Amalgamations Introductory Journal

Field Reports & Anecdotal Experience Men's Journals
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The following is an overview of my target samples, test subjects. I will do my best here to give a generalized account of their baseline behaviors towards me while I wait for the FedEx guy to arrive. I ordered the newb kit and figured I would Journal what the reactions I have with the togo bottles all in one journal before I order anything else and write a more in depth journal for specific pheromones.

Family
Myself(Me)
Aside from what was written in my introduction post
Computer Nerd says Hi
I can’t say much more. My coworkers find me pleasant to be around and I can make good conversation with pretty much all personality types. My family generally comes to me for the sage advice on all things emotional, logical and family issues. I am the oldest of 4 kids. Though this is short I wanted to include myself in the list of subjects as a place holder for documenting future effects on myself. I do not know if it is relevant but my blood type is O+ and I am of Scottish and German descent.

Son (8years)
I am not a bad parent but let’s face it kids make excellent guinea pigs I have a slew of hypotheses for them.
He is a very quiet and reserved boy. Does not talk about his emotions or what he is thinking but it is visible he is bottling something up. He does not like to be touched and loves his personal space. He is very logic and science/math oriented. He is half Asian and half white.

Daughter (6years)
She is the polar opposite of her brother. Very charismatic talks to anybody and can charm (manipulate) the conversation her way. She is considered the bossy one in her class. She is smarter than her age and reads at a 5th grade level. She is very affectionate with hugs and kisses with the family. She is independent though and I would say half tomboy and half girly girl. She also is half Asian half white.

Father (Witnessed the civil war)
Logical, impatient and is somewhat arrogant. He is a great guy though. Still married to my mom. Can be quite dogmatic in an argument. It will be fun to experiment with him in battles of wit. He like me can strike up conversation with anyone. Growing up he was very alpha and very strict. As the kids got older and we became more stubborn and independent he became a lot softer.

Mother (Early 50?s)
Very emotional. The type of woman who gets depressed if she is not needed, but will complain if she is needed. She is incapable of keeping secrets and the siblings over the years have stopped seeking her council and have sought mine. She often feels the children do not show her enough respect.

Sister (Late 20?s)
Very stubborn. Conservative (old fashioned) but has feminist tendencies. Will not be told what to do. She is the type of woman that HAS to win every fight. Will resort to logical fallacies when she is loosing an argument. As a note she is currently living with me for a couple months.

Brother (early 20?s)
Take a genius. Now give him the personality of an alpha male. Now strip away any social skills. That is my brother. Hard to really describe my brother outside of that. He knows he is always right and is smarter than everyone he knows. I am however (I believe just do to the nature of being the older brother) still able to exert some control over the situation and still manage to intimidate him if need be (I am not above threatening to pop him one when he mouths of to our mom).

Girlfriend (late 30s)
I can’t say much we are still getting to know each other. We have been serious for 6 weeks now. Single mom of 2 kids around my kids age. Very independent woman. Leans slightly to the emotional side but my perception is that when she talks to me about what’s bothering her she feels better (this is something I have been conscientious towards. Just listening and not trying to solve everything). Our arguments (despite having known her so shortly) have never gotten heated and we have always been able to talk things through and just resolve things. For chemistry purposes she is White.

Cowerkers
Female Coworker 1 [FC1] (late 30s)
Intelligent and successful. She is a feminist. We have great fun arguing as I am a bit old fashioned. When I first started working there she hated my guts and thought I was a sexist pig. She got to know me more and we have become close colleagues. Very honest and is pretty open with me about things that often cross the line for work place conversation topics. She is married and faithful but I feel that if she was single she would be the wild and crazy type. For chemistry purposes she is Hispanic.

Female Coworker 2 [FC2] (mid 30s)
Quiet and reserved. Very conservative and religious. I work closely with her on a day to day basis but I do not know her well because she does not converse outside what is work relevant. For chemistry purposes she is Middle Eastern.

Male Coworker 1 [MC1] (early 40s)
Alpha personality and physique. His work is underappreciated. He is the teams scapegoat whenever things go wrong. He is often chewed out for successes while others on the team get rewarded for failure. My theory is that there is a lot of insecurities in the IT world. Computer nerds are generally not confident people. His confidence and straightforwardness may rub the higher ups wrong. He is a very religious person and he and I are close. We often spend lunch debating or discussing politics or religion. For chemistry purposes he is African American.

