I got my 3 to-gos in the mail today (my first order)–IH, IO, IShine. I put a quick spritz of IS on my wrist–the smell was SO horrible. Not the pheromones, but the fragrance itself was VERY strong and reminded me of some gross cheap “manly” cologne. I assume this is neroli since it is the default fragrance for the to-gos? I have never liked men’s colognes (or most women’s perfumes, really), even men’s deodorant (conventional drugstore brands) gives me a headache. I now have a headache and it’s been an hour and the scent has barely “dried down”. I tried covering it with one of my own fragrances which is very light and vanilla-y, with no luck. I also hate smelling like food (for example, I like vanilla fragrances but not things that smell like cookies/cake/candy–esp Pink Sugar, which I know is a popular cover). Does anyone have any recommendations for future purchases in terms of scent–provided I can even use these to-gos for long enough to see if they work! Since I hate smelling like food, I don’t think the chocolatini or cookie would be good, maybe the coconut? I like a mild coconut milk type smell, not that “tropical” coconut that smells like a pina colada–does anyone have experience with the andro coconut or grapefruit scents? Or at least, do any of these truly dry down to smell barely-there?
If the pheros works for you, next time you order, you should customize the smell. It costs $15 to do so for the consumer products, like IO, IH, IS. Grapefruit’s the lightest scent of all and it blends well with normal cologne.
BTW, how many sprays is a quick sprtiz? Are you sure your getting a headache from the scents itself? Some first time users just get a headache from the pheromones. Your body has to adjust.
*Yes. All of the scents has to dry down and smell lighter, before you spray your own perfume.
A*fter** the neroli dries down, spray a little of your own perfume over it. The neroli would be barely noticeable. Though sometimes I use CK One with the neroli scented pheros. They smell nice together.
*I myself love the neroli (I’d wear neroli alone sometimes) compared to the cookie.
Look on the bright side! There are more foul-smelling products than the ones you are using now LOL.
Personally I like the neroli, it’s smell naturally blends with the citrusy fragrance of my Unforgivable cologne so nobody has really noticed any overt changes in my mones since starting.
Haha, a quick spritz meant just that, 1 spray. I do think it was from the fragrance because similar smells give me headaches (most men’s cologne). But I’m glad you all replied–I will definitely NOT be getting cookie!!
Also, I did let it dry down a bit before covering, but I could still smell the neroli even hours and hours later. I will try to let it dry for longer and find a more concentrated scent of my own to cover with.
I like the neroli myself as well, but when I get the TAL in neroli it doesn’t smell like IS to me at all. I tend to wear my ISX under my clothes - that way it’s is kinda diffused with my own scent and fabric softner.
The cookie is a rather strong scent but is good to wear in a large crowd where multiple scents can be smelled & if it’s one you plan to put only 1 or two sprits. I actually didn’t care much for the grapefruit myself. I don’t like strong scents and to me the neroli was the softest of them all. I don’t think IS has a lot of neroli in it because it is stronger than the TAH & TAL diffused with neroli & the scent is very different.
Also, keep in mind IS was originally developed for men but the pheromone it’s self is unisex.
If you don’t like all that stinky stuff, definitely check out Grapefruit. It is my absolute favorite, in fact, I order everything in Grapefruit. Even Instant Shine, etc, even though it costs a little extra, its worth it (for big bottles).
