my ifm arrived today and while i didn’t have a really good reason to use it, i did want to try some out mainly because i read that it smells bad, and i’ve been pm-ing some users on here who have not had good results with it. it’s part of a mix listed in the new year’s thread and i didn’t want to test it completely blind without at least doing a practice run first.
to round out the pre-story,
- no, it doesn’t smell terrible. i wouldn’t use it alone like i would ammo or shine, but it’s not bad. i don’t know what cat piss smells like so i can’t validate that observation… the best way i can put it is “old lady perfume.” i’m sure we’ve all smelled that once before.
- with about 3 sprays on and some light residual a314 and tuth from last night, no downer effects felt. hangin420 if you’re reading this, it could be just me or the fact that i was in a no-pressure situation.
now for the fun stuff. first part of the test was at the doctor’s office. i needed to go over some blood test results and my doctor is currently on vacation so the receptionist called earlier and said i would be seeing his assistant (female, i’d say under 30). figured i might have some fun with this while getting used to ifm… the first spray of the bottle (not really a full spray) was split between my wrists, then 2 full sprays on the back of my neck. i looked like a complete idiot while waiting in the room for the assistant to come in, just waving my arms around trying to fill the room with phero. finally she comes in with her own assistant (redundant much?) and we start talking. as she’s checking my heartbeat, she fluffs the back of my shirt and smoothes it out so her stethoscope can glide better… probably got a face full of ifm doing that.
checkup is fine and now we’re just wrapping up the visit. she’s standing about 3 feet away, arms crossed, very professional and doctorly in her speech and behavior. then she and her assistant leave and i get up from the chair to lean on the counter (not a comfortable chair). when she comes back alone, she proceeds to stand very close to me. we’re not even looking over a chart or anything, she just wanted to say bye and congrats on being in good health, don’t forget to make your next appt, etc… and her body is literally a foot or so away from mine. a few too many variables here to really pinpoint what’s going on but it’s a decently interesting start.
then i leave the office and decide to get a car wash on the way home. there’s a lot of full service washes around where you get a claim check from the guys outside and go inside to pay and wait. i get in line behind an older woman, maybe mid 40s. again i start waving my arms around but disguised it as stretching or picking up some trinkets for sale near the line. another older woman, this one in her mid 30s, gets in line behind me. call it my mind playing tricks on me or a success of ifm but this woman is standing unnaturally close to me, much like the assistant. not the normal space left between people in a line, definitely not close enough as if we were on a third date or something, just unnaturally close. weird.
next thing i know, i’m feeling a bit cramped. after noticing that the lady behind me was fairly close, i inched up a bit in line as were waiting. to my surprise i find that the lady in front of me was moving backwards. i watched her game for a bit and in all honesty have to give her credit for it. she would turn to the face the windows where you could watch the cars being washed but instead of rotating back to face the cashier, she pivoted off her back foot (like in basketball) to face the outside windows to watch the cars being dried… just kept pivoting and inching back towards me. again, not terribly close, but close enough to be interesting. i didn’t want to start any conversations without knowing the full effects of ifm but once i do, i’ll be making better use of a situation like this.
sorry for the long read… new year’s eve should be a riot. 
