Originally Posted by esk6969
Waaaaaaiit a
minute, hold on, timeout. I've never heard of the "rule of .03" before. I did some research, and found in the
"scientist" thread in the stickys about measurements, etc. So, by those amounts, i.e., spray = .13 ml, and drop =
.05 ml, and we can only worry about 'none measurements, and we're shooting for .03, I did some calculations:
Perception 'none concentration = .1 mg/ml, * .13 ml spray = .013 mg of 'none! At 2 sprays, it goes to .26
(obviously). So, by this calculation, the ideal dose of Perception would be between 2 and three sprays.
From almost everything I've read of Perception, this would cause signifigant OD.
Wait, hold on, I'm
not done yet. Then, calculating for TE, at .13 ml spray again, * .05 mg/ml of 'none (50/50 to 'secret
ingredient'), that's only .0065 ml 'none per spray of TE! By that math, you'd have to do five SPRAYS
of TE to get .0325 of 'none! Again, most would call that a major OD! Even accounting for the multiplication of
1.5 for the 'secret ingredient', that's still almost 3 full sprays to bring you to a number of .02925 dosage
level.
But now, here's the funny thing. According to the product guide, the TE gel pack has a .043 mg/ml
concentration of 'none, and the gel pack size is 1.5 ml - so a 1/2 pack dose will lead to a .03225 dose of TE.
This has been consistently by far the best dosage and application I have had in use of TE, for either gel or
liquid applications. So, at least for the TE gel packs, and at least in my experience, the "rule of .03" seems
to be right on, even disallowing for the 1.5 secret ingredient fudge factor.
I'm still not done. According to
all this then, the ideal dosage of AE would be 3 drops (.2 mg/ml 'none * .05 ml per drop). So, I figured this, and
tried 3 drops of AE in my HAIR over the weekend, to ensure a wide dispersal pattern. After getting out of the
shower, applying this, and walking into the kitchen where my wife was, she spun around IMMEDIATELY and looked at me
like she was startled. She recovered quickly, and asked me some innocuous question, and there was no more after that
- but there was a definite reaction, at least initially to yet another .03 application.
Finally, just
calculating for another 'none product, but one I don't have, NPA. At .24 mg/ml concentration of 'none, * a .13 ml
SPRAY, that equals .0312, leading us to believe that a full SPRAY of NPA is the ideal dose. Again, for many people,
even just one DROP of NPA is considered OD.
So, I guess what I'm asking is... WTF is going on here? How can a
per-'none dosage be correct for one product, yet seem completely off-base for another? How can AE be fine at 3
drops, but Perception be an OD for some people even at one spray, even if it contains LESS 'none? How can a
supposedly EQUIVALENT amount of pheremones from the same product, TE, be perfectly ok in one form (lots of people
use a 1/2 gelpack dose), while a complete OD in another form (5 sprays??) Even if I did find that 5 sprays was the
right dose of TE for *me*, I could never use it like that - it would require WAY to much cologne to cover that up!
Anyone have any comments on all this?