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La Femme Mystere The second LPMP product that I've tested was La Femme Mystère - UNscented Pheromone Blend for Women in the roll-on. Let me sum this one up in two words: Love it! First off, this is another copulin free formula, which I really appreciate. It appears to be high in estratetraenol and I can definitely see the effects of the DHEAS. I wore this over Blue Sugar at work on Wednesday and Thursday this week (we had alot of meetings), and again on Friday over The Perfumed Whisker. Wed-Thurs Effects on other people... My boss, whom I shall forevermore refer to as Hardass, was exceptionally friendly and social. He helped me with a particularly difficult problem (that I had solved in a roundabout way... around the elbow to get to the arm... and he took almost an hour out of his day to show me a better way. Real mentorship here, not the usual gruff reaction of exasperation he is more likely to demonstrate. In this case, I really think he's reacting to the EST. He's also a bit of an alpha male, so this might be a great product to wear around him. Had a couple of interactions with the other girl on our team (she is very junior to me, but we work pretty closely on some aspects of our project) that were pretty funny. Almost flirty interactions in three different groups where I was able to make her laugh, and then got everyone else to laugh as well. Had one of our remote teammates sit next to us during one of the larger meetings, and he smiled alot and told jokes. Had another teammate sit next to me in a different meeting, and he kept turning to smile at me. Overall, almost every conversation that I had both days was friendly and upbeat, with lots of smiles. Because of my position on the team, I didn't have much to contribute during the meetings, but the general mood of all of them seemed to be upbeat and positive. I've never seen our project manager make as many jokes as he did, and I haven't seen our team (who has also been very stressed lately) seem as laid back and happy as they did. General Effects on myself... I felt super confident! My office is very laid back (no direct client interactions), so we can wear jeans and tshirts if we want. On Wed I wore a pair of (second hand) designer jeans, black halter top and super soft hoodie sweater, with faux pearls and my grandmother's gold locket. I felt way more classy than that outfit should have made me feel. Wed night I got a facial and my brows and lashes done, and Thursday I wore about the same outfit with different jeans and top. Same exact feeling - super confident, super outgoing and smiles for everyone. I also think I might have been speaking a bit softer than usual, maybe thinking about what I was going to say a bit more first? Kindof unusual for me since I usually feel I have to compete with all the boys, but it still left me feeling like I was 100% confident and capable. Friday... Friday morning I layered this with The Perfumed Whisker and went a little heavier than I did with the first 2 applications. I used a good stripe of La Femme Mystere down my stomach, and 3 inch stripes up both wrists. I also reapplied a small amount on both wrists at lunch. I think Friday was the best day of all. I have the next week off, and bought some pretty dresses to wear on a road trip my Sweetie and I will be making. Today I "dressed up" and wore one of the dresses and some pretty new sandals to work. This happens once a year, and with so few women in the office, it was definitely a different experience to walk around all girlified. I felt absolutely fabulous. My boss, Hardass, was out sick, so I don't know if that helped contribute to the lighter mood than usual in our cubes or not. But it was a great day. A ton of people stopped and chatted at my desk, most of them asking about vacation plans. I got a metric ton of work done - seriously plowed through everything assigned to me, and then topped of a bunch more that Hardass didn't know about. I also had a telephone intake interview for another job during lunch, and that went swimmingly as well. Remember that confident and capable bit? I had a great conversation with the interviewer, and even though the position doesn't sound like a good fit, he offered to send me info about another position, in addition to making an introduction to another company he is familiar with that I would love to work at. Towards the end of the day, one of the senior executives was in our area looking for a manager. I was able to point him in the right direction, while also making him laugh. I was able to bring some closure on some items that our project manager didn't even know he needed. Confident and productive! Seriously. Love it! A guy who works on another floor stopped me in the hallway and complimented me on the dress. I made a joke about it later with some of the guys (all happily married men) who share my cube wall. We talk over the cube alot, but don't usually talk face to face, and they commented on the dress... I insisted it was my "Vacation Preparation" ensemble, and I even went into their supercube to do a pirouette to show off the flare in the skirt. They couldn't stop laughing, and all 3 of them said they had never seen me as "excited" as I was today. I think it was a combination of the vacation plans, and layering in the estratetraenol. Definitely loving the self effects of this one, and have super high hopes for the use of this around Hardass. On the home front, my sweetheart has been very sweet, but hasn't been nearly as chatty with this blend as he was with the Cuddle Bunny. I don't know if it's because the blend is so different, or if he had more to talk about at the beginning of the week than the end. Regardless, this is definitely a winner in my book. I'll be ordering a spray version for better dispersion, and I think I will be ordering a tester of Goddess of the Blue Moon to see how this works with a scent crafted for the blend. Love it!

