Question:
Dear All New Visitors:

Have you tried one of our scented oils yet? Which one is your favorite? If you've tried one of our mood enhancing oils and have a favorite please rate your fave below.

If you haven't tried them yet, why not take a look at the information at: www.calypsos-oil.com to read more.

P.S. Don't forget to take our poll to rate our new forum when you get a chance It's under Skin Biology Product Feedback. We will collect the results to see how we've done.

Best Wishes,
-Skin Biology

Choices:
Lavender
Jasmine
Ylang Ylang & Nutmeg
Patchouli
Asian Oud

 

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My absolute favorite in terms of scent is the Lavender. It is also excellent to rub on the temples and under the nostrils at night for sleeping soundly (and dreaming!). I use the Ylang, etc. for attraction purposes, but I don't think it smells so great when you put it on initially.

Dear Kathryn06:

Thank you for giving your feedback - It is true that Lavender has many good effects and from the looks of it (so far) there are those who agree with you!

Thanks again for voting,
-Skin Bio Team

Sorry to say, I got the Asian Oud and the ylang-ylang & nutmeg, and though the scents themselves are lovely, they were so overwhelmingly potent that I could not stand myself after a short while. They sit on my shelves now, very lonely indeed.

I expected a pleasant, resinous scent and a mild, spiced floral, but instead, something about the way they developed on me, they were both unbelievably sweat-like and potent - not icky, dirty sweat, but sexy yet extremely masculine sweat. And *extremely* conspicuous.

I applied it in very small amounts, but wanted to get the skin benefits of the copper/whatnot, so I applied a very thin layer to my legs, arms and chest. I think instead, it would have been more appropriate to apply a single dab to where my cleavage would be if I only had bosoms to speak of.

I ought to take them out and mix them with oils to get a milder scent, but I would love if you made much, much more mildly scented products so that people like me could use these more effectively for skin rebuilding as well as scent.

I don't know if it was the pheromones or the fragrances or the combination, but I honestly felt like I was being stalked by a large predatory animal, which is not a very relaxing feeling for me. Am I alone in this? Perhaps my own, natural pheromones are adequate for a person as sensitive as I am to smells? That, and I'd love something mild enough to layer with my own perfumes, as I am something of a fragrance and perfume connoisseur.

Anyhow, in light of this discovery, I would also love if you sold sample sets of the fragrance lotions.

Thank you.

I've only used the unscented calypso oil. I prefer my extra virgin olive oil from the kitchen.

For body PR Lotions, I like all of them with my favorites scents being Regular PR Lotion, Ylang Ylang-nutmeg-SB74, and SB74.

Men I encountered liked Asian Oud and SB-74 and disliked Patchouli and SB-74.

Why don't we do a survey by sex?

I tried the Patchouli Oil for awhile. Older women liked the way I smelled, because it reminded them of their 'hippy' days. Younger women thought it smelled 'wierd'.

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Originally posted by Pirate Jenny:
I don't know if it was the pheromones or the fragrances or the combination, but I honestly felt like I was being stalked by a large predatory animal, which is not a very relaxing feeling for me. Am I alone in this? Perhaps my own, natural pheromones are adequate for a person as sensitive as I am to smells? That, and I'd love something mild enough to layer with my own perfumes, as I am something of a fragrance and perfume connoisseur.

Pirate Jenny,

Some of the scents are strong for me as well. I use very small amount of the scented body lotion and automatically mix them with the regular P&R Body Lotion (unscented) to find my happy medium.

We are planning to remove most of the scented creams and lotions and just put much more concentrated scents into squalane in a spray bottle. Then people can use them as they wish.

All this came from women asking about perfumes. Since the only real studies on expensive perfumes found that they had almost no effect on people, we went to the traditional scents in essential oils from Asia. These do seem to work. SB-74 is a plant extract high in sanatol (like in sandalwood). Sanatol reduces conflict in rodents and has harmonizing actions.

Someone asked about vanilla and we will add this in the future. Vanilla has often been on our list of possible scents.

