TT#4 - Aphrodisiacs

I'm a romance writer and this comes under research!!!!! According to the Oxford English Dictionary and aphrodisiac is something arousing sexual desire. So with Valentines Day an' all, I asked a group of people, male and female, aged from 6 - 91 what attracted them to a person, and the older ones what 'turned them on'.

1. Physical features - this was unanimous male and female the first thing that they noticed about a person was something to do with appearance mostly about the head (one person it was leg length and another feet) and covers broader statements such as six yo male -" coz she's pretty", and 9y.o. female "he's sooo cool" to 23 y.o. male 'she's one hot ....". This includes hair colour/texture/length, smile, eye color, laugh, to the way a person moved.
   
2. Physical attributes - close second slightly different to #1 in that it was more personal and mostly unprintable but involved breasts, butts, shoulders, height.
3. Smell - once again 6 yo. male ("she smells nice) and all others agreed. This may be something applied like perfume or after shave. (FYI it is a known fact that each person gives off pheromones that are like a finger print of personal body odour (as opposed to BO), individual to that person that trigger a response from an interested partner. For females this is dominant at certain times of the month when conception is most likely to occur and when they are most receptive to sexual advances).
   
4. Attire - ranged from high heels, short leather skirts, tuxedos, leather anything, underwear, sweaty gym clothes, unbuttoned jeans (female), tight jeans(male and female), wet t-shirts, fishnet stockings, slinky dresses etc....comments degenerated into the unprintable
5. Candlelight
   
6. Moonlight - especially moonlight in summer, and moonlight on water
   
7. Food - chocolate came top closely followed by champagne. One guy thought pot roast was pretty cool.
   
8. Music - the range was as eclectic as the people asked, obviously songs and music is an individual/couple thing. Slower R&B, Jazz and classical being considered most romantic by most.
   
9. Warmth/Heat - ranged from tropical holidays and warm summer nights to snuggling under the covers....it is a known fact that warmth encourages intimacy (the guys had their own spin on this involving cold showers)
   
10. Firelight - relates to above, but creates it's own romantic ambiance
11. Satin sheets - turned into satin/silk anything
12. Steamy showers - I'll let your imagination do the rest with this one
13. The look - or as 91 y.o. said "He was such a rogue with a sparkle in his eye that I couldn't resist".

Shared sense of humor came next. Also in the top twenty were communication, shared interests, snuggling and erogenous zones -and at that spot this post is done.