New researcher from PA!

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Hi there, I’m Marilyn from Reading, PA! I’m 30 and a regional manager for a large chain of craft-supply stores. I first really heard of phero perfumes from a girlfriend who had tried some, and later witnessed their effects firsthand when I went out to the clubs with her. Needless to say, after seeing the reactions she got, I became extremely interested in learning more about this little-known scientific phenomena. Although I’m already in a happy relationship, I’ve been curious as to exactly how phero scents work and what exactly is the science behind them. I’m really interested to know just how they affect the average human, what the person-to-person variables are for affectiveness and how they can be use to advance love life, versus career, versus a person’s own self-confidence.

I admit that until I saw them in action, I really though phero additives were largely a placebo affect…that is, a person knowingly wearing them would feel more confident, thus exude more confidence, thus attract more people. I also read up on some online reviews and thought a lot of them must have been gambler’s memory…only remembering the hits, not the misses, and unconsciously skewing the perceived results. As you can see, I’m really into proper research and utilizing the scientific method :slight_smile: So I decided to try and get the hard numbers behind this kind of product, or at least gather enough anecdotal evidence to form my own solid conclusions.

Until I found this forum, my online research was extremely limited, mostly to buyer reviews on sellers’ sites, which is NOT the best way to go about gathering evidence! I couldn’t even FIND an appropriate forum with a sufficiently large base of contributors until I came here! I’m so glad I did, because from what I’ve read so far, people here seem to really have their numbers down and go out of their way to explain just what mixes they use, in what amounts, by what age groups, and provide candid descriptions of their results.

I’ve really been swayed by this amount of information into taking my little online hobby and actually stocking up on various recommended brands of phero additives and perfumes, so I can conduct my own real life tests! Boy that sounds nerdy, LOL. But the idea of this whole new area of scientific discovery in the way humans interact based on chemicals is fascinating, and makes for an easy and VERY fun hobby for me to engage in on the weekends! My boyfriend is also excited…he seems to think some of the products I buy will turn him into a real tiger, and he’s volunteered as a very eager test subject! :wink:

So thanks for this forum…I can’t wait to get involved!

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Wow, Marilyn! Welcome to the mone forum! From PA, no less!!! :slight_smile:

I’m quite impressed by your intro post! Love that your into research and doing it proper. One thing that I had also thought about when I first started out was getting the exact amount of mone molecules… I had looked at scent of eros, and this question came to my mind because they use a roll on application… then, I came here! Not saying scent of eros won’t work, just that knowing your application amount to re-apply consistently is what I was looking for…

Well, I think you will appreciate this thread here:

AND here:

I’m also looking forward to see your online mone hobby bloom and can’t wait for both of you to be involved with the research!!! :smiley:

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Thanks so much, Alpha! I’m already heading out to the store to get a small journal to take notes in on the fly when I’m out doing field tests with the new products. In addition to items from Androtics, I’ve also purchased from a few other companies recommended on the forum and will be testing them in different arenas. I have a large conference coming up in a little while that I think will be the ultimate test, but until then, I want to do a lot of smaller tests to nail down exact dosages and product combinations that work for me.

Thanks for the link, I’m excited to really get into the exact chemical makeups that go into each product. I know most products have ‘secret ingredients,’ but there’s still a wealth of information to be had from everyone on this forum. Man, it’s like starting up with chemistry class in high school all over again! :smiley:

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Hi Marilyn, welcome to the forum!

And thanks for the great introduction, I think you’ll be a wonderful addition to this community.

To make the best recommendations to get you started, and also get you qualified for the $25 gift certificate, please share some info about your personality and how you relate to others. Are you shy? Outgoing? Also, what kinds of things are you thinking of using pheros for? Work? School? Romance? Friendships?

And please come join us in the women’s section! :slight_smile:

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Welcome to the forum, Marilyn!

Usually we try to point new members in the right direction but it seems like you’ve already done your research haha. What products did you decide on to start?

This really is a great forum and community and we’re happy to have someone with your enthusiasm. I look forward to reading your reports.

Good luck and have fun. If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to ask.

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Hi Boogieman! Glad to be here! I’m thinking of starting with some of the Instant line, not going to go into the mixers until I know a little bit more and have run some field tests with the already-formulated products. I also have a few products from other places…alter ego sample gel, Primal Instinct, Pheromax and a few others that have the better amount of positive reviews. I’m going to start with a pretty broad spectrum of samplers from the best or most popular products and narrow down my favorites based on testing and reactions, and record the process as I go along. Eventually I’d like to really start mixing up my own custom formulas!

Sure, not a problem!

