I finally dove in and bought my first mones
I couldn't make a new post in the introduction forum since I already started this thread 2 years ago, but I figured this was the best place to post about my experience so far.
After a lot of lurking and research, I finally decided to buy my first pheromones from pheromoneXS. I read a lot of positive things about Steve-O's blends, and they had a lot of different options to choose from. Plus the 3-pack of 10ml sprays was priced pretty attractively.
I'm 28 years old, male, and already pretty social. I'm engaged, but we are non-monogamous and both date other people outside of our relationship. Figured mones could be a fun experiment, for social interactions, intimate interactions, and also just for the self-effects that some of them seem to have. My fiancé also expressed some interest in trying mones herself so I thought starting with some unisex blends would be good.
For my first purchase, I went with 2 "unisexy" blends and one male blend:
Bliss,
Flirt and
SOB. My thought process was that I should probably try to spread as far across the social–sexual spectrum as I can; Bliss sounded very social and casual, Flirt sounded more playful (I still want to try Taboo but I thought I'd start with Flirt so I could share it with my other half, since it is unisex), and SOB seemed like a good option for a first sexual.
Right away I was impressed at the level of care that went into the packaging – my order came with a signed welcome note from Steve-O, some candy, and free samples of other PXS products. Might seem small and insignificant, but I love stuff like that; it adds a human touch to the otherwise cold experience of buying something online.
On my first day of receiving them, I was planning on going to an outdoor social event, so I thought I'd start with the "heaviest" one right off the bat and test out SOB. Well, unfortunately for me, the event got rained out, so I ended up putting it on just to bring home takeout and hangout with my roommates
lol. Definitely wouldn't have sprayed it if I'd known the event was cancelled, but hey, you can't win em all.
I couldn't notice anything different about how my fiancé and roommate were acting (they were slightly intoxicated, so it wouldn't have been a fair assessment anyways). However, I did notice some self-effects pretty quickly (and I was not at all intoxicated, unless you count the pheromones, lol).
I realize that confirmation bias, or the placebo effect, could easily come into play when trying to reflect on the self-effects of pheromones. Personally, I think I'm pretty good at avoiding such biases when identifying changes in my own mental state – I've performed plenty of experiments in the past so it's not a new concept to me (I've just never done it with a pheromone spray before). But either way, there could always be some bias at play, regardless of how much I try to avoid it. So take my report with a grain of salt, of course.
Anyways, I definitely noticed a little bit of a 'fuck it' boost from the SOB. After spraying, I went to the liquor store as I'd planned, bought some beers, and headed to the event. It started raining on my way over, so I left almost as soon as I got there, as everyone else was doing. Then I went to go get Thai food to bring home. The whole time, I felt like I just cared a little bit less about how I was acting. This could be quite a negative thing for me, because I already have a tendency to act like a SOB sometimes
lol so I definitely think I should reserve this blend for the club, just based on that effect alone.
Eventually, after eating and hanging out with my roommate for a bit, boredom settled in (this would have happened regardless of my choice to spray SOB, since my plans got cancelled). But unfortunately, I noticed that instead of being able to distract myself from my boredom by doom-scrolling on Facebook or some other social media, I was unable to properly occupy my mind, and I grew significantly more irritable than I normally would have in this kind of situation. I didn't hit true depression levels or anything like that, but I definitely felt agitated, annoyed, and
almost a bit sad (not quite all the way there, though). I imagine that if I had stayed focused on socializing like I'd initially planned, this side effect could have potentially been avoided; it only started once I got really bored, after all.
Oh, and it definitely made me pretty horny, mentally (I wasn't
physically any hornier than usual, just mentally, if that makes sense)
So yeah, I'm keen to try out the other two (especially Bliss), especially now that I saw the potential power of self-effects and experienced how quickly they can act. And I'm still very excited to try out SOB in a proper setting – I go clubbing a lot so I'm keen to try it in an environment like that.
Looking forward to further experiments, and happy to be joining this community!
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