Yesterday, I was using A314 Whitecap in combination with SPACELAND.
FYI, The A314 irregular whitecap is 26.18% stronger by volume than the classic formulation but is unfragranced and misses one of the 9 ingredients. SPACELAND gives 50mcg/spray of “mostly androstenol, and small amount of a special co-factor” (mostly alpha-androstenol) versus 15 mcg/sprays of (mostly alpha-androstenol) Instant Openness.
I applied both at a minimum level around 6am, then again around 2pm. Neck, sides and front, rub with finger, rub hands together to spread out from finger to hands. This is my first day working with a new group and I don’t want anything obvious at all. (“Give me a ping, Vasili. One ping only, please.” - Hunt for Red October)
Around 3pm, I noticed that I felt hot – no change in the ambient temperature, but as if in a stuffy room. And I realize that I’m perspiring at perhaps a rate 4x greater than I have been all day, and that the scent of the sweat feels “pheromonal” – not “sour stank” but a robust, interesting aroma. This lasts for perhaps ten minutes, then, gone.
I’m wondering if wearing pheromones stimulates the production and release of other pheromones – the fission reactor.
Yes, but I want to repeat the experiment a few times before I comment at length.
Yesterday I became a new member of an established work group, second in command; I’m 25 to 35 years older than most of the team members. My intent (and my observational bias, heh) was to communicate leadership and ‘gravitas’ (A314) while also provoking a sense of fun and openness (Alpha Androstenol). My role is to develop the leadership cadre of this team while enhancing operational effectiveness and driving customer delight and growing the business without altering the business mission. Simple.
I did not notice anything dramatic. Good! I got respect and candor, at good, not freakish, levels. We worked together well and I got good information when I asked for it. I’d previously met and worked briefly with three of the team members over the past years, and I’d say I got a warm welcome. Laughter, smiles, “let me get that for you”, and some vibrant conversations, but mostly on-task … customer related or operationally focused.
At one point, I told one of the team members (away from the group) that I thought it was amusing that he was using “Sir” to address me, and I implicitly challenged the appropriateness of doing so … and he answered immediately and easily that it was only natural, that he liked doing so. Respect without deference but comfortable, with plenty of candor.
More to come.