Ice9s Polynesian Hideaway
A Pheromone Journal
(Skip to Day 2 if you want to read about my first real hits.)
First Product Order:
AMMO x2 and TUTH x2 in to-go sizes. Received. Report on unboxing and initial impressions below.
As a mature man, 55, I read on the forums that the x2 strength is age appropriate. Thats what I ordered and received.
Day 1:
Opened package:
Properly packaged and arrived quickly. Tightened lids as a precaution. Some scent on finger tips as a result.
First impression of scent:
My first hit (without spraying - just from finger tips.)
I like this aroma. As someone with a highly sensitive olfactory sense, this is the first hurdle. Passed the first impressions test.
My stream of thoughts from that point forward:
I like the way this smells and it had a curiously visceral gut punch to it. Different. What is that scent? Im searching through my aroma experiences to place the scent which seems familiar.
Definitely powerfully animalic (and I do mean powerfully animalic.)
Some corollaries I pull up from past experience:
Something deeper though. Reminds me off a small, genuinely old apothecary jar I ordered off Ebay years ago dated to approximately 1920 (almost 100 years old) labeled simply - musk. Authentically old musk from a drugstore apothecary. Drugstores used to make mens and ladies perfumes and colognes in the old days. The musk remnants in the bottom fifth of the flask had gelled. Always suspected it might have been actually deer musk, not synthetic, but never had it tested.
AMMO x2 base or carrier notes remind me of that old musk. If that musk in the apothecary jar was a syn, its one thats long since been banned (Nitro-musk possibly?)
Searched the aroma memory banks deeper:
Finally place it. Jovan Musk from the 70s. I probably tried Andro somewhere during that time, or at least sniff tested it. I definitely regularly wore most of the Jovan musk products. I was 18 in 1978.
Note: Posthumously discovered one of the Androtics principals used to work for Jovan!
Ive smelled this on someone before. Might have been a timeshare salesmen I once knew or perhaps a stripper that I clicked with way too hard.
At this point Im intrigued and I bathe and apply to clean skin - one full shot of the AMMO X2 to the left side of my neck.
*I immediately find it slightly arousing. Yup, in that way. *
That animalic sig. I think to myself, again. I like it. Its a visceral like. For some reason, several animal archetypes flash through my brain, repeatedly triggered by the animalic note. Pig predominates but I also think of horses, dogs, and deer. I keep coming back to pig or wild boar but for now have settled on goat.
*Im aware that Im low in my biorhythm cycle so not in congruence with this scents alpha sig. I forge on, though. Im also having an allergy attack because I had cut the lawn day prior, its pollen season, and new scents (AMMO in this instance), do that to me sometimes. Im determined to muscle through despite a full blown histamine attack. Pop a Benedryl and beat back the attack.
Splash on my signature scent (EDT strength) Caron (vintage) as a cover to the left and right of the AMMO x2 app point on my neck because Im suddenly self-conscious about how people are going react to the pheros despite reassurances found on the forum. there are some reported skin reaction anomalies (rotten fish, onions, urine, allergies, etc.) *
Im still at home at this point, but preparing to go out and project some pheros. The Caron sig blends really well with the Ammo scent. Very pleased. Im experienced with layering scents and this is a full-blown winner. Im careful not to cover the app point but there is probably a little overlap which is fine and its a nice marriage. Love old Caron. Goes with everything. Impossible to apply too much.
For some reason, I go to the beach to catch some sun (and ease into public with this stuff) and its very windy so a terrible plan for testing the pheros. 20 mph tradewinds. 
I walk onto the beach just as I normally would. Im out of sorts somehow. The newness of the pheros (I realize on subsequent applications that this scent alters my consciousness slightly - making me feel a little stoned.) Because of the Benadryl, I mistake this for the Benadryl effect, and so miss this initially.
Girl closest to me as I walk onto the beach (20 feet away) sneezes. Coincidence Im sure. Next girl (about 15 feet away ) sneezes too. Coincidence, Im sure. Ahem. Im groaning internally but persevere. Test. Test. This is just a test and this is my absolute cherry phero experience. Persevere, Ice9, persevere.
I deliberately lay in a place where there is no one downwind of me (other than for a block of vacation apartments 40 yards away with people on their balcony patios.) I couldnt make it harder on the pheros to do their work. I make a mental note that the only possible way I will consider a hit is if a girl parks directly downwind of me in my 20 MPH phero stream. 
Heheh. No girl parks there, but a guy does park himself directly in the stream about 20 feet away, an hour or so later. Not my intended target but interesting anyway but easily could be coincidence. Chance its Pheros vs Coincidence, 50% vs 50%. I leave.
