July, 1999

Hello Everyone,

Hope you are all enjoying life. Here in Japan, well, last month it was sunny every day during the rainy season, and now it’s pouring every day in the sunny season. Go figure.

FREE pheromones!
I’m pleased to say, the free bottle of pheromones contest was a big success, meaning that I got a lot of interesting e-mail, which I will try to summarize for you today. And, oh yes, read on! As promised, I will be giving away another free bottle this month and every month!!!

Don’t forget to smile at someone today,
Bruce Boyd
editor
news@love-scent.com
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Sources:
I am signed up with two services that notify me of any new appearance of pheromone research or other news anywhere on either the web or any of the thousands of Usenet newsgroups. I also periodically run searches on the medical research web-sites to see if any new material pops up, and of course I get occasional hot tips from you, my “alert readers”. I have also been known to just make stuff up, as you will see, so beware.

Sometimes the “news” will be not so new. If it doesn’t appear on the PRI site (http://www.love-scent.com/research) or the pheromone E-zine archives (http://www.love-scent.com/zine), and I find it interesting, than it’s news to me and I’ll review it, so don’t be afraid to send in an old article you come across. If it hasn’t found it’s way into the internet or a research journal, I probably haven’t read it and would be very happy for a copy, which I would then of course highlight in the “News” (with your name if you like).

I’m also interested in printing personal experiences with pheromones, so if you have something to enter in that area please send it in. I can leave your name off or print it as you like.

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This issue’s “news”:
*June’s Survey/Contest Results
*This month’s “free pheromones” contest
*The pheromone Blueprint and its Utility in Mate Selection
-Bruce Boyd
*pheromones in the Cinema
-weekly feature
*Alert reader pheromone story
-Ken
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The June issue’s Survey Results

AAAAND the lucky reader is….(drum roll)……envelope please……(rrrip)……Charlene, from Longview, Texas! Congratulations!!! She picked MC Marble’s Hi-Octane +2 for her prize “bottle o’ pheromones” She should be receiving it very soon. I suppose she will be writing to say that she had to hire a private bodyguard to keep all the men away.

As you may or may not know already, I picked the winner from readers who completed last month’s “being friendly as an aphrodisiac” survey. I received a variety of thoughtful responses. Some of them, however, detailed the effects of wearing pheromone supplements, rather than smiles. Since the survey was about the effects of smiling and friendliness, I’ll hold onto the off-topic ones until a later date.

Here are some excerpts. Hope you enjoy them as much as I did.

***Question: “Please describe your experiences, comments and/or feelings regarding
being friendly as an aphrodisiac:”***

“Being friendly sets the other person at ease with you and with themselves…as long as it is a natural real friendliness. not a forced or fake friendliness. it is the warmth of smiles and laughter that lights up the room.”

“Being friendly has an amazing impact on the male species! A sweet, warm smile, brief, yet long enough to notice the color of their eyes, eye contact. It’s all great! It’s this truly powerful weapon- as I pass these strange men in the halls at work or out with the girls, a quick friendly smile, eye contact, and a simple ‘hello’ almost always gets a good reaction for me.”

“A lot of people tend to take advantage of those of us who are always nice, that treat the entire world with a smile. Some people ignore the smile, some smile back. Sometimes this smile back is real, sometimes it’s fake. And in several cases you get the question, ‘What are you so happy about?’ Or, ‘You must really love your job.'”

“I could not believe how much response that I got from just being over friendly. People who usually didn’t talk became un-shy and talked about just about anything.”

“Everyone at school talked to me different. They smiled back. They say things like: ‘Oh you’re in a happy mood.’ It made some people smile so that felt good.”

“I always try to be friendly at any given time and women find it easy to talk to me both locally and when visiting foreign ports. It’s not unusual for women to want to keep in touch after a first meeting, even if just friends.”

“It was a new view of Life and life experience. I will try it again. Interested what would happen in the same situation if I have the magic scent on my body. I think as a man it would be selfstrengthen my ego and therefore i can be more in my biological role as a man in this emancipated women’s world. who knows. Bin gespannt darauf wie es ware mit dem Mittel.”

“People think you’re up to something if you smile all the time, and I think that it makes me more mysterious. People are just dying to know what it is that makes you smile. As far as it being an aphrodisiac, if you smile in a certain way to someone of the opposite sex, it makes them want to know you better or just to know what is on your mind.”

“Some start outwardly flirting. Some excitedly talk nonstop, happy that someone is paying attention to them. And a few actually blush and become extremely shy. My job in the construction field takes me into many homes everyday. Being kind, polite and friendly is a part of the job that comes easy for me. It certainly sets the stage for a successful business relationship. As for being especially friendly in my personal life, there’s almost no other aphrodisiac like it!”
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July’s “free pheromones” Contest
In response to last month’s contest survey, I got quite a few interesting comments on the results of wearing pheromone supplements, which weren’t technically on target at the time, but rather than let them go to waste, let’s turn the investigation in that direction this month. I don’t want to eliminate anyone from the running, so if you have never worn a pheromone cologne before, you can write me about your experiences with a non-pheromone fragrance that you find particularly seductive. As usual, I will put together all the completed surveys that I receive in the next few weeks, and pick out one at random to receive a free bottle of a popular pheromone product. Just be sure to put a little thought and sincerity into your response in order to be included in the drawing.

