Your best bet would be to post in the Introductions forum and explain a bit about yourself - what you hope phermones will achieve etc (which you seem to have already done). You’ll get a $25 Gift Certificate from Tisha.
THEN - if you sign up to the store - you get 500 points (which equal $5) so that’s $30 plus your extra $5, makes it $35.
Assuming you lived in the US, you could get a couple of To Go bottles of pheromones, and that should give you a rough idea of how they work etc. (I’m new here too, and don’t have my phero’s yet. But I’m anxiously waiting!)
There are guides to this - but from what I’ve read - it seems that everyone has different places/ways of applying them. Best way to learn is to try them all out and see what works best for you. Mostly, it seems that they’re applied to skin and hair. Clothes are a less popular option, but some resort to this in winter. I guess you just put them on like you would a cologne or perfume.
This is a good guide by Tisha
From what I read - ALL of them have side-effects. But its your choice whether you see these as good or bad. I’ve read reports of some of the male products being a bit depressant (but only to 4% of those tested and reported), or giving people headaches if applied too close to their face - but that can happen with cologne or perfume too! So I’m assuming they’re not harmful to health, and you can just have a shower and forget all about them if you end up not really enjoying it…
I hope that answers some questions (I’m only a few days old on here, but have been reading quite comprehensively in anticipation.) Good luck with your endeavours and don’t forget to report back! Reading the journals is great - and you should definitely have a look at some of them. They’ll give you a better idea of what you might like.