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RE: The Love God Pheromone Blend
05-21-2020 9:34 AM
I was uncertain if I should mention this here, as it is chronicled in my journal, but it does pertain to TLG and not everyone reads my journal. Please forgive the cross post.
Back in April I ran an experiment, with two of the guys that work for me, in an attempt to measure the age-old question of "how much is you and how much is the pheromones." Because I have a good stock of it on hand I used TLG for the 2-week long experiment.
Here are my results:
(04-25-2020 10:55 AM)Gladen Wrote: Single Blind Experiment: Findings
Over the course of the past 2 weeks I had 2 volunteers agree to wear some pheromones, daily, in the workplace and go about their day. I gave them the barest of suggestions over what the mixes should do stating that the pheromones would simply “make others see you as more …”. I then described the effects in this manner (in the order they were worn):
Social: people see you more as more interesting and cool and want to hang out with you more
Mental: people perceive you as smarter, more knowledgeable, etc.
Sexual: People, especially women, see you as more sensual and sexually desirable.
Attraction: People, especially women, see you as sexier, more handsome, and are drawn to you.
Alpha: People see you as more of a leader, in charge, and worthy of their respect
Bonding: People feel a strong connection to you like you are best friends or the closest of lovers.
Each day, in turn, for two weeks, they sprayed 3-4 sprays of the mix on themselves, and went about their daily work while I observed and noted. We went for two full rotations of the products. 10 of the products were simply TLG in a tester bottle (5 in Homme scent and 5 in Merlin’s) with the labels of Social, Sexual, Attraction, Alpha, Bonding. The 2 bottles labeled Mental and Mental 2 were simple LPMP cologne in Homme and Merlin’s scents respectively.
While I didn’t expressly state to them that I was looking to see how well they thought the products worked, that was their general assumption. My true goal was to determine, from my observations, if there were any changes in their behavior from thinking the product was a sexual or alpha, etc. and to attempt to gauge the reactions of others with whom they interacted.
Initial Query: How much is us and how much is the pheromones?
Assumptions: Pheromones account for a small percentage of the overall pheromone boost (maybe 10% at best) and the rest is self-driven through our sympathetic faith and belief and unconscious alterations in our demeanor and self-imagery.
Using the bottles labeled Mental (with spurious contents) as a control I can more readily attempt to measure the effects of self, driving, and faith and how it affects one’s behavior when wearing pheromones. This will help me to attempt to quantify any “placebo effect” as well as to determine any differences between behavior on pure placebo effects and with real pheromones.
The effects of faith and self-effect on others we interact with should be as equally powerful, or more powerful, than the actual paltry boost pheromones give us.
By using the same pheromone product for each and every day (excepting the days the control was used) I can measure the effects of TLG by noting customer and spousal reactions that differ from the usual baseline. Weighing the reactions against the known effects of TLG versus what the subjects thought the pheromones were going to do will allow me to divorce pheromone effects from personal stance, posturing, and personal attitude.
Potential Complications: while all of us think we’re objective, we simply are not. Bias in the observer is a major issue in all studies of human nature. Unlike pure science, which produces a measurable result, conclusions based upon human interactions; most especially pheromones; is vulnerable to certain notions, biases, and prejudices as one must observe and evaluate, not measure and summarize.
Observations: During the two week experiment I noted that the subjects would initially respond to, and act in accordance with, the claimed effects of the pheromones regarding their personal attitude, demeanor, and personality.
For example when they applied the control labeled Mental, they would initially act more assertive in their decisions, easily recount what they know, and have a higher degree of faith in their cognitive capacities. In the case of the control these effects would last from about 30 minutes to just over an hour and then become more subdued, settling just above the subjects observed baseline behaviors. In the case of the bottles labeled ALPHA, the assertive “alpha male” personality effects lasted anywhere from 1 to almost 2 1/2 hours and then settled to rest notably higher than the subjects’ baseline behaviors.
However, on all occasions other than Alpha and control, the differences in their demeanor lasted from 4 to 6 hours, the duration of the pheromones themselves, and were much more pronounced. I estimated that the effects on the guys’ personalities was double that over the control colognes.
With the exception of the controls, the effects on others were notable to a slight percentage. In all cases, except for the Bonding in one subject, and the Attraction in the other, clients interacting with my guys viewed them as more congenial, likeable, attractive (from ladies’ reactions), etcetera. Male clients were definitely much more chatty and deferred to the subjects for approval on decisions more so than normal, customers stayed much longer than they usually do in order to chat, and both of my guys were flirted with on several occasions over the past two weeks.