Here is the survey:
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1. Have you ever worn a pheromone cologne?

2. Do you ever use non-pheromone fragrances with the intention of making yourself more attractive to the opposite sex?

3. What products have you tested and are you happy with the results?

4. In general do you feel that supplemental pheromones have any effect?

5. In general do you feel that colognes have any romantic effect on those around you?

Please write a few sentences on your experiences with supplemental pheromones and/or other colognes as aphrodisiacs/attractants……

Send completed surveys to:
news@love-scent.com
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The pheromone Blueprint and its Utility in Mate Selection
Bruce Boyd

This article was inspired by an interesting experiment conducted in Switzerland by the zoologist, Claus Wedekind. It is somewhat related to this month’s “pheromones in the Cinema” below, but it brings up an important point about pheromones that is usually overlooked by the public. On the fragrance market today there are no more than 3 specific types of pheromones available, while in the laboratory several hundred human pheromones have been isolated so far. It also stands to reason that countless thousands more may be discovered in the future. What does this mean? It means that pheromones are not just something that a particular person has a lot of, and which therefore makes him/her more popular with everybody. Each and every individual has his/her own unique pheromone blueprint or “signature” as the scientist, James Kohl (pheromones.com) calls it. This personal pheromone collage in all probability gives those around us an accurate and complete picture of who and what we are without even opening their eyes, perhaps a more accurate impression than is available via the sense of sight. I wouldn’t be surprised if at sometime in the future, law enforcement authorities were able to identify criminals on the basis of “pheromoone-prints” left at the scene of a crime. In a horrifying scene in the movie “Leon”, a super-villain druglord is able to “smell” that one of his dealers is lying to him, and there is little doubt left in the viewers mind that his ability is accurate.

But if these pheromone signals are real, and we are really broadcasting all our deepest secrets for all the world to see, how are they being picked up? Is it via the sense of smell? A resounding “no” on that. pheromone signals are sensed with an entirely separate apparatus from those used to pick up smells. It is called the VNO (see last months Pheromone News for more information), and all indications are that the VNO/pheromone system is worthy of being referred to as a new sense, perhaps the long sought after “sixth sense”. Even though I sincerely believe in the therapeutic and social value of the pheromone products that are available on the market today, it is clear that they represent a paltry offering compared to what is on the horizon for pheromone technology in the future.

The Wedekind study is interesting because it specifically deals with this pheromone blueprint, the relationship it has with an individual’s immune system type, and the ability of the human VNO to give us reliable information about others around us.

The experiment:
Male subjects were given a t-shirt and instructed to wear it to bed on two consecutive nights. The subjects were also given scentless soap and other toilet articles and told to use them only. At the end of this period all the t-shirts were put into boxes and rated by female subjects on the basis of smell alone. Some boxes were filled with new t-shirts to act as controls.

The results:
Female subjects preferred the boxes containing t-shirts that had been worn by males with dissimilar immune systems as rated by an MHC test. Many women said that the smells reminded them of old boy-friends, while shirts worn by men with similar immune systems reminded them of male family members.

From an evolutionary point of view, this phenomenon needs little explanation. It has long been noted that breeding within a large gene pool, where the chance of dissimilar gene-types mating increases, results in superior offspring, while the opposite conditions, often referred to as “inbreeding” has been shown to bring unfortunate results. The Windekind experiment seems to indicate that without knowing why, women prefer to mate with men with dissimilar immune systems, thereby increasing the chance of producing healthy offspring and can make this decision entirely on the basis of sensing the potential mate’s pheromone blueprint.
But just in case, don’t forget to smile!
Bruce Boyd
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pheromones in the Cinema
Ever notice the fascination in wearing your girlfriend’s/boyfriend’s clothing? Ok, guys, I’m not talking about her dresses and stockings. That is an entirely different phenomenon and goes way beyond the scope of this zine. 😉 I just mean an old sweater or jacket. I used to think the attraction was simply due to some stray perfume on the borrowed garment, but now I know better. It’s the natural pheromones. It never fails to give a secure feeling to wear the clothing of a loved one. Along those lines there is a great “pheromones in the cinema” shot in the hysterical movie, Mask. I’m sure you’ve all seen the movie, but do you remember the scene I am thinking of? Our hero, Stanley Ipkis, and his work buddy are sitting around the office, when in walks the ravishing night club singer, Tina. Stanley gets the girl and his friend ends up with her jacket. Hurt but making the best of the situation, the rejected suitor buries his nose in the jacket and inhaling deeply his eyes turn upwards. He is transported to heaven.
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User Corner

Hi Bruce!

Yes, I received the BEACHES and I will be totally honest with you. It didn’t automatically make me god’s gift to women, but what I noticed is that women seemed more *aware* of my presence, which opened the door for me to make a move, if I so choose

I’ve had several people comment and tell me how erotic the smell is. Personally, the smell reminds my *mind* of passion, and hot sex. I think if someone goes around wearing this cologne with a smile and a confident personality, they can pretty much control any situation.

I actually gave some to my single divorced dad to go wear out at a dance club. I was surprised when he came back at 2:00am with details of how women acknowledged his presence, and he actually hit it off with a nice lady.

If anything, I think these pheromone colognes arouse the senses, and awaken the animal sex driven curiosity force in *most* women when smelled in the proper setting.

Ken

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Thank you all, and keep those articles and experiences coming!

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