My First Impression of Pheros

[DrSmellThis]

* Thanks

for your review, wiseman! I'm glad you are enjoying it. Reactions like that definitely provide lots of satisfaction

and make the hard work seem very worth it.

* There is indeed a faint floral note as well as a more prominent

ambergris note. There are definitely some commonalities with Amouage. Amouage has a high proportion of

natural ingredients. Pheros is just as complex and has some of the same types of precious ingredients, but is

a little less ornamental or more basic. Pheros is more "primitive" smelling or animalic. Pheros is

also designed to be an attractant and body enhancement product, whereas Amouage is all about it's flawless

smell.

* One mark of a "classical" style of perfume is an inability to distinguish individual ingredients at

first smell, and Pheros is sort of that way. The idea with a classical perfume is to have an identity

above and beyond the individual ingredients, which become subsumed and transformed into their roles.

* I would

just open the bottle when you need to. You don't want to leave it open. Washing hands before use is a good idea, as

is transferring a small amount to another container for daily use.

* The "flakes" or darker stuff floating

around before you shake it is a combination of sweet resins (e.g., vanilla) and organic plant matter (e.g., fresh

valerian root).

* Interestingly, if you carry around a small amount in your pocket in a separate

container "the juice" become "homogenized" (thanks for the term, Oscar) eventually, mixing more thoroughly and

clearing in color. The smell might even be helped a bit by doing this (by having the sweet resins be more blended,

creating a sweeter smell), though I'm not sure I'd want to do that with your whole supply, as I don't know what

the body heat does to "shelf life." I do recommend it for small quantities, though. I have a large bottle I'm

carrying around in my pocket to test it, and I'll let you all know if I can conclude anything.

[camusflage]

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Interestingly, if you carry around a small amount in your pocket in a separate container "the juice"

become "homogenized" (thanks for the term, Oscar) eventually, mixing more thoroughly and clearing in

color.

My small "pocket vial" didn't become more homogenized. In fact, it separated. I had a transparent

yellowish liquid predominate with droplets of darker, amber/brown clinging to the sides of the dram vial the working

supply has been kept in. Mine was from the first "signature" batch. Fresh from the supply bottle, it has a creamy

color not unlike tea with creamer added.