was this a reaction?

I wore a pheromone product today (not to name names, but it wasn’t a highly sexual product but it does contain androstenone and you can definitely smell it), 2 1/2 times the usual dosage under a small amount of cologne (Brut, one of my casual type colognes I wear). I went to the drugstore and the grocery store. At the drugstore I noticed no particular reaction from the cashier, who appeared to be around my age- she wasn’t rude or unfriendly, she just didn’t say anything in particular other than the usual routine- I attempted to make eye contact but she glanced away and didn’t pay alot of attention.

Then I went to the grocery store and walked around, looking for some items and also observing people. I notice not too much out of the ordinary passing people, except some older women seemed to feel more comfortable walking around me than usual. Usually I seem to drive them off a bit. Maybe it was the cologne or the pheromones, who knows. They didn’t look at me too much, they just were invading my space a little and I actually felt a little uncomfortable. They appeared to be pacing around behind me looking for something on the shelf while I was reading labels. The cashier was a guy about my age and he seemed nice enough, too, but nothing too wierd happened, other than he seemed in a good mood and was unusually tolerant when I made a few gaffs such as dropping the card, or failing to understand they changed their signature policy for credit card purchases. But I haven’t seen this much before so I don’t know if he behaves like that all the time. There’s a slightly older cashier that’s sometimes there on the weekday afternoons and she sees me much more often and often asks how I’ve been alot (I stick out because I’m usually wearing a motorcycle jacket… today I drove because my bike needs a little work), but lately I haven’t seen her as much- I don’t go into the store at the same hours all the time.

Why aren’t you naming it? It is totally allowed here, unlike the other forums, just don’t put any link. That way we can understand and interpret the reaction better.

Looks like some usual reactions, if you see something changed, that will probably be due to pheromone :slight_smile:

Perception. I believe it’s a 1:1:2 ratio of a-none/Androstenol/Androsterone. It’s unscented but has a faint musk/sweat odor and goes on as a goopy liquid that dries quickly, sort of like hand sanitizer, and it gives off the smell for a reall long time (almost a day, until you shower/bathe basicly)- but it’s much more faint when the product dries. I have about a dozen-and-some packets of the stuff, but I haven’t worn it in about a year. It could make an interesting base to wear with something else.

I ordered a sampler of the Instant spray Andro bottles (to go sizes), pretty much everything except Ammo. I also ordered some Alter Ego and WAGG a while back(from that “other company”- I tried joining the forum but the mods have me locked out for some reason, oh well..), that hasn’t arrive yet.

OK, second day I tried Perception again. I wore less this time, applying it behind my ears and a little to my wrists. I went to get some coffee and noticed no particular reactions out of the ordinary. I was wearing cologne over my wrists and the back of my ears- not much, just a little.

I put on a touch more on my arms near the pulse points in the elbow, and went out to eat with somebody (male) and noticed the wierdest thing happen in years. He semed very chatty (he just got back from out of town) but I couldn’t focus on much he was saying. I was leaning on my elbow with my head in my hand and was inhaling the cologne I was wearing (Old Spice Pure Sport- somewhat heavy, smells sort of like Axe Kilo), and pheros, nonchalantly, not paying much attention to it, and the more I did this, the wierder things got. I admit I was feeling a little tired (I don’t always have regular diurnal hours and sometimes I experience jetlag) ,but anything he said, I forgot. I have experimented with hypnosis and auto-hypnosis/trance, and the feeling was very similar, a definite altered state of consciousness. Time seemed to crawl.

He was talking and talking about stuff that happened, yet it wasn’t sinking in, he just seemed to be rambling but I acted like I was paying attention and making lots of eye contact, and it didn’t bother me like it usually did, for some reason. I told him, “hey, you seem like you are rambling on and on… what’s your point?” He said “oh yeah, I am rambling… I forgot what I was talking about”, then he thought a bit and remembered. I also was making alot of eye contact and this person said “dude… what’s up? You are staring at my mouth. It’s like you are looking through me”. I said “Oh sorry, just feeling a little spacey”. He said “yeah, me too”. My hair stood up on end. I kept figuring he’d ask if I was on drugs- my behavior was so bizarre compared to usual- I felt a little giddy. It took forever for the meal to get there, business was understaffed and we kept talking and talking, but I had trouble concentrating and kept feeling slightly buzzed.

I went to the bathroom and immediately washed off half the Perception, I was so freaked out. VERY SPOOKY. I don’t know if it was pheromones or not, but it just seemed like I was communicating the same things I was feeling to him. Also, the waiter was being extra nice to me. It turned out that the place was having financial troubles because of the economy and they were kissing our butts for even comming, giving us free VIP passes, etc. I was freaking out over this until the guy I was with told me about it. Maybe pheros were behind that, maybe they weren’t. I do know the male waiter seemed to focus most of his attention on me and he seemed to treat me extra special, lots of respect and for some reason I made alot of eye contact with him- I didn’t look down on him but for some reason I felt “close” to him. I also found myself looking at the women around me alot more often, for some reason- they seemed to capture my attention more.

We went shopping briefly at a big box store and looked around and we were talking about various hobby stuff and the conversations started getting a little deeper and I could follow along more, but it was very talkative. The funniest thing was I kept pacing around, we bought nothing and I looked for nothing in particular. I kept forgetting what I was looking for and we just made very small talk, nothing important. I felt sort of “out of it”. It was a real chore to focus on anything in particular.

This has given me alot to think about for sure. The experience sure wasn’t subtle, I don’t know if it was due at all, or in part due to pheros but it was creepy and has given me alot to think about. Especially the ethics of me using pheros. I think if I told him “dude, I was wearing pheros, that’s why I was spacing out”, he might have been angry or perplexed. No real harm came out of it, just makes me feel bad. It is something for me to think about.

So, what do you all think of that? Wierd? Pheros? Jetlag?

I’m a mod at "the other place, so unless your first post was SPAM, I can think of no reason why you would be locked out. PM me the name you joined as and I’ll see why/if you are locked out.:slight_smile: