Valentine's Day is that special time when you try and lure your true love. Or perhaps you show appreciation for the true love you have already found. Either way sweet smelling aromas have been used to lure and entice throughout history. Not only are they appealing they can also create euphoric feelings when inhaled or applied topically to the skin. Scents can be powerful. The most commonly known and used aphrodisiac essential oils are: jasmine, neroli, rose, ylang ylang, and sandalwood. Oils … [Read more...]
Gifts for the Manliest of Men
I recently read an article about a new term for some men called Lumbersexual. I got a real kick out of it because it fits my husband to a tee. The definition is something along the lines of a metro-sexual who has the need to hold on to some outdoor based rugged-ness, and a finely trimmed beard. My husband often looks as though he just stepped out of an L.L. Bean catalog. He rocks the flannels, boots, and the beard. He is a real manly man...my Grizzly Adams, who looks a little less Grizzly and a … [Read more...]
Proposing Without a Diamond
It has been said that diamonds are one of the biggest marketing scams in history and I would have to agree. It is a modern tradition that men are supposed to present a woman with a diamond when they pop the question. The bigger the diamond, the more love there must be. Personally I am not sure why women have even allowed such a thing to become tradition (in this age of feminism) as it smacks of being "purchased" or bribed. Even worse is the fact that the practice of buying a diamond was all … [Read more...]
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