This doesn’t answer your question in any sense, but I’m attempting to put out there why I think it isn’t as simple to assume it won’t work for me. There’s limited availability of scientific research. The problem here, I suspect, is similar to that in many fields skirting the edges of science. As I posted in my post in the new user forum, I don’t know either and hence I’m going to try. The overwhelming anecdotal evidence is interesting. There’s also conflicting studies, there’s studies suggesting the olfactory organ that responds to pheromones is not active in humans, but later studies show specific FMRI blood flow changes in the brain when exposed to various pheromonic chems. The problem I mentioned earlier is that it falls under the skeptical science purview, so research into it using humans is somewhat of a cloudy area. Publishing a paper that makes claims to it working even if the research is simply generalized, comes with the risk of being labeled within the community, not a direct response necessarily, may not even happen, but the concern for that risk limits research in many areas like this.
Now I’m not suggesting this is the same as someone publishing a paper on some pseudo-science like Plasma cosmology and such, which is pretty much BS time and time again shown. Rather this has so much conflicting data, aside from the general professional aversion to large scale research into it, without some set in stone publications to build on, grant funding is also likely difficult.
There’s a good few papers in the publications, Psychoneuroendocrinology and Hormones and Behavior, that have interesting results from fMRI studies showing changes in the brain resulting from a number of different chemicals, as well as subjective response differences to those exposed and those not in double blinds over placebo.
Lastly a big problem is the subjective nature of it, which many fields suffer from, psychology being a huge one in and of itself, and this being a largely subfield within psychology and behavioral sciences.
So take from that what you will, I am not saying yes or no, I’ve ordered some for the purpose of seeing myself. Unfortunately, that to will be anecdotal and not offer much “proof” beyond what that is worth.
My suggestion is to just try, it’ll work or it won’t. I’m not going in with the mindset that it will work, nor that it won’t. I simply do not know. So that’s my view as someone who is walking in the door with not much more than you have on the subject.
And not just here, my girlfriend also notices that mood.