interesting little free gift with my order, and since today is a self test-ish kind of day, i figured i’d go for it.
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1.fs mx291 front neck
game scent
strength unknown
scent: i think game is the most robust to different pheros. the host of instant products all smell like neroli. my akuto products all smell like akuto. game on the other hand changes with each product. sometimes it’s sickly sweet (mx292, mx203), sometimes it’s cool (mx272), and with this product it has some more tang/spice to it. for everyone in the “dryer sheet” group, imagine dryer sheets with a hint of hot sauce/pepper. almost smells like what a nice curry tastes like (read: doesn’t mean it smells like curry) but it has a nice spicy sweetness to it.
self effects, 3-3:30p: what i’ll dub “hearing loss.” many times during tests i’ll apply and then head to my car to go somewhere. with some products, i’ll notice the volume on my radio sounds lower and i’ll reach to turn it up, only to realize that it’s the same as it usually is. it’s not really hearing loss per se, but sounds just seem blocked out and dense. this is one of those products. it got to the point where i just turned my radio off instead of tempting myself to turn it up, because normally at that loud of a volume it’d be too loud. with the radio off, i couldn’t hear traffic. the guy in front of me cut into a turn lane at the last second and another person honked at him. the car was no more than 20 feet away but the horn sounded muffled, like blowing an air horn through a bunch of pillows.
encounter #1, 3:45p: i went to the eye doctor today. i switched a new brand of contact lens and he wanted to check things out. brief encounter with the receptionist, nothing there. still nothing during the first few minutes of talking with the doctor. the “hit” came when we were wrapping things up. he began to give a short lesson (in a helpful way, not in a condescending or lecturing way) about how contacts fit on the eye, how they can dry eyes out, and some tips on keeping them moist. i’ve worn contacts for probably half my life so it’s nothing i haven’t heard before, but i nodded politely. he closed by saying that all this technical jargon sounds important to him, but he’s afraid it might go over the heads of patients so he wanted to explain things more to me. this was the most i’ve ever heard him talk. i can’t directly attribute this as a hit because there’s a possibility that he’s been doing this with all his patients recently, but he was certainly nice about it and definitely not condescending, as it’s easy to be when you’re a master of your profession talking to the layman.
encounter #2: 4:30p: i received a mailing/coupons for a new chinese place by my house so i stopped by to pick up some things for an early dinner. again a brief encounter with the lady taking my order before she got on the phone with another order and ran to the kitchen to drop off my order. my total was nine dollars and change, and i handed her a twenty. she gave me enough change to round out to ten dollars and completely forgot about the extra ten she owed me. i didn’t have time to bring this up before she went back into the kitchen.
as i waited for my food, i brooded a little to be honest. i’ve experienced way too many shady characters at these types of cash and carry places where they’ll try to skimp you on a dollar or two. the funny thing is that this was a matter of ten whole dollars, so after i got done brooding, i decided it was an honest mistake and went about handling it in a respectable way. when she came back from the kitchen, i heard her yell something to the chef in chinese so i decided to step up my respectability and started the conversation in chinese. in a calm manner, i mentioned that she owed me the rest of my change as i had given her a twenty, as opposed to what she probably thought was a ten. she looked at her receipt and realized her mistake, then went about getting the correct change.
not entirely an external hit (if you’re due change, you’re due change) but i consider it an internal hit. normally i might’ve been pissed, a wrong dose of p83 or -none might make me pissed, but mx291 gave me a calm and collected manner.
conclusion: 3 hours after app right now and i’m still calm/chilled, no more muffled hearing. game scent had faded in spice and cooled down to something that would drive my gf wild. i don’t sense much -none in this, and if there is any, it’s well buffered. should be interesting to test this in a social situation. sexual might be good too if i can time the scent just right.