TEST BOTTLE #8 (First Day)
Product scent and strength:
Neroli, 10mcg/spray
Application dosage and locations:
9:45am - 3 sprays (30mcg, wrists, neck, chest)
Almost immediate self effect of slight light-headedness
10:00am - self effect - a little giddy now
Environment: Home with grouchy son/wife starting out in a bad mood.
I sit down, closest to her. Tension dissipates (this later confirmed by a friend who was in that room before I was, who definitely noticed the change in atmosphere shortly after I entered)
Also, my frequent Saturday (and sometimes whole weekend) anxiety/guilt of “clean-my-room-paperwork-bills-get-stuff-ready-to-do-taxes, etc, etc” that often prevents me from even considering doing anything relaxing or fun is not bothering me quite as badly (though its still there a little)
10:30am - small headache, which is still there half an hour later, at which point (11:00am) I take 3 Excedrin Migraine, which works like a charm. Still a bit lightheaded and a little giddy.
My friend offers me a small glass of beer, which I drink 
Slight “Pied piper” effect. Cat who doesn’t normally hang out by me, comes by me, wants to sit on my lap.
11:45am - 1 more spray to front/chest area (because I put on a jacket so might have covered some of my earlier sprays)
12:15pm - My friend and I finally leave to go do errands in my truck. This change in environment seems to kick in the giddiness a little more. I tell her about the blind test, and give her 2 sprays (1 neck/chest, 1 wrists).
Driving along, we start to get silly. We pass someone’s house that we know, and though nobody is visible, and my truck windows are rolled up, we both say merrily, “Hi!! Hello!” as we pass.
We drive slowly on this residential road, and slow down even more to avoid hitting a bunch of chickens that are cruising around. We sing out, “Hi chickens!!”, smiling and laughing (anyone hearing us would think we are nuts!)
At this point we look at each other, realizing that we are definitely not being normal. OMG, are we high??
Not quite light-headed, definitely giddy, way too cheerful, slightly stoned. We feel like we are slightly obnoxious. As though we might be irritating to anyone who would witness this behavior (though we are having a blast). We are also noticing things more. Like the chickens, who are always on (and in) that road.
12:30pm - We arrive at another friend’s house (my often-grouchy male friend) where a birthday party for an 8 year old girl is under way. I give myself 1 more spray (just to be sure).
Not too many people there, thank goodness, because I (and my friend, I found out later) feel a slight anxiety as I walk through the gate and must say hi to male friend’s family members who I have only met briefly once or twice before. A kind of shyness/not-quite-self-consciousness, because I feel a little bit high (definitely not from the small glass of beer).
No noticeable effects on others.
Giddy, slightly stoned feeling continues for both of us. I have one beer at this stop.
1:30pm - Returning the way we came, we pass the same friends’ house that we said “Hi” to earlier, this time see someone outside, so we stop to really say hi for a minute.
Two 4 year old girls are waiting in the back seat of a car in the driveway, about to go to the park/playground for a little while. My friend who was with me (and had 2 sprays) sticks her head in to say hi to the little girls.
The little girls begin to display aggressive behavior. They begin to argue and act naughty. (my friend feels that her sprays had something to do with this, she is normally excellent with children)
2:00pm - Arrive at shopping center
Me - 1 more spray (chest/neck), friend - 1 more spray (wrists)
We decide to walk around in the slightly crowded food court (to get possible “hits” with the mystery molecule), but nothing noticeable (besides the self-effects, which are going strong)
Same thing in the supermarket, basically silly self-effects, no discernable effects on others (although, we passed a very obviously gay female couple, one of whom totallychecked me out)
3:00pm - my friend and I part ways (she will give me feedback later on anything else she experiences, if she does).
I go to friends’ house again, drink beer slowly throughout the afternoon/early evening, am quite silly (more than usual and its not the beer).
Effects on others - one female friend, not really drinking very much, is being very silly (way more than usual) too. She is pretty much right next to me a good part of the time I was there. We giggle and laugh (giggle??)
4:45pm - effects starting to fade, I want more, so 2 more sprays (chest/neck, wrists)
8:00pm - feeling good, 2 more sprays, want to go out and do something, go out somewhere (besides someone’s house), but just end up going home (kinda tipsy by now)
Over the course of the day I had at least 10 sprays total (100+ mcg but spread over the day and evening and slightly overlapping)
There is about half of the to-go bottle left.
I believe duration is approximately 4 hours.
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TEST BOTTLE #2 (First Day)
Product scent and strength:
Neroli, 5mcg/spray
Application dosage and locations:
7:15am - 2 sprays (10mcg, wrists, neck/chest)
Environment: at home, at breakfast place
Self effects:
- cheerful, happy
- feel like going out and doing something, and haven’t even had coffee yet!
Others:
- everyone at my house is in a wonderful mood (!!!)
- three year old boy actually wants to go take a walk with me and have breakfast with me
- at the breakfast place (7:30am), we see someone from my work place and invite him to sit with us, and he actually does, then another person from the daily coffee gang there joins us too
- three year old boy actually eats two whole pieces of french toast (lucky to get him to eat two bites of anything, normally)
- “Pied Piper” effect - very strong, kitties won’t leave me alone
A little later - 2 more sprays (10 mcg, wrists and hair)
Environment: home, friend’s house
Self effects: cheerful, yet calm, feel like nothing can get me down or upset me, “unflappable”
Others:
- three year old actually wants to hang out with me, without mom and dad (unusual)
- a conversation with a friend who is feeling extremely upset and grouchy, I cannot stand to see him feeling like this so off we go on a love/peace mission, friend calms down, thank goodness
A little later -
Environment: in the car, at the beach park
- just as we arrive at beach, three year old starts crying and wants mommy and daddy now
- I quickly spray 1 spray to my chest/neck, and a half spray in the three year old’s general direction
- Less than a minute after I pick him up and start walking away from the car, he suddenly stops crying and becomes happy and calm
The afternoon and evening proceed happily and calmly, I give myself another spray sometime mid-afternoon, no more crying or upset incidents occur, evening at home everyone is happy and content.
