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I wore this today with a little Topper, trying to figure out my relationship with this phero. I told no extra and unnecessary jokes, I thin class went a little more quickly? I was a little more creative maybe, or maybe mentally disorganized, but not worried about it so maybe more confident than usual. One new guy after class let me know he's a yoga teacher by trade, in the past maybe I'd pay a little more attention or feel out if he was hinting for a subbing spot, but I didn't particularly appreciate his listening skills so I didn't engage much. I think Cougar/Topper makes me more no-nonsense, Levitation and Lunina/Topper maybe allow me to be more approachable, but a little more ditzy. This variant, I get a lot of currant and chocolate. It made me happy, but more grounded than a brighter fruit. I Don't think I sensed much grapefruit, but I have a high grapefruit/citrus threshold. Or it's real light in this blend. The perfume is more opulent, or rich, and I got to bomb myself a bit in downdog because i had a big t-shirt on and when it went over my face, I kept it on. Normally I'd take it off, but I enjoyed the occasional journey into chocolate boob town. Didn't feel cuddly, felt elusive. Like the man wanting to smell this woman really has to be sneaky, she's never going to just give those long whiffs away. Four hours later, I might be getting more peach and grapefruit, but I think maybe it's residual PCMP on yesterday's sweater? I'll take this for another test spin next week.

I have to admit, I only sampled this because of the name, and I have had Because the Night stuck in my head for two days. I thought that almond was a mismatch for me, and I avoid almost everything that has almond in it, scent wise. But, Because the Night was fabulous. I cannot believe it's only 4 major scent notes?!! Maybe it's like 20 vanillas and 20 ambers? I know that my sample is like 5 years old, so maybe this has aged in a really magical way. I wore a little for teaching last night, and then to meet my boyfriend at the show he was working. No unusual hits, the same guys trying to remind me that they're socially significant and have important jobs and that we're special friends. They also like to pretend that I'm not really in a "real" relationship with my man (it's been over two years and we live together). So if they didn't always act like kooks, I'd say hits, but that's just who they are. But I personally had a great night and felt more comfortable in my skin in a bar/music venue setting for a moth or so now. I think LFM and LFN are probably most like my nighttime social adult personality, when I'm not overcome by my Goofballitis.

I seem to be in the Lumina/Topper camp. I also love levitation. I get great hits and selfies with all three of those, they are instant mood lifters and the effects are blatant. Same with Heart and Soul and Open Windows, and SWS does exactly what I need it to do. I can't say I've had selfies with Cougar, SS4W, or PP. I'm still looking for the my sweet spot with those, but don't use them very much since the others work so well for me.

I'm not sure what message he received, but I put it on my hands right before he met the kids and I at a game store. I was parked 3 blocks away, his car was right out front, so I asked for a ride to my car, and I told my daughter to sit in the front and I'd sit in the back. I intentionally handed her the things she had bought in the store, by passing them from behind his seat up to the front, about 4 inches from his face. Multiple times. Again, I don't know what he experienced, but I did my part. Haven't heard a peep from him since then, though.

I hope to get my hands on this one eventually through the trade boards. I think it was once offered in a mini spray? I really loved my little mini spray of Summershine. I do amp nutmeg, can anyone tell me if the nutmeg is prominent or more laid back? I like to wear UN Topper alone with another perfume, especially if I need a fresh start or I'm feeling indecisive or sluggish. I'm not sure if it's the DHEAS alone or the DHEAS and Alpha-Androstenol together, but it always perks me up and puts me in a better mood. I think the DHEAS affect me more, but I'll find out soon enough! I imagine there's a DHEAS vs. Alpha-A thread on here somewhere. UN Topper makes me more outgoing, so I don't know if other people respond to Topper like I do, but people tend to count on me for a little joviality, so they're either responding to the phero's or they just like it when I go into my stand-up comic persona. Honeycake, you have to engage other people, you can't just wait for them to be drawn to you. Otherwise everyone else get gets to ride on your free phero tails! Have you tried Popularity Potion? It seems like you want a good upbeat social blend, like maybe SS4W. Does Cougar work for you? I'm still not sure if Cougar is my thing, but I do really well with Open Windows and Treasured Hearts. Levitation also rock my boat, but maybe because of the DHEAS and Alpha-Androstenol, like Topper. So if you don't get any selfies with UN Topper, maybe the same for Levitation. LFM and Lumina are also great for socializing, and both have a strong female vibe. You have to figure out what works with your personality, what makes you more YOU. Or brings out the quieter parts, or balances you out. I'm already kind of out there, so I don't notice much as far as results with PP, Cougar, or SS4W. I tend to do better with stuff that makes me happy, or helps to bring out emotions/closeness or the touchy feely vibe. Phero's that make me more empathetic are good for me so I don't just run right over people with my stories and jokes. It's good for me to slow down and listen, get out of myself a little more and pay attention to others and be more sensitive to their feelings. What phero's do give you selfies?

