So MX135 and MX235 are the same pheros in different scent packages. I have both so I decided to test both in similar conditions to see if there was any difference in them.
My MX135 is nearly finished so I dearly hope it comes back soon…
Dosage: 3 sprays (split on wrist, neck and chest), on top of IS/A after a long warm shower.
Guinea pigs: Colleagues, store people
Zone: Closed office with A/C and stores.
Scent:
MX135 aka “Chocolatini”: At first, it smells very alcoholic on me, definitely a cocktail scent. To me, it smells like coconut and chocolate.
MX235 aka “Cookie”: The scent is richer, more like food. I detect vanilla in this one and it’s probably why I don’t like it on me, vanilla doesn’t smell too good on me. After a while, it seems to turn and smells a bit rank on me.
Self-effect:
MX135: After about a minute, I feel much better about myself. The scent is there but it blends in with the rest of “me”. I feel bullet proof, Angelina Jolie and Wonderwoman all rolled into one.
MX235: I do feel better but keep worrying about the scent. After a while, I feel really good (but the scent still bothers me hours later).
Effects:
MX135: I get a huge amount of attention. It had been a while since I wore it, since it’s almost finished… Loads of DIHL looks from guys and people are really friendly. All my colleagues are listening to what I have to say, no matter how trivial. They’re flirty, joking a lot.
Random guys smile at me on the street from many paces away (perhaps 5m) and crane their necks at me.
While I love this, it makes me feel quite uncomfortable because I haven’t had this much attention in a while.
Going for lunch, the guy serving gives me two stamps on my reward cards instead of one and half closes his eyes to take a deep breath.
MX235: As far as I can tell the effects are similar but much less pronounced. Maybe it’s because the scent bothers me? I don’t feel that I’m acting quite as confident as with MX135.
I do get quite a few smiles and guys turning around but not quite from the same distance. It seems that I have to be quite close for any effect to happen.
Every now and then, I sniff myself to make sure I don’t stink and still feel quite uncomfortable but not from the extra attention, only from paranoia about smell.
So?
My favourite remains MX135, for the scent/effect combo. MX235 is nice but I don’t feel it diffuses quite as much (plus the scent’s a turn off for me). MX235 doesn’t seem to do too well with sweat though, whereas I’ve used MX135 as deodorant once when I was in a bind.
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