Da Bella da Ball Journal

well i am back… strangely enough :wink:

we should celebrate, i think i left a bottle of champagne in here… Bollinger…'66 i believe… anyone around? or am i gonna have to have it to my self with some caviar, golden osetra or beluga, maybe even some triple 0 (although its not exactly in season rite now)

bond

Bond!! Where have you been sweetie!

Bella, nice reports on Diane’s cops, Reps! I can’t wait to try 'em myself :slight_smile:

You said it. :wink:

This is great!

Will do. In fact I’ll wear the yellow one :slight_smile: to the party. We’ll be together off and on for most of the day but he’ll be trapped in the car with me, for at least thirty minutes, to and from the party. Plenty of time for him to become… intoxicated. :cool: I’m looking forward to getting jumped.

I’ll be waiting like Pavlov’s dog. :stuck_out_tongue:

Well, well, 007. It’s about time. :cool:

If you don’t mind, tonight I have a craving for sevruga. Though with encouragement I could go for triple 0, especially with all the cops in the air. Oh, Oh, Oh, Baby!
Yes, definitely triple 0…I’ll fetch the champagne. :slight_smile::smiley::slight_smile:

Hope you’re well rested. :stuck_out_tongue: Welcome back.

Thanks Selva. I’m just getting started and can’t wait to get rolling. :smiley:

Organic chemists say if you give a good organic chemist basic alcohols, acids, bases and simple sugars, they can make anything and everything a person needs to survive on an island. Lookin at the research Diane’s doing, well… I wish I didn’t suck so much at ochem. It’s really amazing what you can do and synthesize. I’m finding her project more and more exciting.

Thanks, Zeph… but I’m really not sythesizing anything. This is real probiotic science at its best. :stuck_out_tongue:

Diane

Please allow me to do a little promotion for my local economy (well, just a few towns over anyway) and help the poor overfished sturgeon as well as introduce two very discerning palates to an elegant and buttery alternative to imported caviar. This product is being touted by chefs around the world.

Trout Caviar :: Sunburst Trout Farm

Recipe for Johnny Cakes with Sunburst Caviar and Crème Fraîiche on StarChefs.com

Chefs A’ Field | Season Two - Episode #6

Just realized I was writing about caviar while eating an avocado with a squirt of ketchup in the middle. :smiley: Gourmet ou gourmand? Vive la difference.:smiley:

PS, good luck with the cops testing!

iv been a bit busy… europe for a week :smiley: but im bak, safe and sound. selva… ill be in for a night cap as soon as i can :wink:

bella, u might crack a bottle of vodka out while ur at it :slight_smile: cant have trip0 without it, its like sex without any passion :wink: (i think the cops r hitting me now :roll_eyes: )

Trout caviar, interesting… i imagine its pretty similar to salmon roe? ill take a look

bond

Damn, you leave the ballroom for just a little while and have 5 pages to catch up on. :slight_smile:

Sorry folks, but I can’t remember exactly where Philippe’s is. Actually googling it got me this address:

1001 N Alameda St
Los Angeles, CA 90012

It’s kind of near the train station if memory serves me.

And dammit Bella and the rest of you, now I’m hungry for a killer pastrami sandwich, or meatball, or italian sausage, or bacon hot dog, or, or, or, or!!! :smiley:

HA! Come visit Cali! Roadtrip! You can show me your haunts and I’ll show you mine. It’ll be a week of eating too much good food that’ll kill us early. But it’s ok, you only live once!

I miss LA - and the pastrami too!

Lately I’ve had pastrami at Katz Deli on 6th St Austin. Mark Katz is a New York transplant. His family has a famous deli in NYC. So this pretty authentic East Coast stuff.

Not even close. LA hands down. Anyplace I had it was great. But there are a couple of little chicken joints down in Southgate and Industry that turn it into a plate full of sandwich. I just wouldn’t go after dark. lol

OoohYahhh

oh man, remember any of the names? I’m always down for a good restaurant.

I’ve heard of Philippe’s from friends.:slight_smile: Oddly no one can ever remember where it is exactly. lol
Thanks for the address.

Anytime darlin.

