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Pheros was in part inspired by Ruthvah, or by a similar approach (not so "dark occult", though) to the one that created Ruthvah. I think Pheros is more complex, but not lacking in some of the serious "spiritual" qualities one would hope for, if you will. Now you know one specific reason I described Pheros the way I did, as drawing on extremely ancient traditions. It was an objective description, not just cute marketing!
Keep in mind, however, that Ruthvah, or something very much like it, is a few thousand years old. Kings used it. You see, the basic ideas of pheromone perfumery go back thousands of years.I had been familiar with that ancient formulation for many years before I ever heard of Love-Scent. I have also been familiar with more than one version of the perfume; at least three versions. I am also familiar with various siblings of Ruthvah (also recreated by A.C.), which have also inspired my perfuming. I was fortunate enough to know the re-creator of one of them (and of the siblings), a remarkable person that was somewhat of an informal mentor in my own development.
I am not pretending to have anyone's exact formulation; just the basic essentials and a significant bit more.If I had to come up with my own version, I could come close, at least in spirit, since I've studied it for years. Maybe I could even do better than the commonly available version.
There are some ingredients I don't have nailed, but by some accounts, I have all the essential ones. I might have more original ingredients nailed than the commonly available version, for that matter. Maybe not. I'm humble enough to know I could have my head up my butt, since I don't have the ancient manuscripts, etc. I think mine would smell better by far, though, which isn't always the most relevant factor in occult perfuming. It would smell compelling and intoxicating, to say the least.
I could do better to my taste, in perfuming terms, anyway, (I'd be lacking some of the occult aspects, which isn't necesssarily a bad thing if you have spiritual integrity in your own right) than the most readily available version. It is extremely, extremely expensive to make, especially to perfumer's quality. The main thing that would hold me back would be funding.
If I had the funding and supplies I could do it very quickly.I don't think the one most readily available version is quite perfumer's quality, due to the sheer expenses that would've been involved; but it is still a remarkable formula. They cut a few corners perfuming wise, or ingredient quality-wise, but seem to have the occult part down.Instead I made Pheros, which is entirely an expression of my own creativity (why try to copy someone else if you are a truly creative person with some grasp of the basic ideas of the ancients?), and maybe a bit more attentive to perfuming aspects than the version of Ruthvah you are referring to. Suffice it to say that there is nothing I know about Ruthvah that I did not keep in mind in designing Pheros.
Pheros was in part inspired by Ruthvah, or by a similar approach (not so "dark occult", though) to the one that created Ruthvah. I think Pheros is more complex, but not lacking in some of the serious "spiritual" qualities one would hope for, if you will. Now you know one specific reason I described Pheros the way I did, as drawing on extremely ancient traditions. It was an objective description, not just cute marketing!
Keep in mind, however, that Ruthvah, or something very much like it, is a few thousand years old. Kings used it. You see, the basic ideas of pheromone perfumery go back thousands of years.I had been familiar with that ancient formulation for many years before I ever heard of Love-Scent. I have also been familiar with more than one version of the perfume; at least three versions. I am also familiar with various siblings of Ruthvah (also recreated by A.C.), which have also inspired my perfuming. I was fortunate enough to know the re-creator of one of them (and of the siblings), a remarkable person that was somewhat of an informal mentor in my own development.
I am not pretending to have anyone's exact formulation; just the basic essentials and a significant bit more.If I had to come up with my own version, I could come close, at least in spirit, since I've studied it for years. Maybe I could even do better than the commonly available version.
There are some ingredients I don't have nailed, but by some accounts, I have all the essential ones. I might have more original ingredients nailed than the commonly available version, for that matter. Maybe not. I'm humble enough to know I could have my head up my butt, since I don't have the ancient manuscripts, etc. I think mine would smell better by far, though, which isn't always the most relevant factor in occult perfuming. It would smell compelling and intoxicating, to say the least.
I could do better to my taste, in perfuming terms, anyway, (I'd be lacking some of the occult aspects, which isn't necesssarily a bad thing if you have spiritual integrity in your own right) than the most readily available version. It is extremely, extremely expensive to make, especially to perfumer's quality. The main thing that would hold me back would be funding.
If I had the funding and supplies I could do it very quickly.I don't think the one most readily available version is quite perfumer's quality, due to the sheer expenses that would've been involved; but it is still a remarkable formula. They cut a few corners perfuming wise, or ingredient quality-wise, but seem to have the occult part down.Instead I made Pheros, which is entirely an expression of my own creativity (why try to copy someone else if you are a truly creative person with some grasp of the basic ideas of the ancients?), and maybe a bit more attentive to perfuming aspects than the version of Ruthvah you are referring to. Suffice it to say that there is nothing I know about Ruthvah that I did not keep in mind in designing Pheros.
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