Any molecules you see as universal enhancers — meaning they seem to promote the effectiveness of pretty much anything else they are placed with?
For example, I have a bottle of iso e super mixed with alcohol in an atomizer and spray it on app points. Seems to harmonize scents and pheromones and increase diffusion.
By molecules do you mean diluent components only, or does that include pheromone singles that enhance all or nearly all mixes regardless of purpose or other components? If the latter, P96 is the closest to this I’ve ever experienced.
Both .
P79 is probably the most significant enhancer - but its by no means universal as it can enhance the bad aspects of a mix just as effectively as the good, so you need to be careful with what you choose to use with it.
Hedione sure is one of my favorites.
I wouldn’t say that Hedione is an enhancer though? More that it brings its pleasant/attractive properties to a mix, rather than enhance the primary components?
As long as it makes ladies fall, I’m ok with that 
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I would call that enhancement UNLESS it interferes with other components. I guess I am thinking of things that pretty much always make a mix better without diminishing or interfering with the positive aspects of other elements of the mix.
Hedione can sometimes interfere, yes. It can confound status products - although sometimes this can be a good thing (eg I find it makes AV more usable) but sometimes bad (A314 can suffer a bit).
I definitely agree with the hedione + A314 unwanted interaction. At least with Royale. I don’t wear them together anymore.
Do you find there is a sweet spot? A dosage where it enhances without yet inhibiting an alpha product?
A very small amount maybe - like a couple of tiny dabs from a small glass rod.
Hedione dosage seems hugely elastic to me. The particular alpha product also matters - eg AV or P106 can sustain quite a large dose in the way other products can not.
This is an interesting thread from Basenotes and coming from a non-pheromone perfumer’s point of view.
I have not tried it but from its description I wonder if a small amount of TAF could be beneficial in most mixes?
I’d say that sounds more like fixatives/regulators to control diffusion/manage scent strength rather than enhance any effect - of course the simple act of regulating your scent/phero mix could be seen as an enhancement simply because they keep the effects more consistent for the longest possible period.
TAF was very popular a few years ago - It seems to have declined since then, maybe because its quite a feminine/sexually ambivalent molecule which has resulted in its being marginlised by the rise of alpha mixes. IME anything other than the tiniest dose of TAF can be very difficult in a masculine mix - which is a pity because its imprinting quality (and therefore fallout potential) is superb.
What kind of tiny dose do you have in mind for TAF, Mobo, like the 625 ng / spray level?
But, of course, the things you mention (controlling diffusion and managing scent strength) are hugely important in the effectiveness of a pheromone mix.
So it sounds like the magic with TAF is finding the sweet spot: little enough that it doesn’t derail the mix, but just enough to let it work its effects.
P79 (amplification), P83 (disinhibition), or TAF (focusing).
P79 functions best in a mix with a sense of harmony - if a minor conflict exists between your components, this can become a major problem with P79 added to the mix. Small irritations become big irritations.
P83 works best in a mix without gaps - if there are any missing pieces in your mix, so to speak, I find P83 to be more of a detriment than anything. Like P79, it can make small irritations seem like much larger ones, but rather than increasing the problems in itself, it’s merely bringing them to the surface. This can make negative reactions much more difficult to suppress.
TAF tunes in your mix,makes the effects more easily perceptible. In combination with alpha components (P75, P80, Androsterone, etc.), this creates compliance. This is most probably where A314’s compliance effect in earlier revisions came from.
@mobocaster I strongly disagree with characterizing TAF as feminine. I’d consider it about as gender-neutral as a component can get. Were these solo observations? If so, what was your dose? I’ve had no trouble up to 15mcg and as low as 0.5mcg.
Mainly solo, yes, or along with P89/91 and a sexual. Dose - up to 5mcg in mixes, more than that, it mostly threw them right-off for me. Solo up to 20mcg where it was certainly ambivalent/gender-neutral - which can be highly attractive to some women but more usually to the extent I was very much just one of the girls. Which was great for closeness/confidence but not a lot more.
Probably the best with Taf for me was 5mcg alongside P81/91 in various doses up to 20mcg each. Massive connection/sharing qualities that lasted and could be steered sexually but then I found how well these two also worked with A314 and with more direct masculine presence and possibly fallout potential, so I left the Taf hanging for the time being
So what are your P96 dosages?