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09-21-2003, 10:15 PM
OK. This isn’t really a scientific experiment. Just something to satisfy my curiosity.
I’ve accidentally come up with a mix that’s gotten me compliments from an aromatherapist at the apothecary where I buy my mixing paraphernalia. One day I was buying a bunch of dram bottles and she jokingly asked, “You’re not using these to sell drugs, are you?”
I told her that I liked mixing my own scents, and she commented that she sometimes caught a whiff of something on me and wondered whether it was me or something I was wearing. I let her smell my wrist and she said it was very masculine and \"mysteriously compelling\". On my next visit I let her smell it out of the bottle. She loved it and offered to buy a big batch to sell in her store. I declined, but it got me thinking...
So I filled up some dram bottles and gave samples to five very different guys, under the pretext that I’m thinking of selling the stuff.
My first “subject” is a 22 year old intern where I work. He’s African American, average looks, intelligent, and “alpha” in the BEST sense of the word— except that he stands just under 6 feet. He’s muscular, loves competitive sports, works out a lot, very gregarious, lots of initiative and likes to take charge. He got his bottle on Friday.
My second subject is a long time friend that doesn’t need pheromones in the least. He’s a bartender/published author, very intelligent, 33, 6’, slim build, long wavy hair, excellent social skills, wicked good looks, intense dark eyes, Italian descent, and “bad boy” magnetism. (Think Johnny Depp.) He burns through girlfriends like they grow on trees and there’s always a flock of gorgeous women at his bar. He also got his bottle on Friday.
On Saturday I gave out a bottle each to two guys that could really use an edge.
One of them is Asian descent, 38, slightly over 6’, nice masculine looks, slim build with a slight pot belly, high paying high tech job with clothes to match (very conservative and somewhat geeky — think Dockers). Overall not a bad prospect, except that he’s very nervous around people and that goes double for beautiful women. He doesn’t really know how to hold a conversation and pretty much lets others dominate the social scene. He’s been divorced for 5 years, tried several dating services, never got past the first date, and is getting dangerously close to turning into a hermit.
The other is North European descent, 35, rather short, pudgy, unexceptional looks (the kind of guy you could never describe to a police artist). Decent job but horrible spending habits. His biggest assets are his intelligence and social skills. Gregarious, great story teller, loves to tell jokes, capable of starting a conversation with anybody, no problem making girl FRIENDS, but no real girlfriends since his wife dumped him several years ago. He’s a very good hearted guy and a close friend. So I worry about him because he’s starting to show early warning signs of depression: letting his grooming habits go, gaining weight, long nights wasting his social skills on barflies, and etc..
Today I gave my last bottle to a neighbor that I don’t care to hang out with, but seems like an interesting subject in that he’s alpha in the WORST sense. North European descent, late thirties, somewhere around 6’3”, private contractor, muscular build with a bit of a gut, strong jaw, rugged but not quite handsome, has to be the center of every conversation, talks loud, walks with a strut, hits on practically every woman he sees (with lines like, “Hey, honey, what’s your name?”), his idea of friendly conversation is either bustin your balls or forcing you to check out some girl’s T or A, talks your ear off but never listens... and I’ve had to warn him to keep his efing hands off of me because he loves to give guys “friendly” slaps on the back or “joking” punches in the shoulder. Normally I would hate him, but he’s fixed my toilet, helped me assemble my desk, diagnosed my car troubles, and has this dogged sense of loyalty that makes me feel he’d be the only one I could count on if my car happened to break down in a bad part of town on some cold, blustery night.
I don’t have much of a “hypothesis”, just hoping that my pudgy friend scores and that I can get some outrageous hit stories from my bartender friend. (Although I don’t see how things could get any better for him. I once saw him talk three very sexy women into a kissing contest. And they REALLY got into it.)
So stay tuned. This might get educational.
PS Just in case somebody wants to replicate this “study”... My mix consists of 1Rone: 3NPA: 4Nol: 5 Pheromol Factor: 5Rogue Male : 5 A1: 7APC : 15 Tunisian Amber. It started out as an effort to combine all my favorite products and mixes into one “supermix” and Amber seemed to be the only scent that could balance things out. I call it “Mystique” because I once overheard a (drunk) woman, that kept checking me out at a latin dance club, say “I don’t know what it is. But there’s just something very sexy about that man.” (Not to mention “Mystique” is the name of my favorite X-character.) It’s not my biggest attention getter, but it seems to exert a very strong magnetism over women and makes men (including me)very friendly. (Not to mention my girlfriend literally snorts it off my neck & chest whenever we’re in the throws of passion.)
