Turn on Love drink

I am very susceptible to packaging and marketing. While that makes it fun to watch infomercials (how many kitchen appliances can YOU fit on your counter?) it also has the negative of becoming a hypochondriac and getting itching spells just by writing "itch". This is also why I am particularly wary and skeptical of companies making claims of power or virility. The problem is unless it is a blind test, I would probably fall for the drink even if it were just a placebo with cinnamon. This is why I am very skeptical of energy drinks that say they boost your sex drive. Most of these use herbs like horny goat weed, Lotus flower, damiana leaf or even just plain caffeine as their main ingredient that's supposed to get you frisky. Some of these are dubious, and others are not in a high enough dosage to do anything other than add to the ingredients list. This one uses a different ingredient as their main power nutrient, Schizandra, a bitter berry grown in Japan and China.

As for the main question: Does it work? The answer is sometimes. Nothing will turn an unwilling partner into a sex crazed manic, much to the chagrin of horny loners everywhere. However, people seem to report feelings of sensitivity to touch, and tingling sensations. Schizandra stumulates your nervous system, especially the kidneys, and is shown to have a ton of healthy uses - including the promotion of the production of semen. It is famous for its ability to relieve sexual fatigue and for increasing the sexual staying-power in men. Schizandra is also said to increase circulation in and sensitivity and can make things warmer and wetter for women.

And yes, I did try a couple cans with my wife last night. However, my mom reads this, and so I'll leave it to you readers to give it a try and tell me if you experienced the warm tingle yourself. They are not available for retail sale until October-November, but can be bought online at 2turnon.com

Nutrition/Buzz: 9
What makes this not technically an energy drink is the lack of Key Energy Drink ingredients like Taurine, Glucuronolactone, Inositol or any of the energy drink mix. It was created for an entirely different purpose, even though the small can has 60mg of caffeine. While drinking a couple of these can keep you awake by the caffeine quantity, the idea is that you will be kept awake by a whole other purpose. It helps that there is no real crappy ingredients in here, using natural glucose/sucrose as a sweetener, ginko biloba and coloring from carrot and currant extracts than using artificial ingredients. I does have a heavy amount of calories (163 per can) it does not taste heavy or syrupy at all. If you want a real buzz from this, buy 4 - 2 for you and 2 for your companion.

Taste:9
SOOO Much better than most of the other gimmick drinks out there - going for an original flavor not even close to any other standards. This is a dark cherry, but is more complex - with plum and a slight citrus flavor. It is by no means sour or gummy, and tastes more like a smoky black cherry bing. This is a taste which will appeal to both men and women regardless if they like energy drinks or even soda - as this tastes much more like a carbonated juice than soda.

Packaging:9
This package almost gets a 10, except for one big turn off. They have a great design, utilizing the double design can so placement of the drink is not important on convenience store shelves. The art on the can is DEFINITELY racy, without being offensive or really naughty. They spent alot of time on the design of the can and their logo, which is really quite nice. I would not hesitate to rate this drink as one of the best cans, except the blew it by printing it on a sleeve and wrapping a mental can, as opposed to actually printing it on the metal. This technique is down with cheap or quick changing drinks as a cost saving measure. You can do a full color high quality print on plastic and glue it to a can much cheaper than a full dye job on aluminum. Companies like Boston America do this because they have only 3 energy drinks, but use it to produce 13-14 different branded energy drinks from it. Other private labels like Firedog do this because it is WAAY cheaper by the caseload. Problem is it looks cheap. Rather than a real can it looks plasicy and like the manufacturer produces tons of this stuff and slaps different labels on it. still the design is good enough tat it still ranks very high.
I wonder if it can get shipped in a plain brown package....

Website:7
Surprisingly clean and unsexy - which is very refreshing. Most companies that use sex to sell products are sleazy, almost to the point of using the sleaze as a selling factor. It is easy to find half naked women lounging on sports cars pouring energy drinks on each other. Harder to find is the company that makes a clean informative site on something of this nature. Actually, it seems a little too sanitized, looking less romantic and more antiseptic. It is also suffering from a lack of designer, having used a very outdated program (Go Live6) to create the html. While the shopping cart works and the information is good, this site is as spicy as a limp veggie. While the content is great - it is a little to old looking for my taste and needs more fire behind it.