Ah, I also forgot to mention that I have a very youthful appearance (my family has very young genes, plus the feminization of my first puberty doesn’t help 
), so I’m always worried whether people take me seriously or not. I played around a bit with my ancient bottle of A314 (from 2007) these last couple of days to see if it would help me at work.
(I’m borrowing the format from HankBuddy’s journal because I felt it reads so well. Thanks, Hank!)
Situation
First week back from a long holiday (boo…I wanna go back…). Day full of meetings including one with a new employee. For what it’s worth, I work with a bunch of LGBTQ/queer people.
Pheromones
A314*: less than 1 drop rubbed on neck, with some on my wrists.
Observations
I rushed into work this morning because I though we had a meeting in the morning. Right as I was stepping out of the car, I check my phone to see it was cancelled 10 minutes before. Probably means I could have slept in a few minutes more. Oh well.
Anyway, I got settled in and started to work. I didn’t notice any obvious self-effects at first, but now that I’m looking over my emails and notes, it seems I actually got quite a bit done, including finally following up on some pending items I had been pushing back.
In fact, A314 gave me a boost of assertiveness that I’m just now remembering. It was so subtle, but I think was definitely the mones working. That day, I rescheduled a meeting that did not work for me at all and had me missing a webinar that I really should attend. When my boss first asked me to schedule the meeting, I was very passive aggressive about how poor timing it was for me, because it worked for everyone else. Side note: I avoid conflict at all costs to the point of absurdity, even when there’s no real threat of conflict. As such, I often bend over backwards to accommodate other people, and deal with the ramifications it has on me.
Today, after my boss confirmed that only a few of the original invitees actually needed to be there, I moved the meeting to a time that worked better for me, and sent a polite email to everyone that since only 3 of us were needed in that meeting, the others who couldn’t work with the new time didn’t need to worry about it. It was such a small and obvious thing to do, but the day before I just didn’t have it in me to make that call. I think I can say that A314 helped me better assert my needs in a professional manner.
Nothing remarkable to say about my webinar or the rescheduled meeting that followed. After these, our department met with our new employee to explain to them what we do. There were 4 of us total and I didn’t feel particularly different; I tend to be warm/joking in small settings where there’s some familiarity. I might have been acting a bit too casual, stretching and leaning back in my chair when I would normally sit upright and look very proper. I did notice that the new person kept looking at me, even when I wasn’t speaking. I didn’t know if that was just their way of showing engagement with all of us, but I did find it odd when my supervisor, who was directly across from me and on one side of the employee, was speaking, this new employee would turn to look over at me from time to time. Maybe a hit, maybe no.
Conclusion
Even though I kinda messed up my dose (a full drop didn’t come out of the bottle), it did have subtle but perceptible self-effects, and possibly effects on the new person. 12 years later, and A314 still has some potency. I can’t complain 
*A314, as I mentioned, is from 2007. I still use it because it seems to still have some effect, but the dosage may be different compared to a new batch.