Duration of effects: approximately 4 hours
Total dosage the whole day: approximately 40-50mcg, somewhat spread out but overlapping, not sure how much I’m “wearing” at any given time, no OD though, maybe because of the spread out overlap
Summary of effects: calming, happy, unruffled, mellowing, very positive vibe
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TEST BOTTLE #11 (First Day)
Product scent and strength:
Turpentine scented (just kidding, I can’t tell what it is but thats kind of what it smells like), no dosage or strength listed on bottle
11:00am - 3 sprays (wrists, neck/chest, hair)
Self effects: a little lightheadedness, otherwise nothing really noticeable
Effects on others: nothing really noticeable
Environment: at home, and the later running errands all day
12:45pm - 1 more spray chest/neck
1:15pm - 1 more spray chest/neck
- self effects - calm, serious ??
- effects on others - nothing yet
3:30pm - 1 more spray, to hair
4:45pm - 1 more spray, to wrists
6:00pm - 1.5 more sprays, to neck
Environment: Out doing lots of quick errands all day, encountered numerous random sales clerks, etc, no noticeable effects
“Pied Piper” effect (animals following): minimal, if any
Total dosage: 8.5 sprays spread out and overlapped over a period of 7 hours
Comments: Maybe this needs to be tested in a different environment, or maybe it needs to be mixed with something else in order to show its character
Any suggestions or ideas on how to make this stuff reveal itself would be welcomed!!
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TEST BOTTLE #12 (First Day)
Product scent and strength:
Green apple (??), no mcg’s listed
Application dosage and locations:
7:15am - 3 sprays (wrists, neck/chest, hair)
Environment: at work
Self effects:
- I go in the bathroom for a sec to dash on a little makeup…looking in the mirror, I feel…pretty!!!
Effects on others:
- None obvious. at least that I can see
9:15am - 1 more spray (wrists)
12:00pm - 1 more spray (chest/neck)
- I have a slight headache, which persists until I finally take something for it a few hours later
2:00pm - 1 more spray (wrists)
- I do this last spray right before going to see admin to discuss my upcoming vacation request, she seems okay, but then I keep it brief
4:30pm - 1 more spray (chest/neck)
- Self effects: I feel a little cheerful, bouncy, sparkly
- Effects on others:Person I interact with is very cheerful too
PLEASE NOTE: Follow-up sprays, in this and previous tests, are not done irresponsibly or randomly. They are applied at least a couple of hours apart, on the assumption that the substances are NOT cumulative, but gradually begin wearing off or fading from the time they are applied. If this assumption is faulty, please let me know.
This reapplication is done either to maintain the effects, if any are observed (as in Bottle #8 and Bottle #2), or to try to see an effect, because no effect, or minimal effect, is observed (as in Bottle #11 and Bottle #12)
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BLIND BOTTLE #2 (second testing)
Product and dosage: Neroli (?), 5 mcg/spray
Approximately 4 hours
Environment: At work, in small hospital
Weather: Rainy, cold
7:15am: 2 sprays, one to chest/neck, one split between wrists
Self-effects: Within just a few minutes, I felt more perky and cheerful (and I hadn’t had coffee yet)
Effects to others: Air conditioning guys, who never say much of anything when they come to repair/service talked and joked with me.
Patients and co-workers were in a good mood, cheerful, happy.
10:00am: 1 spray, to neck area
Both self effects and effects to others continued on the same note, cheerful, upbeat
2:30pm: Effects, both self and to others, beginning to fade, so 2 more sprays, one to hair, one split between wrists
This began to fade after about 4 hours, this time I let it go
Later on, kind of tired, though rainy days can do that too
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Bottle #12 report
Dosage and scent: Turpentine (?) scented, 3 short sprays, hair, chest, between wrists
Effects to self: Slightly tired, but I already felt that way when I woke up, like I could go back to bed.
I got dressed after application, jeans and a hoodie (with hood up to hide messy hair).
Effects to others:
Three year old insists on going to the post office with me, cheerful and well behaved (no close physical contact though, except to do his seat belt). However when we get back home, he does not want to get out of the car, but wants to just sit there. I say, let him sit there if he wants,its not hurting anything, but his dad makes him get out, crying ensues.
At the post office, in line, a man initiates conversation. He is looking at me in that way, as though he wants to get to know me better. Remember, I am wearing a dull gray hoodie, hood up (to hide my morning hair), no makeup, I did not even brush my teeth yet (had to hurry to catch the PO before it closed).
The man catches up to me outside and wants to continue conversing. He says, “Hmm, I don’t know what to do with my day” like a hint, as though I’m supposed to say, “Hey, lets do something together” or something. He asks me what I do, I tell him I work at the local hospital, but am also looking for other work.
He just happens to be a mortgage broker, and tells me that he happens to teach mortgage brokering, though right now that field is feast or famine. I say, cool, new skills are always good to have. Of course, he now needs my contact info (I give him my home phone only, not cell), and I finally end the interaction, get in the car and go home.
At home, I feel the same tiredness, I could go back to bed, but unfortunately I have things to do today.
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