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AMENDMENT TO LICENSE AND PURCHASE AGREEMENT

         This  Amendment  is made on June 23, 2000 to the  License and  Purchase
Agreement  (the  "Agreement")  dated  April 24,  2000  between  Human  Pheromone
Sciences, Inc. (the "Licensee") and Niche Marketing, Inc. ("Licensee").

         Section 6  ("Additional  Payment)  of the  Agreement  is deleted in its
entirety.

         Section 9 ("Sales  Returns")  of the  Agreement  is  amended to read as
follows.

         9.    Sales  Return.  Licensor  shall be  responsible  for the  initial
               $355,000  of Product  plus 10% of net sales of  Mothers  Day gift
               sets (at wholesale prices) physically returned by U.S. Department
               Store Customers or destroyed in the field with the  authorization
               of current sales  management.  Licensor shall be responsible  for
               all product returned from all other customers or destroyed in the
               in the field.  Licensor  has  provided  Licensee a list of return
               authorizations  to be issued  through  the  date  of  close.  Any
               additional  return  authorizations  shall be  received by May 31,
               2000 or such  other  date  as may be agreed by the  Licensor  and
               Licensee.  Inventory  returned up to the $355,000 and the greater
               10%  of  net  sales  of  Mothers  Day  gift  sets  which  can  be
               refurbished  for future sale will be so  refurbished  by Licensor
               and  sold to  Licensee  at  Licensor's  cost.  Licensee  will pay
               Licensor the wholesale value of returns by U.S.  Department Store
               Customers  physically  accepted  by  Licensor  or  authorized  as
               destroyed  in the field by Licensee  above the  initial  $355,000
               plus 10% of net sales of Mothers Day sets, and such goods will be
               for the account of the Licensee, without further costs.

                      Licensee   shall  have  the  right  to  authorize   return
               authorizations  on  Licensor's  behalf  and to cancel  Licensor's
               previously made return  authorizations  subject to the provisions
               of the immediately  preceding paragraph.  However,  such right is
               conditioned upon Licensee's obligation to report any such actions
               pertaining to old allowances and all new allowances authorized by
               Licensee on Licensor's behalf.  Allowance reports will be updated
               and  reported  to  Licensor  within  ten days of close,  and on a
               thirty-day  basis  thereafter  subject to a  Licensor's  right of
               audit pursuant to paragraph 40.

                      Payment due under this section will be made to Licensor by
               Licensee  within 30 (thirty) days of receipt of such inventory by
               Licensee.

         In all other  respects,  the terms of the Agreement are  reaffirmed and
ratified.

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"Licensor"                                        "Licensee"

HUMAN PHEROMONE SCIENCES, INC.                    NICHE MARKETING, INC.

By /s/ William P. Horgan                          By /s/ Mark D. Crames
   ---------------------------                       ---------------------------
   William P. Horgan, CEO                            Mark D. Crames, CEO

"Guarantor"

NORTHERN GROUP, INC.

By /s/ Mark D. Crames
   ---------------------------
   Mark D. Crames, CEOSan Mateo, CA
                                                                 April 14, 2000
                                                                 $300,000

                             SECURED PROMISSORY NOTE

For  value  received,  the  undersigned,  Hypermedia  Communications,   Inc.,  a
California  corporation  ("Borrower") promises to pay MK GVD Fund ("Lender") the
principal sum of three hundred thousand dollars  ($300,000),  with interest from
the date hereof at a rate of ten percent (10%) per annum,  which amount shall be
secured  by all of the  assets  of  Borrower.  Said  principal  shall be due and
payable on demand by  Lender,  which  demand may be made at any time,  but in no
event shall the principal be paid later than one hundred eighty (180) days after
the date of this Note. This Note may be prepaid at any time without penalty.

In the event of liquidation,  merger, sale, or winding up of the company, Lender
shall be entitled to receive,  prior and in  preference  to any other holders of
debt or equity securities,  (except as provided in item 1. below), the principal
value of this Note plus accrued interest.

The  following is a statement of the rights of the Borrower of this Note and the
conditions to which this Note is subject,  to which the Borrower and Lender,  by
the acceptance of this Note agree:

         1.  Security  Interest  - Borrower  hereby  grants to Lender a security
interest  in all assets of  Borrower  to secure  repayment  of the  indebtedness
represented  by this Note.  Borrower  hereby  represents and agrees that it will
take all actions  contemplated above including the execution of a UCC1 financing
statement,  which for the purposes of such  execution,  Borrower hereby appoints
Lender as its attorney-in-fact to execute such UCC1 financing statement.

         2. Attorneys' Fees - If any action or proceeding  shall be commenced to
enforce  this Note or any right  arising  in  connection  with  this  Note,  the
prevailing  party in such action or proceeding shall be entitled to recover from
the other party the reasonable  attorneys' fees, costs, and expenses incurred by
such  prevailing   party  in  connection  with  such  action  or  proceeding  or
negotiation to avoid such action or proceeding.  In the event that any provision
of this Note should be deemed unlawful or unenforceable, such provision shall be
struck and the remainder  hereof shall be enforced to the fullest  extent of the
law.

