Hi.
Today I found that a friend of mine actually has purchased A314. Problem was he didn’t like the smell of it. He told me it smelled almost like old sweat t-shirt (that has been left too long in the training bag).
Could he have gotten a bad (don’t remember the word) “shipment”? Or has anyone else the same experience?
He’d thrown his away, so I haven’t smelled it myself.
The scent is Akuto and is the best scent ever in my opinion! He should’ve saved it AD would’ve refunded him if he wasn’t happy. Have him smell yours and see if it is similar.
People do demonstrate a wide range of responses to phero scents - Some will find they smell awful, whilst others will smell nothing other than the carrier scent at all. Most sit somewhere on a range between the two extremes though.
Androtics batch control and tracking is pretty strict so it is unlikely to be a bad batch.
A314 contains Akuto plus a proprietary blend of all natural fragrances/musks/oils/etc.
Because we use natural ingredients in the scent package and the blending process is so intricate bottles may vary in scent.
Also your friend is sensitive to androstenone - which can smell like sweat. Its rare to be able to smell it through A314 but he should have shook the bottle better and asked us about it.
But wow, throwing out something that cost over a hundred dollars instead of seeing what may have been wrong? I wish I had that luxury.
I like the vibe A314 helps produce, so I grin and bare it (okay, I cover too). However it does remind me of hippies intermingled with a hint of ass, armpit and headshop incense.
It definitely has a strong scent. When I first opened my bottle and took a whiff… Whew! But that goes away after about 10 minutes and I don’t pay much attention to it. I do a very gentle shake of the bottle every morning just to make sure things are properly mixed.
Of course I only use it on the inside of my wrists while I wear my usual cologne on my neck.
first couple times i smelled it I thought it sort of smelled like rubbing alcohol, but the smell grew on me as I used it. I woulda dove in the trash for that bottle hahaha and possibly smacked him if he was my friend hehe
I wanted to add that with the latest bottle of A314 i just got, I’ve noticed a definite change in the scent of it. Maybe I am more sensitive to the molecules in it lately, but it kind of reminds me of the smell of salicylic acid in Compound W wart remover. I only used that product once…back when I was a kid, but the memory of the smell stuck with me. It’s just an observation really, but I do remember A314 smelling much nicer before…almost like it had real expensive fragrance in it.