Male Coworker 2[MC2] (late 20s)
Very intelligent guy. Beta personality but knows every female in the office. He is friends with everyone. He does good work and is moving up the chain fast. He is easy to get along with and never rubs anyone the wrong way or say anything remotely abrasive. For chemistry purposes he is White

Male Boss 1 [MB1] (Mid 20s)
Programmer turned manager. He is my immediate manager. Does not seem confident in his new position. He and I often have 1 on 1 lunches where he picks my brain for advice. He respects my leadership experience in the army. He was a great programmer but not a good manager. Tries to project an Alpha personality when its obvious he is not comfortable. He is walking a dangerous line between trying to be boss and everyones friend at the same time. For chemistry purposes he is white.

Male Boss 2 [MB2] (Early 40s)
My bosses boss. Not too much to say about him. I only see him once or twice a week. He has an alpha personality and physique. He generally commands respect and is intimidating. He is serious but will listen to reason and logic if you approach the conversation with respect. He is actually a fun guy when he is drunk. I have a rule never drink around bosses. I have been to many a tech conferences or business trips where I stayed sober and got to hear stuff I shouldn’t have because drunk VPs and Directors like to talk. A LOT.

Miscellaneous encounters
I will do my best to document reactions from random people I do not know or normally do not socialize with as best as possible.

Long Term Relationship Mixes?
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Day 1

Received shipment around 1130 and immediately tried some of the stuff.
IS 2 sprays one on left wrist rubbed on inside of left elbow, one on right side of neck.
IH 2 sprays one on right wrist rubbed on inside of right elbow, one on left side of neck.

Self effects
No noticeable change in mood or demeanour. IS smells really feminine. Seriously it smelled like I was wearing women’s perfume. I tried to cover it up with Curve (my goto cologne) and it seemed to drown it out but as the day went on the IS seemed to over power the curve.
IH smelled less girly but still to feminine for my tastes.

My girlfriend came over about noon to make lunch with me. When she hugged me she asked if I was wearing women’s perfume. I said no its a cologne I used to wear in high school and forgot I had. She said it smelled girly but that she really liked the smell of it?! No obvious change in demeanour though she did have a huge smile the entire time she was over. I normally have an easy time making her smile. But today she had a perpetual smile almost huge grin. After lunch we sat on the couch with me while I made an important call. Was rubbing my back and neck while I was on the call. She showed me some texts and emails on her phone between some of her family, friends and ex husband. This was unusual because she has never shown me this kinda stuff. I have never let her on my phone. We made out for a while. I normally have a lot of fun kissing certain zones trying to invoke chills. If I get it just right I can make the tiny hairs on her skin stand up and I drag my lips around enough to graze the tiny hairs but not close enough to touch her skin. This drives her crazy and she will end up giggling and pushing me away. Today was really easy to give her the chills. And she was not so quick to push me away today. When it got too much for her she pulled me in closer. Time was our enemy today and she had to leave to get her kids from school. She kept saying I have to go but did not make a flinch to get out of my arms. This went on for 10 minutes before she left. We both parted with huge grins.

Around 2pm I had a slight headache (not sure if due to the pheromones yet). And I noted that I have been really dry in the mouth and was chugging a lot of water (By bed time I had drank 160 ounces of water).

I picked my kids up at 3:45pm. No noticeable effect from random people I was standing by. I had a chat with my daughter’s teacher. She was explaining above normal misbehaviour today. Truth be told my daughter was a little monster today. The teacher had a huge grin while explaining this to me. And ended up shaking my hand 4 times throughout the interaction. I thought it was a bit abnormal as 2 handshakes is more than enough for any social encounter. . . once at the beginning once at the end.

On the ride home I was talking to my daughter about her actions. . . not really chewing her out but logically explaining why she cant proceed like she is and she ended up bawling. She is not a cryer. My son gave her his snack to make her feel better (also abnormal that he would not only sympathize with his sister but to give up something that is HIS to help her feel better). I did not allow it because she was not good.

We went to my mom’s for dinner because she was alone tonight. Around 5pm. I could still smell the IS on me I did not re-apply any the rest of the night.
My mom talked to me for a good hour before dinner. She told me a lot of stuff that I shouldn’t have been told. Talked about my sister a bit and a quarrel she and her sister were having. She ended up in tears. Normally she gets a few glasses of wine in before she is crying. I am not sure if this was the pheromones. My understanding is they loose their effects after 3-4 hours.

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Day 2

IS 2 sprays one on the wrist rubbed together. One front of the neck.