I think the astringent aftertaste might have been because some might have gotten on the sleeve of my sweater. That might explain why it also smelled strongly in open spaces... The heated scent was able to spread further away, while the bit on my sleeve stayed closer. When I got home and changed into pajamas, the strong aftertaste was gone. Could have been the food, or might have been cops on the sleeves? Another reason I decided to purchase new scents and phero's is because work has become a bit... stressful lately. I've had a couple of phone interviews at other companies, but I realized I might benefit from the extra boost pheros can have during face-to-face interviews, and in the workplace. Long story short, I did a second test run of Cuddle Bunny at work on Tuesday. I went pretty light with the application, and covered it with Blue Sugar. The Cuddly Bunny basically disappeared, but the Blue Sugar smelled a bit more... caramalized? than usual. Here's the rundown of interactions that I had during the day: Lots of good mornings in my cube. Usually I'm the one greeting other folks, but a couple of people stopped at my desk to say hello. I had to show something to my boss early in the day, and he was visibly distracted.He's exceptionally calm, cool and collected and after I showed him what he needed to see he actually stopped, looked back at his monitor and mumbled out loud: "So distracted..." Had one of my best friends at work lose his train of thought while we were talking about geeky science things at lunch. He's a great guy and we are prone to just smiling at each other anyways, but he definitely seemed to be smiling alot more than usual. Had another interaction with my boss early afternoon where he was much more... accommodating... than he usually is. Sometimes he's too busy to give clear instructions for a task, and I get frustrated having to "wing it" to figure out exactly what he wants. In this case, he was super helpful and talked me through each step of what he wanted. At the end, he also told me that it was "okay" if I needed to ask him for more help. Almost creepy, actually, since he can be a real hardass at times. After work I went to the grocery (different grocery store, needed to catch a sale) and had two sales clerks in a row who were suuuper friendly. Funny side story... I passed a couple in one of the isles who looked totally out of place. The guy was dressed kindof sloppily and was following around this woman like a lost puppy. She had a slightly sleezy outfit on, topped with 6 inch sandal heels, and she was making a huge show of bending over or stretching to get items from the top or bottom shelves. There was a cloud of another brand's recognizable pheromone product around her. I tried 2 of their products a few years ago and hated the cheap scent they added to mask the contents. I don't know which formula she was wearing, but it was way too strong. It must have stretched a good 10 feet or so in all directions, and it lingered in the isles she had left. It also smelled like she was trying way too hard. I saw a bunch of other folks in the store giving her the hairy eyeball. I would like to take this moment to state that this is yet another experience that has reaffirmed that trying LPMP products was a most excellent decision. After watching this couple make several isles of the store uncomfortable for everyone around them, I felt like a subtle but classy smell-good hero when I went up to the registers. No cheap scent here! I got both my cashier and my bagger to laugh. They were super friendly about taking my sales coupons (sometimes this particular store is snippy about that). The folks in line behind me also seemed friendly about the slight delay in checkout due to the sale. When I finally got home, my sweetie and I curled up in bed and watched a movie, then went to bed early. He was super chatty and full of cuddles, but less aggressive than he was the first time that I wore it. Mind you, this was a good 9-10 hours after first application, so I don't know how strong it was after all that time. Definitely ordering a bottle of this. Tho I wonder if I could get a version without cops? I like what I think are the effects of the estratetraenol but the copulins seems to be a bit distracting to both myself and others. Great for my sweetie at home, but might see about ordering a batch without the cops that I could wear out in public without distracting others, while still being able to take advantage of the cuddle-factor with my sweetie.

