For the afformentioned mix, I usually apply 3 drops of A314 oil (when I still had that), 4 sprays shine, 4 sprays honesty.
But using that mix 5 days a week at work got rather costly after awhile, so I only use it when I’m meeting with clients, or will be socializing with a lot of professionals…luncheons and what-not. On days when I’ll be cramped up in my cubicle all day, I usually stick with A314 by itself and it works well enough. I get the much needed added respect around the office…much needed because I’m the youngest person in the office, while also lacking the degrees, designations, licenses, and experience that everyone else in the office has. I’ll be graduating with a degree in Finance in May, so a lot of that will come soon enough, but I honestly still feel a little overwhelmed trying to learn everything. From what I can tell about the effects of A314 in the office though, it seems that I appear more competent than I really am. Not to diss myself, but I’m very much in a learning stage…and given how heavily regulated the financial services industry is…I’ve got quite a lot to learn. I don’t have a problem with people viewing me as too young and inexperienced at all, rather they seem impressed that at my age I know so much, or that I’m doing what I’m doing. I don’t know how much of that to attribute to A314 without discrediting everything that I actually have done, but I’m sure A314 has a lot to do with that.
I like to add IS to the mix because of the sort of vibrance it contributes. It keeps things from being strictly serious in nature, and a little more inviting…I like my professional persona to be more upbeat and charismatic, but also in control, and professionally competent. I would add Instant Openness to the mix, but it can be excessively light-hearted for me. I tend to joke around a lot while wearing Alpha Androstenol, and while I like the effect it has a lot when I’m more casual and laid-back, it doesn’t translate as well in professional settings. At my age, I really have to keep my professional persona, and my casual persona separate.
I’ve paired A314 and Instant Honesty together a number of times in the past, mostly because I burn through IS bottles much more quickly than I will Instant Honesty and had no choice but to leave it out. I haven’t had any problems with appearing too old or intense while wearing it as a business mix…appearing ‘older’ only seems to work in my benefit. Instant Honesty seems to complement the effects of A314 very well, as it also has a trust building element to it. People also seem to grow comfortable around me very quickly while wearing Instant Honesty, which opens them up to the effects of A314 more quickly and promenently
when it comes to using pheromones in professional settings in general, I don’t think I’ve ever had an issue with appearing too old. This only really tends to occur if I wear a highly serious and ‘older’ type mix in casual settings. Again I try to keep my professional and casual persona’s separate, and the mixes I use are reflective of these two ‘modes’ of mine. It might be a congruency issue, but when I wear something as overbearingly serious as A314 in a more casual setting, it can put me out of the loop, and its not cool. For this reason I tend to refrain from using A314 outside of professional settings, unless off-set with a high dose of Instant Openness.