I happen to be wearing an older PCMP today,the 2013 variationr, and I would be totally cool with it being a tad more tart! I'm sure I'll go full spray bottle. Before i go to work I like to spray whatever perfume all around my neck and chest. (I think this may have started when Lady V mentioned snorting some phero off of her tits?) The rest of the time, I tend to stick to wrists and pulse points. But with SWS, Levitation, and Lumina, I tend to try to fog my brain, partially to wake myself up, and also I tend to confuse perfume and coffee. I crossed a line this morning, two spritzes to the face too many. If this was any other perfume house under the sun, I would have definately had a headache. Instead it was just a bit too much sweetness, so I'll be more careful next time. And, I'm really excited to try the new one! Edit: As a tstament to how well LP's morph, I just caught myself sticking my hand into my cleavage and then smelling my hand. (Today's lotion was also applied with a heavy hand, so the perfume merged with the oil and that combo is what got on my hand. Sorry if that's TMI! It is avocado and coconut oil, not human grease, it that helps....) Either way, it's mellowed. I'm going to spritz myself with a pit of sugared grapefruit as I am now having Zing Envy.

I haven't put this on for a bit, all I have is a sample, but I reached for it late tonight. My man has been sick for a few days, we'll see if can reach past the mopey sick man vibe....

I know this perfume reminds you all of babies. I love it, I wore it tonight just because I needed a restart on the day. I have a sample of a newer version, too, the same line as Time Turner and Aurora, it's equally lovely. For me, I don't know if babies really smell like this. Other people's sleeping babies, maybe. But, if my son smelled this, he would say that it reminds him of me. I intentionally wore lavender all the time while nursing him, so lavender would always calm him down. Today he loves lavender, has even said "Mom you know I'm just a lavender kid," when I've asked his opinion on certain perfumes. (Except Howl, that's one he was happy about.) I swear this doesn't make me feel more maternal, but I have to cop to the fact that I've been looking at kittens online all night. Not for me though, it's for my daughter. She wants a grey and white tabby/tortie or grey and white longhaired kitten. I thought I found the perfect one the other night but it was $800 for whatever fancy mix it was. So I'm still looking. But just to be clear, I'm not feeling maternal or wanting a kitten. I'm not. I already have 3 cats, including the kitten John Snow (He's 10 months old now and everyone is now playing peacefully daily.) I'm hoping for a kitten a few months younger than him for my daughter (and John Snow) because she is an animal whisperer and is relatively frustrated with me that she's never picked out a pet of her own. When I do find a few kittens fitting her requirements, I will let her go meet several so that she can do the "picking." So, in summary, New is amazing and cozy and clean and huggable and doesn't make me want to cuddle anything little, sweet and innocent.

I wore this today, it was a creamy sophisticated peach. No idea what Audacious did for me, I want to experiment with it some more. I had to phero bomb myself with something else so the peaches and cream were cut down in their prime. It's February, but it's like 75 degrees at 4pm here in Oakland CA. It's got me thinking about summer, and summery food. I was wondering if anyone wanted to come over and cook for me? Here are some recipes I'd enjoy- breakfast Crock Pot Peaches and Cream Oatmeal, light lunch (with a salad) No Bake Peaches and Cream Cheesecake Parfaits, dinner (also with salad - keeping it low cal) Peaches 'n Cream Lasagna, dessert Grilled Peaches with Vanilla Ice Cream. No pressure or anything. Just, you know, if you're in the neighborhood.

Going thru sniffles and trying to group into categories. (That means there must be some admin shit that I'm avoiding. What's that? Taxes? When do I have to have all the I9's out anyway?) The maple, from the sample, almost makes it smell foodie to me. I'll wear this soon. Luna, LFM with this? And I don't think I can easily categorize this one. At least I know what song will get stuck in my head today. One more day of my life with "but you can't go out because your roots are showing..." in my head. Ironically, Wednesday has always been my root touch up day.

I wouldn't mind huffing New off my wrists forever and ever, but it's fading so I'll try this one for pcking up the kids today. I have exactly zero experience with Mega Watt. The "later on in the evening" edit- Well, this is the most real demonstration that travel shock is a real thing. The first time i wore it, it had just arrived. Didn't like it at all. I put it on eight hours ago to test out Mega Watt, just to test the phero. Now, O'm really not sure if the phero jives with me, BUT the scent is so soft and pretty. Like a pretty tea, faded honeysuckle and a light honey. I bet this would be a really nice wax scent, too. From now on, I won't open anything when it arrives on day 1.

See, that's the thing, I really want to develop the persona that doesn't care at all. He feeds on my reactions. There's a tacitic called "going grey rock" that I really would like to get to with him. It's where you become so uninteresting that the narcissist/borderline personaility type person wanders off to go trouble someone else since they get no reaction or entertainment from their former victims. It's an alternative to going "No Contact." Later that night, my son asked if he and his sister could stay with me instead of going to their dad's, since I had been out of town for 10 days. I normally would never mess with the schedule, but i told the kids if they wanted to Face Time him and ask him themselves, they could. So I think he got the message loud and clear that my kids value their relationship with me, and that the three of us needed a moment to recover from his little head trip.