Out of all the scents I received with my first order, this is the one I was the most excited about, and the one that made me the most sad. I came home this evening, made dinner and spent some time with my sweetie. Then I took a shower and did a super scrub to make sure I didn't have any residual scents on from work today... I have all the vials that I ordered organized and sorted in "my room" (the guest bedroom), with the ones I have tried sorted into like/don't like, and the ones I haven't tried yet staged for quick selection. I have been looking forward to 3 of Pears because my sweetie likes fruity scents. He seems to like cherry alot, and cherry blossom. He also likes citris scents... But he loves pears, so I figured this would be a mega win with him. After my shower, I applied some 3 of Pears to both wrists, with a little dab on my stomach. On first application it was strong and almost apple fruity. There might have been a hint of florals, but it I mostly smelled apples. Like a pear flavored apple sauce. If anyone has tried some of those weird variety blends they sell in the snack packs. Or one of those gourmet pureed organic blends. I asked my sweetie for his opinion after application, and again at about the 10 minute mark. He said he liked it, and it smelled a little like fruit and a little like flowers to him... I retired to the bedroom to surf the web and now I can't smell anything. I seriously can't smell a thing. I thought it might have been absorbed and just quickly evaporated, so I went back out to ask my sweetie if he can still smell it. He says it smells exactly the same to him now as it did when I asked him an hour or two ago. I realize now that my nose is stuffy too. Not enough, but definitely a little tightness in the sinuses. So disappointing! I was really excited about this one - I thought it might be something my sweetie and I would both enjoy. And I can't smell a thing. I wonder which ingredient it was that I'm allergic to: PEAR, PLUMERIA, PINEAPPLE, PIKAKI, PECAN, MAPLE I grew up in New England, so I'm pretty sure tha maple is good. I have a walnut allergy, but pecans are fine. I also have a mild pineapple allergy... So I bet it is either the pineapple, pikaki or the plumeria. Oh well. Process of elimination and I'll be able to narrow this down. Really sad about this tho - it smelled really lovely in the bottle, and seemed like it might work well in the 20 or so minutes that I could still smell! Sad kitty over here.

I don't think you would want the "freeze". That's the local term to describe the aloof and standoffishness of the locals. Basically, if you aren't from around here, it is very hard to make new friends. The locals here are all 'too cool' to need new friends. My sweetie and I have made a few friends in the 2 years since we moved out here... They're all transplants too. Only know one local who has actually been interested in socializing. They are a very strange breed out here! The grossest local term is the 'Tacoma Aroma', which is this gross combination of high tide rottenness, and waste product from the paper mills in Tacoma/Payullup. You learn pretty quickly to go to internal air circulation if you have to drive thru that part of the state.

