Originally Posted by
Hamlet
As you may remember
from some previous posts of mine, I usually OD on -none, but recently started appreciating a -none plus SOE (orLT)
and EVEN A-314 simultaneous use; I usually get quite a number of blatant hits, which I was not capitalizing upon in
the past (at the time I was engaged, though). I, however, felt that statistical distribution of hits was
uneven.
By reading various posts, I was already aware of a correlation between mood and hits, but I tried a
little experiment all the same: for thirty days in a row, I recorded self perception of my mood and level of
tiredness in four categories per item, three times a day, i.e., early morning (at least for me), late afternoon and
late evening; I then concocted a mix in a large batch (must be tremendous, as I have always been below my standard
hits, but ... it is 9ml sandalwood TE, 1ml NPA, two SOE gel packs, 10 ml cologne, ten drops of A314) and recorded
hits (work, non-work, dance-related environment).
Now, without hassling you with raw data, I must say that there
is an overall 0.95 (enormous!) correlation between mood and hits, and slight less negative correlation (still
statistically significant, though) between perceived tiredness and hits. Correlation between tiredness and hits is
weaker in the work environment (but probably because my perception of tiredness is lower in mornings and afternoons
that during evenings), and correlation between happiness and hits is weaker in the dance-related environment
(Argentine tango, though, which is sort of sad per se).
The slope of the line is steep near the origin, and then
milder (i.e., if you are not really happy or feel really well, number of hits suddenly decrease, but if you feel
sort of OK you do not get many more hits than if you feel really down). This may depend, however, upon the fact that
I do not get enough hits to make the difference. I.e., six to one makes a significant difference, but one to zero
may be not significant.
I admit that the "experiment" is ill conceived; that I should have kept various pheros
separated, and should have subcategorized "hits"; I should also have asked an external opinion on my perceived
happiness and tiredness. But by doing this I should have gone for a much longer time, and I wanted to go back to my
usual phero signature (i.e., tons of -none, a lot of SOE and a little A-314).
In a nutshell: if this has some
value (which I doubt of), do not use pheros to get hits if you do not feel great. Otherwise, you may get much less
than you have bargained for.
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