IM goin to cali soon as i can… ashleys from Piedmont north cali… you have to love the west coast (as im typing beach boys comes on :roll_eyes: lol… i get around)

bond

So, I went to the graduation party as planned.

Bella -

I showered and used a light fragrance-free body lotion, then let it absorb for several minutes before applying…

Di-Cops (yellow dot) 9 drops …3 drops, one to each side of neck and one behind neck under hair…2 drops, one in each armpit…2 spread to each inner elbow and 2 spread to each ankle
A-nol/10mcg - 3 sprays…2 to neck chest…1 spray split to inner elbows touched to wrists
TAA/7.5mcg -3 sprays…same as above
Instant Honesty/4X - 2 sprays to back of hair

No cover. The only thing that was scented was the IH/neroli.

I purposely avoided wearing other molecules that I consider very physically attractive. Not that social molecules aren’t attractive. I just find the others attract in a different, often physical, way. Not just physical by appearance but physical in action too. If you get what I mean. It could screw up the responses I get from the cops.
So, no.

The cops dried down in a heartbeat and left a faint trace for a little while as it was warm. Shortly afterwards, nada, just a very faint scent of neroli from my hair. I smelled no cops on my skin.

My Wolf -

Scent of Eros - 1 gel pack spread to sides of neck and up inner arms
TAA/7.5mcg -2 sprays… 1 spray to neck and 1 split to inner elbows
1 spray AMMO/2X - to neck

As Wolf and I drive to the party, we chat. The mood is light and we’re looking forward to seeing his family. We arrive in about twenty minutes. I can’t say I notice any reaction to the cops.

It’s late afternoon, warm and not too breezy. There are long tables set up on the deck. We see Wolf’s cousins and Aunt Jo sitting at the center table. We wave saying we’ll be right back after we say hello to our hosts. We go inside and see Dee (Wolf’s cousin) and her husband Jim who are hosting the party. Hugs and kisses, glad to see ya, all around. Jim takes off to do …something…and we’re talkin’ to Dee for several minutes. She’s telling us about their trip to the DR and we’re comparing notes. We chat with a few others milling aound…nothing here except the usual love and good spirits. Ah, spirits :slight_smile: …we pour a drink and…

walk passed the tables of food she’s setting out Ooooing and Aaaahing…mmmmmm…we’ll be back. (Phya I packed a doggie bag for you! :smiley:) We walk out onto the deck over to Wolf’s family…more hugs and kisses…takes a minute, these are full-body hug people. I love them, they’re fun and know how to party. Aunt Jo says the same thing to me every time she sees me, “Oh, Honey, you’re so cute!” She’s sweet …and I don’t think she sees all that well…lol…but thanks, I’ll take it.

We sit down…I sit to the left of Karen and Wolf sits to my left next to Lanie who’s on his left…next to Steph and Diana. Across the table from Karen is her husband Mark, across from me is Kris her husband Tom and their son Ryan. Got that? All these beautiful women are Wolfie’s cousins! Ages range from eighteen to about sixty…Aunt Jo is eighty-four…God bless her, I should live so long.

There are, of course, other people there we don’t know. We meet some of them but quickly drift back to our own family. The kids (high school, college students and a few little ones) spent all their time around the pool. So other then meeting us briefly, as they were wandering passed for food and drink…they we’re mostly amongst themselves doing the things they do…and, of course, doing the things they do…you don’t see. The exception was Ryan who goes to Wolf’s alma mater, they sat and had a long convo about it. He was sweet to me as he usually is but after a few minutes he was off with his buddies. Steph is about his age and was friendly but spent most of the time texting her boyfriend.

Conversation at the table was all over the place between people. We’re alternately talking, drinking, getting up to get food and changing seats. I was in close proximity to most of them till early evening, about four hours. I was seated next to Karen a lot of the time. She’s very out going and we had the usual rapport. At one point Wolf and I got up from the table to get food and when we returned to the table our seats were taken.