No noticeable self effects. Did not have the headache I had yesterday. Still lots of water chugging throughout the day.

Work has been really stressful and the moral at work is really low.
FC1 has been really stressed over her workload and nothing is working right. I stopped in by her cube to see whats for lunch. She declined lunch today because of the work. She and I talked about work for a bit. Despite her talking about how crappy her work load was she told me with a grin on her face. She was working on something that wasn’t working right. I said “My presence alone should make everything work”. She giggled and said “Well if it doesn’t make it work at least you made me feel better.”

MC2 stopped by my cube several times throughout the day to just shoot the shit. Not characteristic of him. MB1 also came by my cube frequently to talk (just talk no manager stuff)

Going to give one more day of 2sprays of IS then move up to 3 sprays.

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Day 3

Decided to switch the spray locations up a bit. I found the wrists to be a poor application point if you wash your hands a lot.

IS 2 sprays. One on forearm rubbed to opposite and one shot to the adams apple.

Self effects
Dryness of mouth was not present today. Still smelled feminine so I covered the same application points with a couple sprays of Curve. This seemed to balance it out a bit for me. My long commute to work seemed less stressful than usual.

MC2 and I began talking in a junction in the cube farm. A minute later we were joined by FC1 and FC2. Several minutes later MB1 joined in. Instead of telling us to get back to work he was talking with us. It was a fun conversation lots of banter and jokes. Even a couple jokes that crossed the sexual harassment line but everyone was laughing about it.

MC1 came in just before lunch and we decided to go to work today. On our walk to lunch he noted that he had late night work last night and was not even going to come into work but after being talked into lunch he was glad he came into work.

At lunch I passed a waitress cashing someone out and she tossed a big grin my way. I smiled and said how are you and her grin got bigger. She took our order really cheerfully (more so than usual). Another waitress stopped by to ask if our waitress had told us of the specials. We informed her that she did and also already had taken our order. She told us of the specials anyway. A few moments later the manager stopped by to ask if we had heard of the specials. She also told us anyway after saying yes. Our waitress was really attentive today (normally we are lucky if we get a refill after our order is brought to us. It is always packed at lunch there). She came around so many times it was getting a bit frustrating having our conversation interrupted.

At home my sister asked if I had a hot date in reference to my smell. I said no and she commented that I smell good as if I was going out. This is 8 hours after application and I did not re-apply.

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Days 4 5 6 and 7 I took a break from pheromones.

Noticed a slight drop in mood and jovialness. The waitress that was all smiles on day 3 was grumpier towards us on days 6 and 7 and we were not taken care of as well. On day 9 I will up the dosage to 3 shots of IS. I am planning to take careful note of the particular waitress. If she returns to being cheery towards us I think it is safe to assume that IS has an effect of elevated happiness and gauging reactions of her other coworkers that it has an effect of people wanting to be around this particular pheromone.

I appreciate the advice here on the boards to take a break from the pheromones and note changes in behavior. It seems to highlight the subtlety of hits.
Hypothesis:
If The moods/reactions noted in day 2 and 3 return when I up the dosage to 3 sprays then dissapear after another break then return when I try 4 sprays I think I can safely conclude that IS has legitimate effects on people. I can then order a larger bottle and study their precise effects with a larger sample size to work with.

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Really enjoying your journal so far - great idea to do an overview of your test subjects.

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Glad you are enjoying the journal flower.

Today I worked from home so I didn’t get to use IS. My girlfriend however needed a ride to the airport. I thought I would try out 2 sprays IG and 2 sprays IH. IG to the chest and neck. IH to the forearms rubbed together and one shot to the back of my hair. She has been really stressed due to work and has been short with me lately. Not mean. Just really short in conversation.

She could not keep her hands off me while I was driving. Caressing and massaging my neck. Slipping her hands in my sleeves and rubbing my chest. And spent a long time stroking the inside of my forearm while I held her hand (interesting she was really focusing on areas I had applied the pheromones).

She was really happy today. I do not know if it was self effect or her happiness contagious, but I was just as happy. She was really chatty. Nothing deep conversation but just non stop chatter. I loved it. She is not much of a talker. When I bring up her not talking much she usually says that she just loves to hear me talk and loves hearing the sound of my voice.

Half way into the trip she apologized profusely for annoying me. I had no idea what she was talking about and that I was enjoying her company very much. She replied that she didn’t know what came over her but she feels suddenly really happy and realized she was chatting away and has been fondling me while I was trying to drive. I re-assured her I enjoyed it a lot. I would say her taking note how out of the ordinary her behavior, that this was a positive hit.