Dumb place for a test and Im definitely not in congruence with my sig. In fact, Im feeling awkward and uncoordinated and still snuffly and out of sorts from the allergy attack as I walk back to my car.
I have a hard time deciding what to do next. Im spacing BADLY (self effect plus Benadryl?) I have to check myself several times when Im driving to pay attention! (Probably the Benadryl but may be compounded with self-effects). Nothing serious. I pull myself together. Still looking for results! After uncharacteristic confusion and serious waffly indecision, I decide to go to Costco to pick up few things.
COSTCO: They forgot to give me back my Costco card at checkout. The young girl that was boxing, catches up to me at the door. We forgot to give you back your card. I will say they both looked they were having a bit of a What the hell is happening look at check out. I totally space it too. Pheros vs Coincidence. Ill rate this one 60% vs 40%.
BAR: I go to a bar on the way home because I want to maximize encounters in potentially sexually-charged situations. Like a stupid fool, I shoot another shot of AMMO to the other side of my neck and more Caron before checking out the scene. Wasted AMMO and smelling waaaay to good because … its a cock farm. 20 guys and one girl. I really should have turned around and walked back out. She checks me out, but way below my pay grade, so I order a beer and burger figuring Ill at least eat, hoping someone interesting comes in.
POS terminal is right next to me and the waitress who is a 5 is definitely vibeing me and sneaking glances but people do that to me without pheros. Pheros vs Coincidence. 20% vs 80% on that one.
The bartender who Ive met there before, and I find abrasive, is one of those guys that tries hard to be alpha but is, and always will be, a beta. Too loud of a voice, trying to sound brusque, but bottom line, a wuss. Lots of guys like him in food service. I can tell he remembers me from last time (I stiffed him for his inability to build any rapport, not even a hows it going? and Im a seriously fair tipper). I have a hard time not giving guys like him attitude. Usually its a sullen quietness and perfunctory politeness. Thats all I can muster for guys so out of balance that they think speaking really loud and fast makes them alpha (when the bar was quiet). Hes the same as he was last time. He rapid fires me about degree of doneness, onions, cheese, on my burger, etc. Whatever, dude.
Then he screws up the order. Skinny fries instead of thick fries. He says, Lemme check. Oh yeah, he says, I screwed up. Fries are on me. Im gracious about it. So he blanked for some reason. Pheros vs Coincidence. Im going 60%-40% pheros on this one.
I cut my loses and call it a day. End of Day One. Phero cherry officially - popped.
Day 2:
I have this intuitive belief that we do have natural pheromones and that these synths are good stand alone products but probably will work best as an adjunct to our natural pheros. I base this supposition on a number of things.
Ive noticed that when I dont bathe for a day or two, I get more play and engagement from the ladies.
The hippies that frequent my island reek and they ALWAYS seem to have some cute braless hippy girl tripping along in their stinky wake. My clean smell is not getting me nearly as much play.
Random but relevant story time: Early 20s (1980s) Im in San Francisco and I see this black guy downtown that has this incredibly cool art sweater on. Guys definitely got the player vibe. I mean this thing is fucking amazing. A work of art. Its a freakin Matisse of a sweater. Never seen one like it before or since. The guy is borderline homeless or might have been homeless but he got hustle. The crazy things we do when we are young. I offer to buy it from him for cash money, right off his back, right there on the street corner, because I gotta have this sweater. Deal. The guy is standing there with no top on and I own the most amazing technicolor art sweater. Its fragrant in that way that African American guys can be fragrant. But its not a bad smell. But it smells like him pretty vigorously. (Im mixed race, so easy, tiger.) I read here on the forum that black guys are high in one of the Andros so there is that and it is relevant in a moment youll see. That night I go to a club (the old I-Beam for those who were in the city in the 80s.) Long story short, I hijacked this alpha black guys signature and took home one of the most beautiful women Ive ever been with – a buxom, tall natural blonde Austrian girl (after a bit of a drought too). Strange but true story. End of story time.
Exercise with a girl if you can. Trust me, youll turn her on.
So, what Im getting to here is, I shower on Day 2 but Im very careful not to wash off the AMMO x2 from Day 1. After a bit of a disaster first day (hey, I was sick), Im thinking Ill just let the sig ride for day two.
I kinda forget about it but still catch whiffs of the AMMO after showering. Good to go. First order of business is return the weed wacker to the rental shop.