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Since the only real studies on expensive perfumes found that they had almost no effect on people, we went to the traditional scents in essential oils from Asia.

I think a true perfume connoisseur such as myself would disagree with the study's conclusion.

Most of the perfumes you will ever meet at a department store have a pretty sterilizing effect on most people, I think. They're badly formulated and have nothing to do with what a human should smell like.

Then there are the masters. To many people, the mere mention of a Serge Lutens fragrance will produce a response if one is familiar with it. Such perfumers are artisans who create fragrances designed to work with human chemistry (as opposed to covering it up) and usually work with resinous, animalic or floral narcotic scents that do produce responses like that of the essential oils you speak of.

It's important for a person to find a perfume that works for him or her, as perfume isn't just about preference, but about how the fragrance melds with the chemistry and the personality of the wearer. If there is something incongruous it can be disconcerting to the people around them - if an animal acts happy but smells aggressive, for example, or worse, if a sheep smells like a woolf, or a cat like a dog, they are perceived as an imposter, and thusly avoided and even feared.

Perfume can do the same on a human. A chemistry suited to green and citrus fragrances with a high-energy, chipper and alert personality would be ill perceived wearing a heavy Oriental type fragrance, just as a chemistry suited to resinous scents with a low-keyed, introverted, intense personality might be ill perceived wearing a girlishly sweet, high pitched floral fragrance.


Therefore, it's no surprise to me that a study of "expensive perfumes" got bad results, as people take years upon years to find the right scent for them, and the effect of perfumes vary from user to user and perfume to perfume.

A major problem is that many commercial perfumes only use the pure chemical smell. For example, the smell of jasmine can be synthesized but pure jasmine resin has hundreds of different chemicals that may alter human behaviour.

Very few perfumes use the pure essential oils. It is difficult to even buy many pure essential oils and many, supposedly pure essential oils, are adulterated with chemical scents.

I've only tried P&R body lotion lavender. My husband didn't like it at all (aren't men supposed to like this smell)

I think the Lavender scent is a bit too strong for me (also the scent in Folligen lotion), but I didn't mind the smell and love how it made my skin softer.

I'm still waiting for my calypso oil to arrive, will get back with the progress.

Jasmine or Asian Oud on smooth legs with a light golden glow under a long summer skirt to fan the scent.

Can you hear me trilling, "I enjoy being a girl." "I feel pretty oh so pretty...."

June Minx

Got my calypso oil. Like Ylang Ylang & Nutmeg ... looove... jasmine. Asian Oud is nice but a bit too strong for me. Kind of like patchouli... P&R lotion moisturizes & repair my skin better than calypso oil... love both of them though..

My husband thinks patchouli is kind of nice... is it normal that he likes patchouli .. ?

There is no normal pattern. The receptors for smell are not the same in everyone.

In general, women prefer jasmine and patchouli.

Men often prefer ylang ylang and nutmeg.

But there are many personal exceptions.

Dr. Pickart, just wondering... is it possible that the scents change in different climate? For example, the scents may change in tropical area due to different temperature and humidity? Would the condition change the effects of the scents and pheromones?

How many of you have tried the SB 74 scented oil? Its very light and my experience has been that both men and women respond well to it. Its my personal favorite not only for the latter reason but also because its less of a bee magnet and it mixes well with other colognes.

Try it, you'll like it.
Caramel

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Originally posted by learnmore:
Dr. Pickart, just wondering... is it possible that the scents change in different climate? For example, the scents may change in tropical area due to different temperature and humidity? Would the condition change the effects of the scents and pheromones?

learnmore, you from singapore too?

haha...nice to meet you here... maybe we can order together to save on the shipping... hehe...

Dear Caramel:

Many of our clients seem to like the SB-74 only (either in the Calypso's Oil / or the SB-74 only Body Lotion)....Any other comments on this?

Best Wishes,
-Skin Biology

Hi PrivateRyan... that's an idea.. but i think it'll be pretty difficult to do .. i know there are some people from Singapore who also participate in this forum....