Thanks for all your words Stacy. I was so hot, I didn't tell the kids I was disappointed with their dishonesty. I really just needed to stress that they weren't in trouble, I needed them to understand that I was angry at him, not them, and that they are not now and never will be responsible for my feelings. As far as him smelling it on me, no, he hasn't yet. This all happened on weds, via phone. That's why i say it was all self-effects. I can't go to war with him, it wouldn't be in their best interest in any way, and I really cannot have a discussion with him until I can be calm. He's good to his kids, he's just socially and emotionally stunted. I have to keep in mind that the reason he lies is that he's a coward and he finds me terrifying. But I will see him on weds, I'll give Dom another try and try to stick to 30 words or less. I did remove the key to my house from his keychain on Sat am, and he hasn't said a word. I had to ask him to drive my son's lunch to him at his school and I knew he was going to pass right by here, so I text him the situation and left it on the porch. I wasn't here when he retrieved it.

Okay I'll try it.

I just deleted my rant and moved it to the bitching post.

Duh, sorry. I drank coffee brought home from Hawaii this am, it doesn't work. Not one bit. And you're on Team Perfume Genius, it's the same to me.

Bumping this thread, too. I love to hear about self-effects. The one I am most curious about is Dominance, though. Once in a blue moon, I have an strong need to tell people all about themselves. The things I say are the truth, but they are not helpful, necessary, and no one would confuse them with "kind." I wore a ton of Dom to deal with my ex/kid's dad one day, (yes, around the blue moon). Here's the thing, I just want him to remember what I'm capable of and who he's dealing with. My kids have been in the very unfortunate position of telling me things that he's too cowardly to tell me himself. It's awful. My poor babies have now both lied to me on his behalf, which obviously sends me through the roof, and it's hard for them to get that I'm mad at him for putting them in that position and not them for protecting him or me or whoever. (He told them it was better not to hurt my feelings. Because they're children and children are responsible for their parents feelings. Oh, wait, no they're not.) But I never even saw him that day, and still felt a need to remind him that a cowardly liar. These things are true, and I had just busted him lying again. But I was super hot and said some extra shit that can't be unsaid, the only type of insult a man doesn't forget. (I bet you can guess the object of my scorn?) Has anyone else experienced this with Dom? And if so, other than switching it out for Leather, is there a way to lighten it up? I want to present as though I could run someone over without feeling like I'm going to run someone over. Sorry if I put this in the wrong place, I couldn't find it in a UN Dom thread? I do want to add my selfies experiences here but my question can be moved to wherever it's appropriate.

I'm bumping this thread to remind myself to try this combo. Maybe Weds or Thurs night when kids are not home. Has anyone played with this combo lately? Edit- I meant BI and TC. Cougar + Dom could result in me needing tarps and shovels and a long road trip.

I just want to second what Luna is saying here, this is the first and only Man Smell that I've obtained a back up bottle for my man (so far.) we both love it. And he's been given instructions not to wear it unless he's with me. But the phero isn't the sex bomb/literal girl nip, it's the scent. It's just so good. If you want a girl to cuddle up on your lap and start purring, this is the stuff. Phero-wise, it's a cuddly, "I'm totally comfortable and into you" vibe. It's like, "I'd be this into you if you were really ugly, but I'm noticing that you're smokin' hot." I say dumb shit like that to my man all the time. We both like PM, it's also in Time Travel: Year One, which I also highly recommend. If you were trying to nudge a relationship forward, this will get you the girl. But, if you just want to "Netflix and chill" for one night, this would be unkind to wear. If you wanted to "Netflix and chill" for at least 7 seasons of 3 different shows, your girl will let you lay around on her sofa for years and years if you're wearing Mark's Girl Nip, purring on your chest and occasionally running to the kitchen to get you some snacks.

Eve and Luna, that's what i wanted to hear, that it's more subtle in this one. I am super sensitive to it. I'm still watching my checking account settle so still haven't finalized this month's order.

Right. Duh. I meant the scent. I like it after dry down but it's rough for me before. BF's mailing his FB of Bad Boy to his dad because I'm such a baby about it and his dad has been riding Harley's his whole life.

I just realized, I must've been craving something like this from my very first (or second) LPMP order. I always have 4 oz bottles of ylang ylang on hand because I put a little in all store bought and homemade lotions so that my "natural" skin scent is consistantly "me." I haven't done it with any other LP perfume, but when I got my spray of Compromising Positions, I put 30 drops of ylang ylang in! Currently wearing both and it's perfect.

I know you must be telling the truth, you've never lied to me before. Why oh why do I need to learn everything the hard way?!

Hmmm, maybe. That's always a game changer. But I have a spray and I really enjoy the decadent feeling I get with sprays. Would you think a little OCCO White or Black would mix well? Or BBM? Or some straight EoW around my belly button?

My phone has decided that when I mean "you," it's cool to shorten it to "yu." I hope no one anywhere believes that I'm that dumb. Or worse, that I think it's cool. How does this compare to the strength of the leather in the last version? For the first 20 min, I want to run away from myself.