         3.  Governing  Law - This Note is  issued  in and shall be  interpreted
under the laws of the State of California.

Issued this 14 day of April, 2000.

                                          Hypermedia Communications, Inc.

                                          By: __________________

                                          Title: ________________San Mateo, CA
                                                                 April 28, 2000
                                                                 $250,000

                             SECURED PROMISSORY NOTE

For  value  received,  the  undersigned,  Hypermedia  Communications,   Inc.,  a
California  corporation  ("Borrower") promises to pay MK GVD Fund ("Lender") the
principal  sum of two  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  dollars  ($250,000),  with
interest  from the date hereof at a rate of ten percent  (10%) per annum,  which
amount shall be secured by all of the assets of Borrower.  Said principal  shall
be due and  payable on demand by Lender,  which  demand may be made at any time,
but in no event shall the principal be paid later than one hundred  eighty (180)
days after the date of this Note.  This Note may be prepaid at any time  without
penalty.

In the event of liquidation,  merger, sale, or winding up of the company, Lender
shall be entitled to receive,  prior and in  preference  to any other holders of
debt or equity securities,  (except as provided in item 1. below), the principal
value of this Note plus accrued interest.

The  following is a statement of the rights of the Borrower of this Note and the
conditions to which this Note is subject,  to which the Borrower and Lender,  by
the acceptance of this Note agree:

         1.  Security  Interest  - Borrower  hereby  grants to Lender a security
interest  in all assets of  Borrower  to secure  repayment  of the  indebtedness
represented  by this Note.  Borrower  hereby  represents and agrees that it will
take all actions  contemplated above including the execution of a UCC1 financing
statement,  which for the purposes of such  execution,  Borrower hereby appoints
Lender as its attorney-in-fact to execute such UCC1 financing statement.

         2. Attorneys' Fees - If any action or proceeding  shall be commenced to
enforce  this Note or any right  arising  in  connection  with  this  Note,  the
prevailing  party in such action or proceeding shall be entitled to recover from
the other party the reasonable  attorneys' fees, costs, and expenses incurred by
such  prevailing   party  in  connection  with  such  action  or  proceeding  or
negotiation to avoid such action or proceeding.  In the event that any provision
of this Note should be deemed unlawful or unenforceable, such provision shall be
struck and the remainder  hereof shall be enforced to the fullest  extent of the
law.

         3.  Governing  Law - This Note is  issued  in and shall be  interpreted
under the laws of the State of California.

Issued this 28 day of April, 2000.

                                         Hypermedia Communications, Inc.

                                         By: __________________

                                         Title: ________________San Mateo, CA
                                                                 May 15, 2000
                                                                 $250,000

                             SECURED PROMISSORY NOTE

For  value  received,  the  undersigned,  Hypermedia  Communications,   Inc.,  a
California  corporation  ("Borrower") promises to pay MK GVD Fund ("Lender") the
principal  sum of two  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  dollars  ($250,000),  with
interest  from the date hereof at a rate of ten percent  (10%) per annum,  which
amount shall be secured by all of the assets of Borrower.  Said principal  shall
be due and  payable on demand by Lender,  which  demand may be made at any time,
but in no event shall the principal be paid later than one hundred  eighty (180)
days after the date of this Note.  This Note may be prepaid at any time  without
penalty.

In the event of liquidation,  merger, sale, or winding up of the company, Lender
shall be entitled to receive,  prior and in  preference  to any other holders of
debt or equity securities,  (except as provided in item 1. below), the principal
value of this Note plus accrued interest.

The  following is a statement of the rights of the Borrower of this Note and the
conditions to which this Note is subject,  to which the Borrower and Lender,  by
the acceptance of this Note agree:

         1.  Security  Interest  - Borrower  hereby  grants to Lender a security
interest  in all assets of  Borrower  to secure  repayment  of the  indebtedness
represented  by this Note.  Borrower  hereby  represents and agrees that it will
take all actions  contemplated above including the execution of a UCC1 financing
statement,  which for the purposes of such  execution,  Borrower hereby appoints
Lender as its attorney-in-fact to execute such UCC1 financing statement.

         2. Attorneys' Fees - If any action or proceeding  shall be commenced to
enforce  this Note or any right  arising  in  connection  with  this  Note,  the
prevailing  party in such action or proceeding shall be entitled to recover from
the other party the reasonable  attorneys' fees, costs, and expenses incurred by
such  prevailing   party  in  connection  with  such  action  or  proceeding  or
negotiation to avoid such action or proceeding.  In the event that any provision
of this Note should be deemed unlawful or unenforceable, such provision shall be
struck and the remainder  hereof shall be enforced to the fullest  extent of the
law.

         3.  Governing  Law - This Note is  issued  in and shall be  interpreted
under the laws of the State of California.

Issued this 15 day of May, 2000.

                                      Hypermedia Communications, Inc.

                                      By: __________________

                                      Title: ________________

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