hmmmmm.... No doubt she thought of it a long time ago!!

Very good, will do! I have had nice results with a friendly vibe with Cougar Potion and Gotcha. I did wear a little of the honey-smelling OCCO Gold with Love Potion: Exotica...but it was a blip from the trial vial, not much. I will be careful not to slam guys over the head with the hardcore stuff unless there's the right T.P.O.** ** this is a Japanese acronym...for "time, place, opportunity"...people use it when talking about appropriate behavior or what to wear to a wedding or whatever. I like it! But I don't think it's "real" English, right? I am asking because I had a co-worker, 20 years in Japan, who very seriously told his class that Americans don't say "mountain bike".

OK, gassing the soon-to-be-ex with Heart and Soul works awesome on his narcissistic rages...they should change the name to Narc-B-Gon. But I'm only around him another week now, and I definitely plan to be visiting old friends, aka potential boyfriends. Especially with the cops, I'd like to wear a bit, but have read some of the scary warnings about being careful. I don't necessarily want to excite all human males fortunate enough to be taking public transit with me, but I still want to wear my perfume when I get to places, and haven't the opportunity to put it on once i get there and run around clothing-free for 20 minutes. Although if I did, I might not need the cops. Could I, like, let it dry down properly at home then put tape or something over the spot? I'm thinking one of those waterproof Band-Aids, but duct tape would have the same effect, I guess. Although it would be more weird if for the ER staff I'm in a bus accident. Would tape/ Band-Aid even work, or is the stuff irrepressible? I suppose my alternative would be to get used to the attention. An older guy gave me his seat on the Metro for no particular reason when I was wearing Cougar Potion. I do realize that if the answer is "yes", people are going to be running around with color-coded tape to rip off in the appropriate context. And then of course we ask Mara to make scratch-n-sniff stickers.

Dibs on Mr. Pherodise!! Definitely need one of these guys. And whatever's in the bottle.

Glad I'm not the only overuser. Seriously, with the Heart & Soul, I'd expected that sometimes it would work , othertimes not, but no: it always works,; if it doesn't work immediately, means I need a couple more sprays. For me, it's the Levitation Potion that I fog. A little doesn't seem to work at all with that one.

Tyvey, is that a lot? I always find it tough to know how much...and I know "less is more"...but in my day-to-day experience with the personality-disordered soon-to-be ex, Heart & Soul" will stop him mid-rage...but when I try 1-3 sprays, it's risky whether it's going to affect him at all. This weekend we went out for lunch, he started getting nasty, and I thought, "crap, I didn't put enough on". As soon asI got home I added 3 sprays to the original 3, and he calmed down. But of course different people react differently...he might just have a high tolerance. And, although I tried not to spray it in my own face, I could very well have "Gotcha'd" the heck out of myself, thus leading to me blabbing my brains out while thinking, "what a nice person!", and "I think he likes me". Do ya think? NuTrix, 7 hours, but 3 different cafés!! Coffee, long lunch, coffee, with some walking in between. If it'd all been at the same restaurant, they would have told us to shut up and leave!! But lunchtime is 12:30-4:30...they won't let you in before, and they close after. I'll never get used to being told that noon is too early for lunch!! So, yup, 11-6. 7 hours. Seemed a lot shorter, but maybe that was the Gotcha, too.

Well, I have a report on the phero effects...went to meet an online friend in person. We are working on a project together, talk up a storm by email, and I'm pretty sure he has a crush on me (as who wouldn't?), but he's so shellshocked from a scary relationship, the whole human race is suspect, the female gender in particular. So someone I already know pretty well, but easily spooked. My worry was that we'd meet for coffee and it'd be so freakin' awkward we'd both end up wishing we hadn't bothered. But at the same time, I knew if I could get past that barrier, we'd both be happy. The phero descriptions here are so detailed...and accurate...that I was pretty sure that Gotcha was going to be the right one for the situation. I have UN Gotcha, in spray, but today was cold and drizzly, so I gave the Exotica a chance. I figured if he didn't like it, big whoop, he doesn't have to inhale. I put it on very lightly, but in quite a few spots (back of neck, collarbone, torso, wrists), and then gave it a couple good blasts with the blow dryer while drying my hair. That seemed to move it past the Vick's stage. I smelled more spicy than medicinal, and I knew from experience it was only going to get better. Topped it off with 3 sprays of the UN Gotcha (hair, back, front). I thought it might be too much, but my best results with other pheros have been with at least that much. Plus i figured that, with the weather, the spray might not be working to its full potential. You can all guess the results: we talked up a storm for 7 hours straight!! And I kept catching him looking at me funny. He said something like, "I thought you'd be nice, but I didn't know HOW nice". Gotcha! I'm a believer. And the Exotica behaved well, although it's 11 hours later and I've had a shower and I can still smell it. In a very pleasant and understated way. In fact, maybe that's what I need to do...put it on BEFORE showering instead of after. It's high-octane stuff, but, in the right hands, a good weapon to have in the arsenal.

Glad I'm not the only one...I was feeling really bad for saying that!! But I've tried it in more reasonable amounts and I like it much better. It smells best after a couple of hours, though. And it's going to last a while...a 1-inch roll on one wrist, rub my wrists together, and that was about right. I also tried wearing it on my body with a little of that honey-smelling PheroGirl. That was yummy!!

Did I hear sale?? And just when I might have money! I mean, might have had money!

Yes, tomorrow I won't put quite so much on. I can smell some depth to it now (hours and hours later...maybe I DID put it on pretty heavily), while before I couldn't. And it hasn't even been here a week...could still be getting over jet lag. I've found that everything smells better Week 2.