surfs_up
02-19-2005, 02:45 PM
This is sort of a follow on to another thread about pheromone like or pheromone helpers, fragrances or odor
communicating substances that have a behavioral effect alone or by synergy with true pheromones.
To make a
long story short, I have become a great fan of the high end niche fragrance houses L'Artisan, Villoresi, sometimes
Creed. L'Artisan especially doesn't have to come on strong to seem to affect other's behavior in a positive way.
Their work tends to go for subtlety instead of the aldehyde blast that most men's fragrance counter products have.
L'Artisan has a ambiguous, unisex lineup with names that can be confusing, there is a cultural translation
issue here, even when the actual stuff is excellent. Their approach is to extend the existing body aroma instead of
overwhelming it or conflicting with it.
I tried their Dzing, Timbuktu,Premier Figuier,Tea For Two, Navegar,
Mechant Loup, Bois Farine and samples of others,
Amber Extreme,Voleur de Roses,Passage D'Enfer.
Certain
of them were simply too feminine or strange, Voleur de Roses smells like an exotic fruit jam, Dzing can be more
offbeat than intriguing on a man but excellent for a women.
When and where they did work the results were
compelling. They can lay low, close to the skin until you warm up with activity then expand. This is much better
than a fragrance that is full on all the time. A light application can be discreet, not insistent, just noticable,
or you can raise the level for crowded situations.
I tried putting a whopping dose of Navegar on a tee shirt
to test it, with so much it smelled like insecticide. When I brought it down to three or four squirts it worked with
my body odor to give it a fuller, more agreeable presence without over assertion. The Tea For Two (unfortunately
named, from a tea derived scent) has an exceptional, warm amber leathery quality to it that people seem to become
relaxed and chatty around. It has that refined, social -nol feeling. Bois Farine is like that too, it throws you for
a loop at first with a nutty-bread dough waft that rapidly settles down into a warm, inviting zone.
The ones
that work exude a sophisticated, confident understatement that mesh perfectly with pheromones, like they are part of
a continuity with skin scent, fragrance, and chemical messengers.
communicating substances that have a behavioral effect alone or by synergy with true pheromones.
To make a
long story short, I have become a great fan of the high end niche fragrance houses L'Artisan, Villoresi, sometimes
Creed. L'Artisan especially doesn't have to come on strong to seem to affect other's behavior in a positive way.
Their work tends to go for subtlety instead of the aldehyde blast that most men's fragrance counter products have.
L'Artisan has a ambiguous, unisex lineup with names that can be confusing, there is a cultural translation
issue here, even when the actual stuff is excellent. Their approach is to extend the existing body aroma instead of
overwhelming it or conflicting with it.
I tried their Dzing, Timbuktu,Premier Figuier,Tea For Two, Navegar,
Mechant Loup, Bois Farine and samples of others,
Amber Extreme,Voleur de Roses,Passage D'Enfer.
Certain
of them were simply too feminine or strange, Voleur de Roses smells like an exotic fruit jam, Dzing can be more
offbeat than intriguing on a man but excellent for a women.
When and where they did work the results were
compelling. They can lay low, close to the skin until you warm up with activity then expand. This is much better
than a fragrance that is full on all the time. A light application can be discreet, not insistent, just noticable,
or you can raise the level for crowded situations.
I tried putting a whopping dose of Navegar on a tee shirt
to test it, with so much it smelled like insecticide. When I brought it down to three or four squirts it worked with
my body odor to give it a fuller, more agreeable presence without over assertion. The Tea For Two (unfortunately
named, from a tea derived scent) has an exceptional, warm amber leathery quality to it that people seem to become
relaxed and chatty around. It has that refined, social -nol feeling. Bois Farine is like that too, it throws you for
a loop at first with a nutty-bread dough waft that rapidly settles down into a warm, inviting zone.
The ones
that work exude a sophisticated, confident understatement that mesh perfectly with pheromones, like they are part of
a continuity with skin scent, fragrance, and chemical messengers.