In my business, if I've been asked once, I've been asked 100+ times by women. "What scent do you think my boyfriend/husband would like?" Or, "Is this scent sexy?" Is just seems that when we are at the perfume counter, or shopping for bath & body products, we always have the idea of seduction in the back of our minds. Come on ladies, you know you do. Just admit it. It's ok. It's a natural thing for us to want to look/feel sexy and besides clothing, scent is one of the number one tools to achieve just that!

Scent has the power recall memories, to put us to sleep, to wake us up, to stir our passions, to heal our mind/body connection. It also can help us to understand a bit about one another. By paying attention to the kind of cologne people wear, you can take a small look inside of their personality.

We will take men as an example since most of the questions I get are about men.
Does your guy like woodsy, warm, outdoorsy scents? Pine, balsam fir, & lavender? If so then he is generally the reserved, refined, introspective and not always free with his feelings or words.

On the opposite side is the man who loves a crowd, can sometimes be the clown, and is very spontaneous. This social butterfly smells of cool mountain streams, light misty mornings, and cool crisp minty notes.

Watch out for those that smell of fresh citrus and sunshine. Though fun and full of zest this take charge kind of guy like to lead an uncomplicated kind of life and my be difficult to get any kind of commitment out of.

And lastly we have Mr. Romance. He is in touch with his feminine side, has no problem reading you poetry, and is reflective if not a bit moody. He wears spicy, rich, musky scents that may have a heavy patchouli, amber, or or vanilla base to them. You may also pick up notes of black pepper in their cologne.

Well, there is a brief little lesson on scent & personality. Now go out there and use your nose to guide you when a guy buys you a drink, or a cup of coffee. After all, I'm sure you've heard the saying:
"The nose, knows."

Resources: Cosmopolitan Magazine: Scent, Sex and Seduction by Melissa Florenza (October )

As parents, wives, lovers we find ourselves in the role of mentors whether we want to be or not. We are women and and there is a certain responsibility and expectation that comes with being so. In the past few weeks I've spoken with several women that have found themselves in a bit of a quandary.

We'll take subject #1 whom many would deem to be the perfect wife and mother. A virtual Superwoman! She lives in a rural setting with all the rural dressings that go with it; milk cow, chickens, huge garden, pigs, hay fields, horses, husband.......Oh! and did I mention she has 4 boys ranging in age from 9 years old down to 2 years old!!

As if taking care of 4 boys was not enough, she milks the cow twice a day, sop the pigs, feeds the chickens and gathers eggs, plants, tends and harvests the garden (including canning it all for winter use), she cooks three meals a day, no fast food, or PBJ sandwiches for lunch in this home, makes all the family's bread AND butter, as well as laundry soap.....shall I go on or do you get the picture? Oh, and she also homeschools! These are just HER chores. Not including helping during haying season, or putting up firewood for the winter, and other various chores while still maintaining her own chores.

Now, at the young age of her early 30's this woman is exhausted. spent, run out! And her family can't see this. All they can see is that mom didn't make the butter! Why? Or why don't I have clean pants? She has made her family so accustomed to her waiting on them hand and foot, that when there is a chink in the moulding, a hold in the dam, instead of helping to fix it, they don't understand why SHE isn't fixing it!

In her past 10 years of marriage she has sincerely thought that she was doing the absolute best thing by her family. But I asked her, and I ask you. Was she helping them, by teaching them to help take care of themselves, to help take care of the farm, or was she enabeling them?

As women we are natural nurturers. But some of us tend to be a bit out of balance in that we swing to far to the nurturing side and not far enough to leader side. Instead of saying "Come, follow me and I will teach you how to do this." with our families, we say "Come, let me fulfill your every need." In reality it is not our role to fulfill every need, but to teach, and lead, and nurture together in order to raise up a family (including husbands/lovers) that can think and reason through daily situations in order to fulfill their own needs. Does that mean that we stop nurturing? NO! But when we are out of balance in our role as women, everyone suffers including ourselves. And the cycle continues on in our children as they become adults.

If you are one of these women and you've created a family dependent upon you, it is only YOU that can break this cycle. You will need to start including your family in your daily routine, gradually shifting some of the load onto them. It will be difficult at first and you will require that you be firm and consistent. However, in time you will be able to stand back and watch your family work together like a well oiled machine. And that is a most rewarding prize! As well as the energy you will feel at having finally gotten some much needed rest after many years!

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