I bought 3 small cans before my MN season and used 2 of them. Zero bad experiences. Two cool ones.
1. I sprayed my dad’s boots and legs for the walk to his opening morning stand. Later in the morning a mature doe followed his path right to his ladder and never spooked.
2. Opening night, I sprayed down and walked through a pasture to my stand. I saw no deer and decided to sneak out early to check the pasture for deer. As I snuck over the hill to peek, there was a dandy buck with his nose to the ground following my initial path (only backwards). I couldn’t shoot him because he was right next to a highway, but I stalked within 40 yards as he was so intrigued by the scent.
I didn’t see enough deer on stand to know if it helped cover my scent in the tree, but I know it masked my scent on the ground!
This stuff is VERY vanilla. I really like it because you can smell when it’s on and when it starts to fade away.