# returning my pheros..\*Sighs\* **URL:** \ **Category:** Men's Pheromone Advice & Field Reports\ **Created:** [July 24, 2011, 3:32pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/returning-my-pheros-sighs/51404 "2011-07-24T15:32:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 12
**Author:** ![kSage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kSage](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/kSage)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 3:48am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/returning-my-pheros-sighs/51404/12 "2011-07-25T03:48:48Z")
lostguy, I suggest you read this thread I wrote way back when: > [@How to think about pheremones' effects](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/how-to-think-about-pheremones-effects/16064): > > Now that I’ve been using SmartMones for over a year, I’m writing the intro post that I wish had been there for me to read when I got started. There are some other great posts about what the different [pheromones](https://pheromonelabs.com/shop/) and combos do, so I won’t go into that here. Instead I want to talk about setting realistic expectations and using pheromones for the best results. First off, pheromones work. Just accept it. They do not, however, work as obviously and clearly as a hammer on a nail. (More on how the… It’s about setting appropriate expectations for how pheromones work and how to notice their effects. I wrote it after experimenting with pheromones for over a year as the post I wish I’d read at the start to guide me not on what to use or how to use it (there were already great posts on that) but rather on how to be the best experimenter/observer I could be of these pheromone tests. kSage --- _[View the full topic](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/returning-my-pheros-sighs/51404)._