My first confirmed hit:
Check in lady at the rental shop is about my age. Shes clearly gushing for me. Are you retired? (A way women qualify men) and the first hand-touch of the day. Thats one of the reasons Im exploring pheros. I miss a womans touch. She rests her hand on my hand during a point in the transaction and its a little bit electric like its supposed to be. People handing you change usually avoid touching people to avoid germs, so when somebody touches you, it is usually intentional, whether conscious or subconscious. Pheros vs Coincidence. Im going to give this one to Pheros. 90% vs 10%. I had forgotten about the pheros at that point and it was such a strong flirty hit from a good lookin lady. Nice nails and jewelry. Takes care of herself.
Second confirmed hit:
Independent coffee shop. Young barrista hands me back my card and I get the sparky hand touch from her too! This is unusual for Ice9 and he isnt doing anything different other than phero. Sparks. Feels good man. Pheros vs Coincidence 90% vs 10%.
Diggin it.
One of the reasons I didnt want to wash off the pheros was because I knew I was going to have an intimate experience later on. Its not what you are thinking. I had an appointment to have my teeth cleaned at a dental hygiene school and you guessed it. The girls are all giggly, young hot 20-somethings. I didnt want a fresh overt sig so figured the day old would be safer.
Nailed it.
There is nothing less sexy than laying on the dentists chair with your mouth wide open having scale removed. For the record, I have very good teeth. Zero fillings.
Still got hit and got hit hard. Bad boy, Ice9. You knew these girls would be working inches from your neck.
There are two girls tending to me. One hygienist in training - the other assisting her. Both early twenties. They are friends. One Polynesian mix (hygienist) the other Asian Japanese (assistant.)
Hit 1: Nice warm sweaty boob-press from hygienist throughout the cleaning. Woman are very aware where their breasts are in relation to you. If they are touching you with them, it nearly always is intentional. Check it out the next time you get your teeth cleaned, your eyes examined, or your hair cut by a female. She will deliberately keep her breasts (and her hips) from touching you to avoid sending the wrong signal. 95% vs 5%. Could intuitively tell. Phero signal was radiating from my neck from the heat of the moment and she is working in my mouth. Ice9, you are a bad boy.
Hit 2: Sweaty mid-inner thigh press against my shoulder from same hygienist. Oh, lord. This lasted only a few long seconds but good lord. Hot. Whether she was aware or it was subconscious, I dont know.
Hit 3: The hygienist left the room for a few minutes and I was left alone with the assistant and she is so close to me - peering into my mouth, inches from my neck. She retracts to a distance of about 24 inches from my neck.
She asks me out of the blue:
Assistant:*** So what are you doing after this? (Thats a direct quote but I really dont think she knew what she was saying, she seems totally tranced out.)*
Ice9 hasnt been hit on this hard for so long by a twenty-something, he blew the response (but not by much.)
Sort of numbed out from the procedure, I was just taking a brief break from.
Ice9: Why you wanna go on a date? (Actually came out pretty smooth. Right tone etc.)
Optimal line would have been.
Why? You wanna go somewhere?
She was unphased by my question, at least in tone. Due to my angle of recline, I couldn’t read her body language.
She doesnt stop there.
Assistant: What are you going to have for dinner?
Ice9 are you thick? I think this sexy twenty-something, a few inches from your neck, wants you to take her out for dinner and a maybe a little neck-smelling session.
Ice9 does a catch and release here.
Ice9: Ive got some left over turkey at home dot dot dot
Assistant: random mumbling about how she likes turkey.
Hygienist comes back in and saves Ice9s ass.
No harm. No foul. Pleasantries continue. End of procedure. Standing at the front desk with the hygienist exchanging wrap up details.
Door swings open and assistant pokes her head and torso out. Scopes my face. Perplexed look. A twinge of anger maybe mixed with what the hell just happened? Closes door. Hygienist oblivious. Ice9 a bit oblivious and tranced too.
Pheros vs Coincidence. Gonna give this one to pheros 97%. That shit just does not happen. But it did.
Day 3:
Three hits AMMO x2 one to each side of the neck. One to the back of the neck. No Caron cover scent.
OD. Im invisible.
- Back to the drawing board. Got hits from the geriatric crowd and even (got?) bumped into by one with a very soft hand press to my side. Accidental. Maybe. Crafty ol girls
*
One lip curl and snarl from a chubby Polynesian 20 something who got caught in my sillage in a shop and I glanced at her. Almost a snarl. Looked unconscious and purely primal. Never seen anything like it. Like a wolf lip curl. Just for a second. Ignored me and didnt catch my glance but she might have been looking just prior but I didnt catch her. When you get into your fifties, you get really good at catching them looking and they are really good at making sure you dont catch them looking. They like to get caught because most guys dont catch them. By the way they are always snatching glances and they are much better at it (sneakier at it) than we are.
