For one you dont take pheromones your spray them on. Products sold to ingest that claim to increase your natural pheromones are a scam or just high priced vitimens.
What press or media are you talking about ??
Read here>>>>> What pheromones can and can't do: realistic expectations for newcomers
This will inform you on how pheromones work and what they can and cant do. Sites that hype products up or commercials like TAG or Axe are bullcrap and just trying to get you to buy there product. If you referring to the portrayal of pheromones in movies like Oceans 13 I will remind you that they are fiction and no pheromones work in this manner.
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Tisha