I’m a very outgoing person, I guess! Very extroverted, and I love to communicate, which I guess is a nice way of saying I gab on and on if unchecked. I’m a real people person and I love to laugh, so I think I have the right personality to which a good pheromone product might make a great complement.

Ideally I’d like to find a pheromone that will make other people open up to me, but not make ME open up any more than I already do, since I’m already a babbler! So I’m making the ‘self-effect’ phenomena a special study focus. Like I said in my opening post, I already have a boyfriend, so I’m not interested in attracting more men, but I’d like to at least test out the copulin-heavy products and see if they truly work as well for me as they supposedly do for others…and especially if they work on my man! :wink:. I’d also like to find out if a low copulin/high Androstenol combination will help me at work, to get some of the people who work under me moving in the right direction and be more productive and relaxed at the workplace. Tensions can run high with some of my employees and maybe a nice low-level hormone boost can dissipate some of that stress, if used correctly.

And of course, like every woman I have my ups and downs when it comes to feeling attractive. Normally I have great self-esteem (I’m also on very low dosage anti-depressants, have been for years), and I’m not the type given to feeling badly for myself, as I’m a big optimistic. However, during my most fertile days of my cycle, I can feel like a positive sex icon, but then just the opposite occurs on my flow days, and I feel like the most unattractive girl in the world, no matter what my boyfriend says to the contrary. This self-esteem cycle can wreak havoc when I have to be upbeat and positive for work, or when I go to parties with my guy and don’t want to be seen as the grumpy girlfriend who doesn’t really want to be there, so I’m thinking of testing out Instant Shine to see if I can’t elevate my confidence and mood on my downer days…from the recommendations on this forum and on the Androtic sales site, it’s apparently a great product to boost confidence!

That’s all I can think of for now, but I’ll be sure to chime in later in the Women’s Forum with more! I’ve been avidly reading that entire section since yesterday! :slight_smile:

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Thanks for the info!

And, yes, Instant Shine is a great product for you to start with, it will give you a positive, upbeat vibe that others will want to be around.

Instant Openness will relax you and those around you, others will be more likely to converse with you and be chattier, and Instant Honesty will make others feel more comfortable around you and more likely to open up to you. So basically, IO helps with quantity of conversation, and IH helps with quality. But do be careful, because they will affect you as well, so if you don’t want to be chattier or open up too much, you can wear them on your wrists, and hold your hands closer to the person you want to affect, or on the back of your neck.

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Thanks, that’s extremely helpful! I’m the kind of person who tends to avoid even one beer around others who are drinking, because even the slightest push makes me babble and I’m likely to blurt out something silly that I didn’t mean to say, so narrowing down which product will be least likely to have that affect on me when I wear it is VERY important. I like the trick about the wrists…is it also true for putting it in your hair, round the back of the head, to keep it away from your own nose? Also, is there an optimal wait time, say 15 minutes, between putting it on and then going out to company, which might help mitigate the effects on me? Or do you find that the instant line’s self-effects don’t hit the wearer all at once?

Thanks so much for your help, I can’t wait to try them all out!

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Instant Openness is the most likely product to get you babbling, so if that is something you really want to avoid, either don’t use it, or use it carefully.

And yes, your hair can give great diffusion, I often apply there as well.

You will want to test each product separately first, so that you become familiar with how each affects you, and the dosage that produces the best effects. This post should help **How to Find Your Sweet Spot? (An Introduction to Mones: Names, Size, Strength, Use, Effects & Duration - #9 by SteveO) .

**Everyone’s chemistry is different, and some products can cause self effects right away, and others might not. You just need to experiment to find out what works best for you.

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Thank you again, you’ve been just great!! This is all extremely helpful! :slight_smile: I’ll go check out that thread right now.;

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Welcome to Pherotalk Littlemarilyn!

Your intro was really impressive and I do like the way you are approaching this whole pheromone thing.

I can’t wait to hear your experiences when you do start and I am sorry there are not too many products for women in the instant lines and experimentals but I have a feeling you are one of those that will enjoy the advanced products even more.

Your gc was issued! :cool:

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Thanks so much! Just as a review, here’s what I will be testing out in the next two weeks:

Instant Sexiness B
Instant Shine
Alter Ego
Pheromax
EoW

I’ve been reading up on each to be sure of how to apply them and get the optimal results. I have an indoor conference, a wedding, and a day trip to the salon coming up to use as big field tests, and of course I’ll try some smaller tests out in the supermarket, etc. :slight_smile: I’m going to use each test for one product alone…Instant Shine for my trip to the salon (the girls there are SO snobby and barely talk to their customers, just each other, so it’ll be the ultimate proof if I can get them to actually open up and chat with me!), Instant Sexiness for the wedding, and so on!

I can’t wait for the mail to come tomorrow!!