Note: I really didnt like the shot to the back of the neck. I really feel I can steer the phero projection more precisely when they are all front facing. No more sprays to the back of my neck for now.
Go home horny from self-effects. And a headache. Less is more, Ice9. Remember that.
Day 4:
Clean slate. Scrub down with Suave Essentials. Stuff could strip the stripes off a Zebra.
Apply ONE shot of AMMO x2 dead center to throat (Adams apple region.) Flank it neatly both sides with Caron. Feeling good. Less self-conscious. Getting the hang of it.
Expecting hits. Of course, I get none. I’m working not playing today and thinking, hmm. They said this stuff isnt appropriate for work. Feeling it. My work is in and out of locations though. Five minutes per location. Write an order then gone. Its manageable but Im self conscious that I have sexy spray on.
Think it might be another busted day then, Bam. Even though I have only AMMO and my cover scent on, I get an A314 type reaction from one account. Female manager. Triples my normal order. And I needed that. Now Im stoked.
Starting to really become aware of air currents and prevailing air flow directions within buildings. She got drafted by my sillage – in other words, due to the breeze from the door when I entered, my sillage preceded me into the space and went directly to her. Bam. First words out of her mouth. Triple the order. Asian. Always had a bit of a thing for her. Been a bit rocky sometimes as I fought for a foothold in the location with my product. Politics. Pheros vs Coincidence. Im going to give pheros a sold 70% vs 30% here. That well rounded AMMO molecular structure, a little of everything, pulls out the win.Trust. Respect. Sexy hotness. A good mix for her. I couldnt seem to win her trust due to a series of misunderstandings. And throw in Im attracted to her, (they can always tell). Recipe for danger, Ice9. I did a lot of foundation work to make this sale happen. Still, Ill give a generous 70%-30% split that pheros triggered her trust and respect feelings for me.
Im suddenly having a good day! Feel grrrreeeeaaaat!
Time for lunch. Go to my favorite beach bar to check out the action.
Sit one seat over from a hot Latina 20s. I do love Latinas. I give her a really solid 6.5. Really nice skin and teeth. Just the type I like. I could have sat anywhere, the bar is nearly empty, so she knows whats up. She stays neutral. Barkeep is 20s blonde 5’ 9" and would be a 10 in a lot of guys books. I see the appeal. High 7 from me. Curvy girl but by no means fat or thick. Just got some meat on her bones and shes tall. A womans body. Shes spent some time on her hair. Curled it. Pretty down to Earth and banging natural C cup and the vibe of the day is warm and breezy and good. Place is pretty deserted and chill. Shes got stuff to do but can still carry on a convo. We shoot the breeze. Just a few folks. This right here is what I like. I guess I did earn my PUA chops. Getting validation from the barkeep but its the Latina Im interested in. Oops - Latinas boyfriend shows up. Ginger. Shorter than her. Trollish. Well damn. Ed Sheeran has helped guys like this a lot. Its all good. We all chit chat. Joking around. Order food.
I ask him first if he’s hungry then give half my humongous plate of food to a skinny guy with a dog whose drifted in and watching TV but looks ummm low on funds. The bar is all open air under cover. The barkeep is digging this (she helps me with an extra plate, etc. and gives him a free soda too) Im flowing and comfortable. My confident self - well balanced. Thanks, AMMO. Skinny guy claps me on the back and hugs me. Sorry, those pheros arent meant for you, dude (I think to myself).
Latina gets annoyed with her boyfriend. Theyre definitely mismatched. Wants to leave. He lost his charger so is charging his I-pad on the bar power at the other end of the bar. He walks out ahead of her. As she gets up to leave, shes just inside the border of my personal space - she asks if the library is open because even though they are transient vacationers (this is a tropical beach community) he has a work gig so she’s got time to kill. People come over to my island for a few months and just wing it without much money.
Ice9 puts it together. Shes going to the library to chill in the AC while he works. Letting Ice9 know too, but Im not a girlfriend stealer and cant creep on people.
Ice9: You guys on the beach?
Latina: yeah.
Idle chit chat. She leaves.
I ask for the check.
Barkeep has only charged me for one pint of $5.00 beer instead of two. Pheros? Naw. Giving the skinny guy with the dog half my flautas while letting him keep his dignity and me not being a jerk about it. Yeah.
Tip her the 5 bucks on a 15 dollar tab. She knew Id do that.
As I leave.
Bar keep: See you again.
Feeels good man.
Smooth day
