First order arrived today.
Post 1, Re: 03.Jun.2011
After the FedEx confusion, I took my package upstairs, wary of the “perfume” exuding from it, unwrapped it, and was gaseously-“bombed” by the vapors–4 of the 5 To Go tubes had leaked about 1/4th. The Archangel Mickaelia quickly remedied this! (Included in my package was a gift of IO To Go – thanks to “B” and the AD team!)
I am allergic to many chemicals and this includes fragrances and their stabilizers – I usually have to RUN by perfume counters holding my breath. This is part of the hypersensitivity, I think. I can’t understand how my friends love fragrances that smell like (itchy) moldy hay. $100/oz.-itchy-moldy-hay. 
So, the fragrance of the mones smells like a better-quality perfume to me – not the itchy gross kind, but not something I like at all, and certainly nothing like Neroli.
After opening windows and turning on bathroom and kitchen exhaust fans, as well as the water-cooled “AC,” I donned latex gloves and used rubbing alcohol to clean the majority of the fragrance off the tubes, and tied all the packaging and cleaning supplies off to dispose of it. Rubbing alcohol will NOT clean up the fragrance of a spill – just minimize it. (I don’t know what this means for its ability to remove mones from skin, as I read it will do in another thread.) I closed the window before I left, but when I returned 90 minutes later, all smell had dissipated from my apartment.
I was afraid I’d get a headache from all this, but unlike conventional perfumes, as soon as I hit fresh air, all headache- and asthma-triggering symptoms were gone. (My face did feel a bit flushed.)
My TA seemed normal (nice, friendly, helpful) and I passed my informal practical exam very easily. At the grocery store, an old man asked me for help, but I could wear BLUE to Target and people will think I work there – it’s just my personality/aura, I guess.
I went home and showered before my date – I thought I’d try IS since I was behind in sleep by 10 hours in the previous 4 nights, but because of that sleep-deprivation, I put IH on the nape of my neck. (The first spray was so tiny that even though I wasn’t sure how much one should feel like, I added a second – I think the first spray was all air.) Also, this sleep-deprivation led me to order 2x of IS and IH, not just the one that was recommended.
This was a second date with a guy who was already very affectionate/cuddly/doting/attentive on the first date, but he couldn’t stop smelling my hair, upper back, and the nape of my neck, and telling me how good my hair smells – he had not done this before, and I thought my hair smelled gross (a tiny bit greasy). I have never had a guy do that before.
Note: I touch the back of my neck often – how soon does this “dry” so I don’t have to worry about too much transfer to my hands?
