I’ve been wearing a lot of Instant Sexiness/A and the various test pack mixes (MX207-215) to work the last week or so and I would like to report on some things that I have noticed.
First off, thanks to Sigma for his post in Help/Advice A314
His post reminded me to look not for the blatant “in your face” hits caused by pheromones, but to be on the lookout for the subtle, gradual shifts in perception, mood, and behavior of yourself and those around you. Arguably, it could be said those are more important as over time, people will see and treat you differently.
Back to my story: I work in a corporate setting in NYC (my day job), about 500 employees on site, and very international (multi-lingual, highly educated). I am frequently in meetings and dealing with people both from within the company and externally. This past week, we held a seminar for about 25 new employees where all our business groups presented on their lines of business. Being that I am still a “new” employee (here less than 6 months), I attended the seminar. I was wearing IS/A and MX208 that day, about 3 sprays total IS/A (two to hair, one to chest) and about 3 sprays MX208 to neck, hair, wrists.
We have a conference room with a tricky A/V system. When things started to go awry, some of the employees who have been here longer than me and have already been promoted looked in my direction with pleading eyes for help. Being that I was on the same playing field as the other new employees in this situation, I diverted my gaze so to help her save face from asking a “new employee” for help (she looked my way because I’ve become a bit of an accidental techie here and my work has to do with media & technology). Also, at the end of the seminar, I was offered to speak to the group to promote and distribute the publication I create (no one else was offered the microphone to address the group). My boss’ boss kept encouraging me to mingle with the other “new” employees, and I was being treated a bit like an experienced employee who, as it happens, is also “new.” I liked this double role I was playing and slid in and out of both positions with ease.
The day after the seminar, my group met with the group that put on the seminar, as we work closely together. My boss’ boss kept pumping me for information (I was wearing IS/A, MX207, and I believe MX145 on this day). I started giving feedback. He interrupted me and called someone into the room to listen to my feedback. He then asked me for my ideas on how to improve the seminar. The meeting ended with him saying that he wants my department to collaborate with his on the production of these seminars. My boss was out of town on travel, so I esentially created the opportunity for this new work while she was away. His two other team members took notes furiously as I spoke. It was quite interesting to observe.
Also, I noticed that my boss’ boss kept interrupting me as I spoke. I don’t know if this is a cultural thing (my firm is staffed largely by non-Americans) or if it was the Instant Openness inspiring him to keep on talking! He also pushed me for specific information on HIS presentation, which I delivered as diplomatically as I could. He kept pressing for more and more specific info, and then when I delivered the velvet blow, he sat back and said “hmmmm” and seemed to really think about what I had said. This man is probably 20+ years my senior and probably the No. 3 or 4 man in the company.
So far, IS/A seems to be working well for me at work. I am not getting any flirty hits, but then again, I rarely get flirted with unless the guy is either a) dumb as bricks or b) really high value. I seem to cancel out all the guys in the middle, and I’m not exactly sure why this is. I’m not looking for flirty hits at work, but this is just to say that IS/A really does give an Angelina Jolie “I don’t play that mess!” in control vibe. I feel I’m this way sort of naturally, although I’m also very compassionate, and I wonder if the lack of men approaching me might have to do with too much alpha-femaleness going on? Or could it be because I’m on the pill and don’t produce cops (I know I’m losing focus on my original post now LOL).
Anyway, IS/A for work in corporate environments is GOOD!