I first heard about them from reading Ralf Heim's thesis. I became quite interested in them, and I ended up ordering 5 grams of 2C-C-NBOMe for a very reasonable price. The Chinese chemical company I ordered from must either have no idea how to use a balance, or the person who was responsible for shipping the products must have been sampling them too, because I received far more than 5 grams. Put it this way, the amount they sent was so large that when I place it on my balance, the display just reads --OVER--. The quantity of powder was so large that I initially believed I had been the victim of a scam and had received titanium dioxide (as the customs declaration claimed), but reagent tests, NMR, and bioassays proved that not to be the case. Even with the test results, I could not believe that I had been subject to such good fortune until I actually tasted it.
I know that opinions vary widely when it comes to the NBOMe-series compounds, but as far as I'm concerned I believe that 25C-NBOMe is one of my favourite psychedelics easily. I find it to be perfect for a nice, light-hearted, fun experience. Although many people say that it lacks in emotional depth, I have to disagree. I find it to guarantee me a burst of positive emotions that stick around even after the experience has ended. The emotional experience I get from it I find to be very similar to MDMA actually, but just a bit more subtle... I consider myself to be very lucky to have come across this compound. I was expecting an extremely interesting addition to my psychedelic collection, and yet I got so much more than that.
With all that being said, I think that this compound needs to be treated with care. Someone who does not have the experience and equipment to handle this stuff correctly could very easily hurt themselves if they acquired it in it's pure form as opposed to as blotter or solution. Hell, even in pre-measured doses it would be easy to get in trouble with it. People who can't understand that this is a very new, almost unknown compound and that it is definitely NOT the new LSD and should not under any circumstances be treated as such should not come near it. It is too likely to end in disaster.