Tomorrow I go back to testing IS upping the dosage to 3 sprays.

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Flowers. I was just reading through your journal. Your first post I chuckled at. You noted that IS smelled masculine. I think it smells very feminine. Wonder if it has to do with a reaction to chemicals secreted by the skin?

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I tend to wear sweet/flowery perfumes rather than musky ones - so I think that’s why I find IS kinda masculine! Different scents definitely smell different on different people - so our skin must have something to do with it!

I’ll never forgot my first experience with IS - was so intense! I nearly went through the roof with the excitement/happiness! Still makes my heart skip a beat when I think about it :slight_smile: Don’t actually need to wear IS now… just need to think about wearing it and my mood instantly changes! LOL

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Day 9

IS 3 sprays. Forearms rubbed together, Neck and top of head.
No blatant overt hits today. I received some bad family news that felt like a punch to the gut all day and followed with a call from work that foreshadowed an extremely stressful day at work and a long commute in traffic through hell, culminating in crappy congruency.

I did notice at lunch (we had a team lunch about 15 people) the table was all focused on me and conversation kept pointing back into my lead. I sat next to MB2 today. He is not a chatty guy but would not stop talking to me.

Sorry not much of report today.

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Day 10

3 shots IS same as yesterday.
No noticable self effects today was quite stuffed up today though.
No one was really in the office today. The lady who took my order at wendy’s today was quite flirty and bubbly though. She is usually quite grumpy.

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Day 10.5
I was meeting my girlfriend at my place to cook for her. We have been having a bit of an argument. Not really an argument but a giant difference in opinion. Never got to the point of an argument but was stressing the relationship a bit. Not going to get into details. But this evening was looking to be our last date.

Showered and applied 3shots IG to forearms both sides of neck, 3 shots IH on same locations. Girlfriend came over 30 minutes later. We talked a bit while we prepared the meal. Started out nervous discussion but eased into a calm. She said she was wrong and apologetic and understood my viewpoint better now that she had time to think on it.

I doubt if the mones had anything to do with it. It was more likely do to good communication and both of us never let the discussion become heated or accusatory. After the talk and the dinner was done the mood became MUCH brighter. I excused myself to use the bathroom after dinner. I was sneaking away to apply 2 shots of ammo to the chest. It wasn’t until after I realized I had just hit my chest with 2 shots of IJ.

I headed back downstairs and while garnishing the tiramisu with chocolate she notes that something smells of urine. I tried to blame my dog but she said no thats not dog pee. But didn’t say anything of it. We went to bed with nothing spectacular. She woke me up an hour later and uh. . . a gentleman does not kiss and tell. I will say though that she was not the same woman.

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I am taking a break from IS. Gonna try out IG for a while then go back and try 4x IS.

I really like IG. The scent by itself can be used as a cologne.
Day 11
2 shots IG one to forearms and one to neck.

Self effects
I felt pretty dang smooth all day. Awkward conversations/moments I was able to easily steer towards comfort and light enjoyable banter.

Others
A lot going on in the office today so not much opportunity to observe hits. I did have one of the paper pusher ladies (an attractive divorced woman for her age mid 50s) come by my cube to ask a bunch of questions about my e-cigarette. She noticed a different scent whenever I walk by and really liked it. I told her that the e-cig leaves no residual smells behind after it dissipates. She asked about my cologne then. I said nothing changed. She started light banter and when I said I had to get back to work she started to leave but made some excuse about how she couldn’t print anything from the printer behind me. She was a bit nervous and fidgety. I gave her a sly grin and said “But you have in your hand papers you just pulled from the printer Mrs Robinson (her name is not Mrs Robinson).” She turned red and left.

I had my review later on that day. It was a good review. One of the negatives that was written was that Despite meeting goals and meeting time frames I spend too much time socializing with the team. MB1 ended up changing that line in the review because he recanted. He said that my socialization is a good thing and I am doing a fantastic job raising moral around the office and mentioned that he has heard several employees mention in passing that if I ever left they would leave too.

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Day12
2 shots IG Forearms and both sides neck

Self effects
Lemme make note here that I have no game. My favorite pickup line is Hi my name is. . . But wearing IG makes me feel like even the dumbest line is smoother than Miles Davis. I haven’t really tested the whole commercial line yet in depth but I have a feeling this is going to be my go to mone. Maybe its the fact that I can pull off the congruency better than with the others. I will say though my skepticism is fading with this particular mone.