With their respective spouses I noted an increase of affection, being in proximity, and innuendo; in short a sort of “reset” of their views more aligned with intimacy, fun, and bonding than that of a married couple. The term “get a room” was spoken on several occasions. Both subjects ultimately reported a substantial increase in their romantic lives, more notably when they assumed they were wearing the Sexual and Bonding products.
One of the subjects began as a severe skeptic of pheromones, but his opinion had changed by the end of the two weeks. His initial belief was that they do not work. However, after seeing the “success” of the other guy, his opinion quickly changed and by the 4th day he was enjoying the “cool effects” (his quote) of pheromones.
Most notable of my observations was that despite the subjects steering the pheromones in a certain way, the effects (on others) of pheromones used were mostly the same for all bottles, regardless of label. The proclaimed effects peaked a small bit over the overall known effects, but on the whole the effects were 80% or so (as an estimate) regardless. The difference seemed to be in how the subjects interacted with, and responded to the effects on others. Both subjects tended to act more socially open when they assumed they were wearing a social blend and much more flirtatious when they assumed they were wearing a sexual blend, for example.
Conclusions: While there is a small correlation between self-effects of pheromones and the effects on others, it is just barely above dismissible (due to my expected margins of error) in instances where the wearer is not acting adversely to the pheromone effects. Likewise, one’s own expectations seem to also initially alter our own behavior as well as our reaction to pheromone products. However, acting congruent to misconceptions about the effects of a particular pheromone product seems to be a short-lived and temporary effect as the feedback we receive from others alters our behavior above any notions we assume.
Faith (or belief) seems to be a decisive factor in whether or not pheromones are going to work. This isn’t so much that one needs to believe that pheromones will work in order for them to do so, but actually quite the opposite. If one has convinced themselves that they will not work, they simply won’t.
These findings seemingly disprove my initial assumption that faith and/ or self-effects were more powerful than the effects of the pheromones.
An odd conclusion I drew was that what we think or hope a product is doing has no bearing on what it is actually doing. It is in our personal perceptions and reactions to the effects upon others that we "sculpt" an encounter to fit certain ends.
Overall I have concluded that disbelief in a product overpowers any potential effects, period. This was not something I was looking to discover, but it became evident early on. Seeing a skeptic be converted was enjoyable, and bespeaks much more about pheromones in general than the initial questions I was looking to explore.
I would opine that our faith or belief in pheromones does not affect the effectiveness, but it can, and does, render them ineffectual. In other words, if you’re convinced that Product X sucks, then it will most definitely suck for you.
Belief, Faith, Self-effects, and expectations do not directly influence the potency or effects of a pheromone blend, but they do temper our actions and responses regarding pheromones and our interactions with others while wearing them can (and do) bolster the true effects of the pheromones. If our expectations are inaccurate and we don’t let those consume our behaviors, the true effects of the pheromones will eventually supplant our erroneous assumptions.
In a feeble attempt to quantify things I would say that (assuming congruence in behaviors, expectations, and product) that our faith and self-effects account for perhaps an average 2-5% boost over our baseline image and that pheromones account for maybe double that. By this totally inadequate experiment, this means that even in the best-case scenarios, pheromones themselves, plus the self-implemented psychological personal boosts we feel account for a maximum of 7% to 15% above our baseline self.
In short, if you don’t believe that your pheromones are working, they won’t; if you act congruent with the blend you’ll do much better than if you pour on (say) TLG and still act like an alphole; and it is most definitely YOU, plus the pheromones (but mostly you). As has been stated many times before, my discoveries have edified the claim that pheromones only give you a little boost.
In conclusion, I have observed that pheromone usage, through our (conscious or subconscious) alterations in our own behavior , the actual effects of the pheromones, and the feedback we receive from others will, at most, increase our self roughly 15% above our current level. This means that if the typical person is, for example, at the 60% mark from a total zero to 100% (the guys that are the end-all perfect example), would end up at 69% (a fifteen percent boost of his potential) in the best of cases, but probably more akin to the 65% range in most cases. While this can be a significant increase, one’s disbelief in pheromones, or even in a singular product, will easily negate any potential.
So, again, nothing new. It is indeed YOU plus the pheromones, and much more YOU than most people realize. This is obviously why those that have found the products that are the most congruent with their personalities seem to have the best and most obvious success and it is exactly why those whose personalities don’t align with a blend seem to have zero success.
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