They did not work on me when with a cold .. Strange thing is, when I mouth-breathe, I sometimes could ‘taste’ the smell of pheros, but not feel its effect.
Everything I eat or smell is different with cold, but not pheros … Weired.
For women, different mixed observations. They did not work at all, and in other times they did, for only short durations.
IME, females with colds/flu don’t respond at all to pheromones, but they do consistently during other times. Smoking/cigarette smoke doesn’t hamper pheromones effectiveness.
I have noticed that this particular smoker DOES seem to react positively to alpha-nol (talkative). Not sure about beta-nol as yet. She has quite often reacted negatively to -none. But it’s tough to call for sure as her own physical/emotional condition as well as environment varies (eg standing next to me at a meeting vs. sitting with a small group in a restaurant {she usually sits “around the corner of the table” from me}). Also I have some variability in amount I apply. have a tendency to go an extra 1/2 to full spray of products if I know I will be in an “open” environment where the “cloud” may get “diluted.”)
In smoky environment the effect is less (like really busy bars) but this is only a little bit, and because it’s more crowded people stand closer to you.
My mom (a heavy smoker) alway notice it when I wear pheromones.