Others
Nothing to note in the office. However I went to lunch at my regular place with 2 FCW1 and FCW2 and MC1. We got my favorite grumpy waitress to take our order this day. She took my order then before she moved on to the next person I told her she should not wear so much foundation it covers up her pours and told her she had really pretty pours (lame I know!). Her smile turned into a huge cheesy grin then she started rocking side to side with her hips. I said see too much foundation, you are blushing but I can’t see your face turn red.

You remember the scene from the Christmas Story were Ralphy brings the giant fruit basket to his teacher then just sits there and stares. That was this girl. Finally FC1 said AND I WOULD LIKE. . . suddenly her grin fades and she went back to being grumpy waitress. And took the rest of the tables order.

When she left FC1 said why do you even bother flirting with her she is so rude. I said of course she was you ruined our moment. MC1 said I don’t know weather to give you shit for using such a lame line or worship you for pulling off such a lame line.

The waitress took off 50% of my meal :smiley: So I rolled the discount into her tip.

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Day13
2 shots IG to forearms and neck
Self effects
Same as usual I feel pretty smooth with this stuff on.

Others
MB2 and MB1 invited me to lunch.
Discussion revolved around the new iPad. Both these guys are mac fanboys. I am an admitted linux/android fan. I go on a light-hearted rant about how stupid the apple fanboys go out and buy everything apple sells. How they will buy a black iPhone 4s even though there really is no difference to the 4 other than siri which is nothing to write home about then turn around 2 months later and buy the WHITE iPhone 4s. Normally these guys would defend the sanctity of Apple. Today they just laughed and said you are so right we ARE sheep. I said I wouldn’t be a very good employee if I didn’t point out all my managers and directors flaws. MB2 said well you always do so in my face which is why I like you.

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It has been a couple weeks since I have been able to make any notes. I was away on business for 2 weeks.

Did not take specific notes but tinkered around with IG and IH quite a bit while away.

My girlfriend came and visited me for a couple days. We had a good evening out on the town. Mostly just walking around talking. Took her to a wine bar for drinks then a nice steakhouse. I was wearing IG and IH. The conversation was very enjoyable and the evening was one of he most enjoyable dates I have had.

When we returned to the hotel she went outside to make a phone call to her kids. I applied a single shot of TUTH to the upper area of chest and masked it a bit with Curve. It was about 30 minutes before she returned. We crawled into bed to watch a bit of TV then she insisted I go shower because I smelled like urine. This is the second time (first was with IJ) the urine smell was noted. I showered and scrubbed the area particularly well. When I returned she said I still smelled of urine but it was barely noticeable. Things went well anyway and woke me up twice in the night (well waking me up was an understatement. . . attacked is more fitting).

There is noticeable difference in her manner and drive with the TUTH and IJ. The effects are nice but I need to weight the pros and cons of this. Is it worth it if she might dump me because I frequently smell like pee.

I am gonna give ammo a shot in the near future with her but if I get another pee comment I may give up on none based products around her.

Any advice on taming the urine smell or how anyone else has successfully used TUTH and IJ would be helpfull.

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I am out of my togo’s of IG IS and IH. I really like IG and IH so far. More testing needs to be done but the cost of getting a regular size of IH and IO are pretty scary. The togo bottles are really not enough to do any serious testing so hopefully by the time I am out of the rest of my togo newbie pack there will be a restock. At least IG is still affordable and so far that has been my favorite.

I will no longer be marking the day number. Its getting hard to keep track of. Ill just note the date from now on.

Wed 21 March 2012
A314 2 shots (well 1 full shot and the little bit that fizzles out at the first spray) Applied to neck

Self effects
None noticed at the beginning but thru the day I noticed a higher sense of focus and determination. I am a bit ADHD if you believe in that stuff, so there was something to note.

Others
I had lunch with my brother in law. He is normally a pretty alpha guy but today he was really sniveling. Work place stress yadda yadda. I don’t know if it was an effect on him making him open up to me like a little girl or just a self effect of A314 limiting my patience for it. But I felt like R Lee Ermey the therapist

I then picked my girlfriend up from the airport. She made note about how good I smelled but no noticeable change in behavior. I have actually decided not to wear any pheromones around her for a couple weeks get a new baseline on behavior without. We are getting much closer and behavior is going to be inherently different.