I’ve accidentally come up with a mix that’s gotten me compliments from an aromatherapist at the apothecary where I buy my mixing paraphernalia. One day I was buying a bunch of dram bottles and she jokingly asked, “You’re not using these to sell drugs, are you?”
I told her that I liked mixing my own scents, and she commented that she sometimes caught a whiff of something on me and wondered whether it was me or something I was wearing. I let her smell my wrist and she said it was very masculine and \"mysteriously compelling\". On my next visit I let her smell it out of the bottle. She loved it and offered to buy a big batch to sell in her store. I declined, but it got me thinking...
So I filled up some dram bottles and gave samples to five very different guys, under the pretext that I’m thinking of selling the stuff.
My first “subject” is a 22 year old intern where I work. He’s African American, average looks, intelligent, and “alpha” in the BEST sense of the word— except that he stands just under 6 feet. He’s muscular, loves competitive sports, works out a lot, very gregarious, lots of initiative and likes to take charge. He got his bottle on Friday.
My second subject is a long time friend that doesn’t need pheromones in the least. He’s a bartender/published author, very intelligent, 33, 6’, slim build, long wavy hair, excellent social skills, wicked good looks, intense dark eyes, Italian descent, and “bad boy” magnetism. (Think Johnny Depp.) He burns through girlfriends like they grow on trees and there’s always a flock of gorgeous women at his bar. He also got his bottle on Friday.
On Saturday I gave out a bottle each to two guys that could really use an edge.
One of them is Asian descent, 38, slightly over 6’, nice masculine looks, slim build with a slight pot belly, high paying high tech job with clothes to match (very conservative and somewhat geeky — think Dockers). Overall not a bad prospect, except that he’s very nervous around people and that goes double for beautiful women. He doesn’t really know how to hold a conversation and pretty much lets others dominate the social scene. He’s been divorced for 5 years, tried several dating services, never got past the first date, and is getting dangerously close to turning into a hermit.
The other is North European descent, 35, rather short, pudgy, unexceptional looks (the kind of guy you could never describe to a police artist). Decent job but horrible spending habits. His biggest assets are his intelligence and social skills. Gregarious, great story teller, loves to tell jokes, capable of starting a conversation with anybody, no problem making girl FRIENDS, but no real girlfriends since his wife dumped him several years ago. He’s a very good hearted guy and a close friend. So I worry about him because he’s starting to show early warning signs of depression: letting his grooming habits go, gaining weight, long nights wasting his social skills on barflies, and etc..
Today I gave my last bottle to a neighbor that I don’t care to hang out with, but seems like an interesting subject in that he’s alpha in the WORST sense. North European descent, late thirties, somewhere around 6’3”, private contractor, muscular build with a bit of a gut, strong jaw, rugged but not quite handsome, has to be the center of every conversation, talks loud, walks with a strut, hits on practically every woman he sees (with lines like, “Hey, honey, what’s your name?”), his idea of friendly conversation is either bustin your balls or forcing you to check out some girl’s T or A, talks your ear off but never listens... and I’ve had to warn him to keep his efing hands off of me because he loves to give guys “friendly” slaps on the back or “joking” punches in the shoulder. Normally I would hate him, but he’s fixed my toilet, helped me assemble my desk, diagnosed my car troubles, and has this dogged sense of loyalty that makes me feel he’d be the only one I could count on if my car happened to break down in a bad part of town on some cold, blustery night.
I don’t have much of a “hypothesis”, just hoping that my pudgy friend scores and that I can get some outrageous hit stories from my bartender friend. (Although I don’t see how things could get any better for him. I once saw him talk three very sexy women into a kissing contest. And they REALLY got into it.)
So stay tuned. This might get educational.
PS Just in case somebody wants to replicate this “study”... My mix consists of 1Rone: 3NPA: 4Nol: 5 Pheromol Factor: 5Rogue Male : 5 A1: 7APC : 15 Tunisian Amber. It started out as an effort to combine all my favorite products and mixes into one “supermix” and Amber seemed to be the only scent that could balance things out. I call it “Mystique” because I once overheard a (drunk) woman, that kept checking me out at a latin dance club, say “I don’t know what it is. But there’s just something very sexy about that man.” (Not to mention “Mystique” is the name of my favorite X-character.) It’s not my biggest attention getter, but it seems to exert a very strong magnetism over women and makes men (including me)very friendly. (Not to mention my girlfriend literally snorts it off my neck & chest whenever we’re in the throws of passion.)