Originally Posted by Shenandoah
Mousse,
Okay, I’ll try to explain the clumsy use of the term
“Unscented” by those of us that have been around since before the introduction of the original Impi.
The LaCroy products line for men has “The Edge”, and NPA in unscented versions, but they both smell
pretty badly to some people. So many (maybe most) people use them with a cover scent.
The
LaCroy line also has two scented versions of Edge Essentials, which have the same pheromones as TE, but come mixed
with essential oils in “Heat” (verisage), and “Arouser” (artificial cedarwood) scents.
The
original Impi #1 did not have any scents added, so in that sense it was unscented, as every ingredient in it was
either a pheromone, or an aphrodisiac. Therefore there were no inactive ingredients, whose only purpose was to cover
up the smell of the others. It was anticipated that the Natural African Herbal Aphrodisiac had enough scent to cover
the other mones in Impi, but it does not qualify as an inactive, scent-only added ingredient.
When some people found that for them, there was not enough AHA to cover the smell of the other mones,
the AHA content was increased, thus creating Impi # 2. And still some people complained that the eNone smell leaked
through. So now the colored Impi’s have strong, artificial cover scents added to satisfy those that didn’t like the
“Smell” of the ”Unscented” versions, if that makes any sense.
As to active ingredients, here
is what the Pherolibrary shows for NPA and Edge, followed by my guess as to the amounts of the ingredients in
Impi
The Edge & EE = .050 mg/ml eNone + .050 mg/ml Unspecified Ingredient (UI) for a total
content of .100 mg/ml of pheromones.
NPA = .240 mg/ml aNone + .240 mg/ml UI for a total of
.480 mg/ml of pheromones (= 4.8 times as concentrated as TE)
My GUESS
=
Impi # 1 = .083 mg/ml eNone + .083 mg/ml UI + .042 mg/ml ETS-11 + .063 mg/ml AHA for a total
of .271 mg/ml of active ingredients
Impi # 2 = .083 mg/ml eNone + .083 mg/ml UI + .042 mg/ml
ETS-11 + .083 mg/ml AHA for a total of .292 mg/ml of active ingredients
It has never been
answered as to whether the colored Impi’s have the same active ingredients as either earlier version of Impi, but
most people are assuming that they have the same active ingredients as "unscented" Impi # 2 plus the artificial
scents.