I get my order in yesterday..I couldn’t help but feel like a kid at Christmas. Felt a little foolish actually. Anyway bought a bottle of Instant Openness and a bottle of ammo double strength. I bought these particular products because I wanted see if I could be a little more approachable and increase the IOI’s.
Basics of me: 38yrs, 5’5", athletically built, half white, half latino, blood type O for those that are interested. People that know me would say I’m serious, direct, intimidating, assertive, driven, that kind of thing…People I don’t know generally don’t approach me or initiate interactions. I’ve tried to work on my body language and social skills to help but it’s just the way it is I guess.
So I stared at the bottles for a minute not really knowing how to proceed. I wanted to douse myself in them and run out to the nearest crowd I could find to see if anything would magically happen, but I knew that was foolish. So instead I took the lids off to see I what they smelled like. I figured they were going to have a mix of “essence of musky ferret, cat and skunk” Or maybe “essence of deer scent pouch”, or “elk in rut”. (for you hunters out there).. But nope, Ammo, at first, smelled like Kenneth Cole Black which is one of my favorites, but after it dried it smelled different. Instant Openness smells like CK One to me. I flipped a coin to decide which to try and it was Ammo. I’ve done multi-variable experiments at work and I know how difficult it is to draw conclusions when you can’t alter just one variable per test. So I’m bent on trying to keep my tests manageable and spraying both on at once will cloud the results.
Initial Conditions:
1 spray Ammo(2X) to wrist spread to other wrist and neck. Wiped the residual from the nozzle behind both ears.
Initial Observations:
This stuff smells great. Once it got into the mid/base note I couldn’t stop smelling it. Not bad for elk in rut, or ferret..I’d buy this just for the scent. I didn’t really feel any different as far as mood goes so no self effect..
Action:
I decided to go to Walmart for a couple of things. Nothing particularly interesting. A couple 40ish women kept running in to me (not physically) while I was looking at the electronics, but there wasn’t any eye contact. I left and it was raining and I didn’t really feel like shopping anyway so I decided to call it a day for testing. So I stopped off at the library to get some woodworking ideas for later. (one of my hobbies) Things did get a little interesting at the library.
#1–I had left my books on a table and was looking in a shelf close by and a family walks up and takes over my table. No big deal, once I got done looking I stepped over and excused my self to get my books. Apologies from the Mom and then a really intense eye lock from a teen aged girl say 15. Not mean, just solid, extended eye contact. So I went to the next table over and sat down with my back to them and start looking at my books. A little while later and the same girl walks past my table to the window looks outside for a second then comes back directly at me and the same solid eye contact once I look up. I found that unusual. Description-- White pale skinned, dark hair, blue eyes. Like Liv Tyler.
#2–I recognize a girl I had seen before who is a tour guide at a local museum looking at books a little ways off. She looked up at me and immediately smiled and looked down. Strong IOI in my book but she’s a tour guide and has to be friendly.. We’ve never met but I did attend one of her tours a couple of months ago. I doubt she recognized me. She walked by my table a few minutes later. Another smile and look down so I open by asking her if she is still doing tours. She stopped kind’ve surprised and said yes. I told her I recognized her and she just sort of laughed and walked on. She goes back to her shelf and stayed there for a while. I looked up every now and then to see if she was still there but no more interaction. So she disappears for a little while and comes back to the shelf closest to me. Starts looking through the books and knocks a bunch of them off the shelf. I honestly think she was distracted. Description–White girl, 5’4", mid 20’s, not so pale, green eyes, thin, very attractive.
#3–So another girl walks up to #2 (I guess a friend), and again extended eye contact from the new girl when I look up at her. No smile, but she displayed the “oh a guy just looked at me I need to stand up straighter and toss my hair” effect. They talked quietly a minute then friend walks away. I deliberately don’t look at her for some reason until the last minute and when I did I busted her looking at me again. This time she looks away quickly embarrassed. Description–White girl, mid 20’s, light brown hair, 5’2", stocky but not fat, also attractive.
#4–After 1,2,3 clear out one of the librarians walks past, casually looks at me then goes into the magazine area. The look was pretty normal nothing out of the ordinary. She comes out with a stack of papers, stops in front of me, shuffles them around, looks at me again when I look up then walks off. I’m in the far corner of the library, pretty spread out from everyone. Anyway, she comes back for another stack of papers and I can feel her looking at me. She leaves again and I feel someone looking at me and she’s across the room at a desk staring at me. It wasn’t a creepy stare but intense enough for me perceive it somehow. Description–White girl, late 20’s, dirty blond, thin, 5’4", brown eyes, not as attractive.
Although these events aren’t necessarily groundbreaking. The coincidence seems a little odd given the last several visits to the library were not like today. I need to dwell on this a while before I make any conclusion, but if this type of thing remains consistent over time I’d have to give the products their due. This wasn’t the end of my day however. I still went out to a bar on Karaoke nite which also has its own interesting events. But as I’ve written a book here I’m going to give it a break. Thanks for reading BTW..