My first order from LPMP arrived today - hurray! I picked it up during my lunch break, quickly unpacked and sorted the goodies (including the extra treats - thank you!) and grabbed the sample of Cuddle Bunny 2009 to try out this evening. Both my sweetheart and I were scheduled to get home later than usual - me with work and him with errands. I waited until most of my co-workers were gone, then snuck off to the restroom and applied a smidgen (literally 1-2 smudges) of scent on my wrists and back of my neck. I wanted to make sure it didn't smell horrid before heading home, and I figured I could scrub it off at work and cover with something "safe" if it didn't work. On application Cuddle Bunny was so strong! In the bottle it smelled super sweet. On application it smelled super sweet. Then it changed and became nose-burningly clean and fresh. Super sinus expanding freshness. For using such a small amount, I became super nervous that I might have used too much! Seriously. Freshly freshed freshness. I almost dropped the vial as i fumbled it back into the candy tin I had smuggled to work in. Holy crap fresh! I'm pretty sure that the women's bathroom suddenly smelled cleaner than it has in... ever. So after about 5-10 minutes of hanging out in the bathroom and hoping I don't have to explain why I was doing laundry to any ladies who happened in, the scent finally settled down to a fresh, slightly floral clean smell. Maybe a little astringent at the back of the throat, like the chemical aftertaste of dryer sheets, but overall a pleasant, clean floral scent. I crept back to my desk (which is located towards the back of our office in a cube farm) and went back to work, occasionally catching a whiff of flowers with a little bite at the end. Had an interesting interaction or two with some of my male co-workers (they're almost all men - sometimes it seems like the only women in our office work in HR), and went on my merry way home, with a quick stop at the grocery. Had one or two nice interactions at the grocery, but that's pretty commonplace. The ride home was pretty smell goody... The scent seemed much more floral in a tight space, and more chemically in an open space... I drove with the windows down and was delighted to drive by a particularly large patch of flowering blackberry brambles... knowing that I smelled just as pretty as they did. When I got home - it turns out that Cuddle Bunny was the perfect blend to "pop my LP cherry" with. My sweetheart had a horrible day at work and really needed someone to vent to. I made dinner while he ranted and raved at the various injustices of the world. We usually don't eat at the table, but I set my meal out and he got up from his desk to join me. He ranted some more about work, then slowly seemed to relax and started talking about other more positive things. He's a very physical guy, but he usually doesn't do the little touchy-feely things. If we hold hands it usually just a quick catch and release. I'm more likely to get a solid smack on the bottom than a hand holding. I think that can be attributed to him being very Alpha, and also a little self conscious about what is "proper" or "acceptable" behavior in public. Kissing in public - TMI. Slapping my ass if he notices someone else checking me out - totally acceptabe. Totally irrational reversal of "proper" if you ask me, but anyways... During dinner my sweetie played a little footsy under the table, which is pretty unusual for him. After I had put dinner away, I asked if he had any plans or if he wanted to cuddle. We usually spend an hour or two hanging out during the evening, but we have our own hobbies and are pretty good at "entertaining ourselves", so asking if he wanted to hang out with me isn't unusual. He was so enthused about the idea that he actually beat me to the bedroom (we have a huge TV at the foot of the bed, and more pillows than should be legal, so the bedroom is the go-to cuddle spot in the house), which was also a bit of a surprise. He kept talking... he's generally a chatty Kathy.. but he was chatting about a bunch of good things, instead of all the horrible things that happened earlier today. He was also super playful... almost aggressively so. I don't know how someone can talk about their latest piece of power equipment while also persistently tickling all the... right?... places, but he did it. Perhaps that was an alpha response? Finally, after a good 20 minutes or so of cuddles and chat, he stopped, took a good long sniff at my neck, then declared: "You smell good." I'm super nervous about new scents around him. He is super picky and I usually only wear perfumes for myself at work or to run solo errands. I asked him if he liked it and offered him my wrist to smell. His response: "You smell good." Well... I figure that's a step in the right direction. I had warned him that I had placed an order for new perfumes and that I was going to be trying a bunch of new scents out... I want his unvarnished opinion, because I don't want to wear something that he doesn't like, but I need to find something that I enjoy as well. "You smell good." Seriously. He said that 3 times in a row. With good long intervals of intense neck sniffing in between. He was 100% serious too. He finally elaborated and told me that it smelled a little bit like baby powder, which he hates, but that he liked the smell in this blend. I asked him if he would mind if I wore it more often and he responded with a very solid affirmative. Our cuddle ended with a rather exciting finale, but even afterwards, he was still super playful and slightly aggressive. I've wandered into his part of the house a few times, and each time he's called me over for a quick pat or nuzzle. Pulling himself away from his current game/research/mad scientist project to pay some attention to me while I'm available isn't unheard of, but it's definitely a bit more attention than I usually expect once we go our separate ways for the evening. So... First review of Cuddle Bunny 2009 concludes with this as a solid winner with my sweetheart, and a pretty convincing scent for me. I took a shower before bed, and applied some more to replace what I had scrubbed off. I used even less than I did the first time - literally one tiny sized splotch about half the size of a dime... This time I didn't get any of the "bite" in the back of my throat that I was getting on first application. I hadn't eaten in a few hours when I put my first round on, and I ate about 2 hours ago with this app... so I wonder if my appetite had anything to do with my original perception of zomg super clean! scent. I'm mostly getting florals off the bit I applied this evening, which will make this a solid winner if this is what it smells like the majority of the time I wear it Overall - I am super satisfied with my first LPMP scent. I can't wait to try out the other 8 that I ordered, not counting the extras included in my package! Next up, I'm planning to try Darling Catalina. This time I think I'll start with a super super tiny application site, then work up from there. My only concern is that I might build up an immunity to the strength... But I figure I can start small and work up from there,

Tribble Wrangler is too funny. Worse than herding cats!

Ooooo! I'll add that one to the list I've started for my next order. Thank you!

The scent I have worn the most during the past few years is the cologne Blue Sugar By Aquolina. Pink Sugar was a bit too sweet. Have tried a bunch of others, but keep coming back to that one. I think it is the caramel and vanilla... Smells like a slightly musky cotton candy. I think I am the most excited to try out Darling Catalina and Red Lace? I know my sweetie has a good reaction to alpha androstenedione (he is a chatty Kathy anyways, that phero makes him more playful while he's gabbing) so I think those will be winners. Also looking forward to 3 of pears... It sounds fruity, but with maple and pecan? Thank you for the warm welcome!

Just placed my first order - 9 different samplers and a bottle of La Femme Mystere. Ladies, your rave reviews totally sold me here! Samplers include: Spring Equinox 2011, Pouncing Potion, The Perfumed Whisker, Darling Catalina, Kitten Nip, Cuddle Bunny, 3 of Pears, Red Lace, and DAD for men (for my sweetie). I've used another brand of unscented pheros off and on for the past decade, but the forums convinced me that I had to try LPMP. Not only are the individual ingredients listed, but the variety of scents available is wonderful! I love candy scents, and my sweetheart likes fruits, so I'm hoping the selection above will have something in it that we both enjoy. Can't wait for the mail to arrive... Thank you all!!