So, we sit down at the next table and I give Wolf a little smooch. Lainie gets up and and walks over sitting down across from us saying, “You two spend entirely too much time alone together.” LOL. We ask her how she and her family have been and while we chow down she tells us…everything…Honesty a go-go…or not. You’d have to know these people to understand. At one point Diana is telling a story, she finishes saying, “I don’t get what the problem is.” Jo says across the table, “Honey, you’re obnoxious, they don’t like you.” We all bust up laughing. Yeah, she is obnoxious in an irresistibly quirky charming kinda way. I know that sounds contradictory…it is…lol…guess it’s part of her charm. OK, so now you get a picture of who I’m testing on. I’ll let you guys figure it out.

I had the same reactions from the men I always have, friendly and warm. Tom is a tuff one, he’s generally reserved, controlled and holds things close to the vest. So testing around him takes close observation. (OK, remember the wedding when creepy Dr. Ed hit on me? I was wearing six drops of the good EoW that day, among other molecules. He was all over me. Well, the same day any time I spent with Tom, he’d get flushed…look down at his shoes…boyish grin stuff. That day Lainie’s husband gave me the, “You look beautiful.” When I was around, they both stood in very close proximity to me…right to my elbows…moving in close to speak. These are the reactions I’m looking for, though with Di’s cops they may be more subtle. I still know how to spot that kind of interest. So, nothing close to that today. Yes, people were touchy but we’re generally that way with each other, no pheromones needed.

At one point I thought I had a hit. :open_mouth: I looked down and there he was…looking up at me with big eyes and a fuzzy face, paws on my lap. :stuck_out_tongue: Yes, the cocker spaniel. I determined he came to me 'cause earlier I found a piece of cheese on the floor and pitched it into his dish…lol. That’s right, it was the cheese…just not the buttcheese. Oh well, maybe next time. I give him credit anyway for being bold enough to make a move. :smiley:

I spent more time with the girls then the boys. We had fun and enjoyed each others company but nothing out of the ordinary occurred, that I could see, in response to the molecules I wore.

We left before sunset and on the ride home my allergies were bothering me and I was feeling a little car sick. No, I didn’t drink too much…only had one. We were on winding back roads and with my sinuses being stuffy I can get vertigo. Meh, it happens. So, when we got home I laid down for awhile. Wolf came upstairs to check on me and was very sweet. He brought me a glass of water, gave me little kisses, stroked my hair and rubbed my back. It could’ve been the cops but I don’t think so. He’s always nice to me when I’m not feeling well. Cops or no cops, I can tell you that if I was my usual self we would’ve had sex. :slight_smile:

So, I’m not getting much from the cops so far but I’m not done testing yet. I’m not discouraged in the least. This is just round one of testing.

OK. Next test…the rest of the yellow dot vial, there’s about half of it left. I’ma just use the cops by themselves and maybe just a bit of lightly perfumed body spray to see if I get a response from Wolf. Whadaya think, Di? I’ll put it on early and give him maximum exposure as I’ll be in close proximity to him off and on all day. :wink: We’ll see..

This is the longest no hit report I’ve ever written. Jeez.

Bella

Bella,

Thank you for your perseverance.

Don’t be discouraged if you don’t get hits right away with this first test sample. This is a 1X version, with very little in the way of diffusion molecules. The purpose of this first test was to see if you like the smell and to test how well these would diffuse at low concentration and with very little help. Remember that even negative reports are valuable.

In your next test kit I’m planning on sending you cops in lotion, scented and unscented; in oil scented and unscented; and in alcohol, scented and unscented… all at 10X. If I remembered to order enough ingredients for it I may also include a lightly scented body lotion you can slather all over, that will be either a 2X or 4X (I haven’t decided which yet).

Diane

I’m not discouraged at all, Di, and hope I didn’t give you that impression! We’re just trying to fiqure out what works. After all, that’s what testing’s all about.

It doesn’t surprise me when my reactions are different then others. That’s one of the reasons I’ve chosen to report here. To insure I’m not influenced by what others are reporting. That doesn’t mean that people who are interested, including the other testers, can’t ask me about my results or method of testing. If anybody has questions, or suggestions, please feel free to speak up! I’ll be happy to answer. :slight_smile:

Frankly, no matter what I’m testing, I never raise my expectations too high. I didn’t think I’d get much outta 1X cops. :wink:

I’m looking forward to the next testing round! :cool:

Bella