We women in the twenty first century are the most accomplished, talented, educated women in history. But are we as charming or mysterious as women we read about from the past? Do we flirt and fascinate? I don't mean just flirting with men. Do we flirt with old ladies, the butcher behind the counter, little kids, and dogs? Have we forgotten the rules of the Art of Seduction?

I began to wonder about this last weekend. It all started when I went searching in the back of my closet for a flapper dress to wear to a Great Gatsby themed summer garden party. I thought to myself, I should start by looking in that old steamer trunk. It's a rusty trunk from my late grandmother's house that had somehow ended up in my possession. When I pried open the top, I saw only one item in the trunk, a sheaf of yellowed papers. What could this be? Written in an elegant script, I read, "Great-great grandmother Victorine's letters."

I knew that Victorine Laurent had been a member of the French branch of my family who had lived in Paris during the 1860's. My grandmother had told me when I was little that Victorine had been a great beauty and whispered with a wink, she had been a courtesan! I didn't know what a courtesan was at the time but I got the message that it was very alluring and a bit naughty.

I carefully smoothed out the crinkled pages of the letter, and realized that Victorine had indeed been the mistress to many famous rich men in Paris and here was the advice she had written for her own daughter, my great-great grandmother.

I'd like to share these tips with you because they don't simply relate to seducing a man. By using these laws of seduction, we can charm or seduce anyone in any situation life presents us. Read more for Victorine's laws of seduction >>

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