Anatomy of a fling

Women looking for a one-night stand are attracted to a hot body above all else – just as men are – according to studies. Runner-up: a good smile, which says you’re outgoing, honest and smart.

The candy man can't

A diet high in sugar can temporarily lower your testosterone levels, which can in turn undermine your erections and sap your sex drive. Swear off sweets, and your testosterone should come roaring back.

Scent science

Stinky air makes you less attractive. Women exposed to a faint foul odour rated faces as less likable than they did when in fresh air. Turns out, when women detect a stench, they associate it with the face of the person they’re with. The good news: a waft of citrus spike likability. So spritz on a fruit-laced cologne.

Sex in a dark lounge

Strategy
A digital lap dance

Why it works
The music, the beer, the risk

Special equipment
A skirt

A shadowy corner of a swank lounge is the grown-up version of a dark garden during high school. Here's one place where making out in public is condoned, if not encouraged. Kiss her neck, nibble her ear and engage in deep, wet kisses while stroking her lower back and sliding your hands through her hair.

Invite her to sit on your lap sideways with her legs crossed. Slide your hand under her butt and between her thighs. It's a tight fit, but apply slow, pulsing pressure to her clitoris or just above to get the blood fl owing. Achieving orgasm is a long shot, but being touched intimately in a crowded bar, with music blasting, a cold beer in hand and your warm breath on the back of her neck, is a thrill that lasts - and will continue at home.

Sex on an uncrowded plane

Strategy
The stealth reach-around

Why it works
It's how she does it

Special equipment
A blanket

Please forget the mile-high club. A jet's bathroom is dirty, cramped and smelly. Much sexier - and easier to talk her into - is the high-altitude hand job, assuming you have a row to yourself. Raise the armrest and drape the blanket over the two of you. Wait for the lights to go down and the movie to start.

Have her lean back into the crook of your shoulder. She'll "read a magazine" as you slip your arm around her waist, under the blanket and between her legs. An over-the-clothes rub is a vintage sensation that's worked since she became aware of boys. Rest your fingertips on top of her pubic mound. Exert medium pressure with all four fingers, alternately rubbing up and down over her clitoris and massaging with slow, circular motions. Many women masturbate in exactly this fashion, so there's a good chance she'll achieve maximum altitude, and then return the favour.

Your touch

How’s this for improving your odds? Women in nightclubs are 50 percent more likely to accept a dance invitation if it’s paired with gentle contact, according to a studies. Discreet touching signals the first stages of the mating ritual. Done correctly, this powerful process will lead – eventually – to sex.

Forgive and forget

Forgiving a partner's indiscretions can reduce depression. According to researchers; over 2000 adults were asked if they’d forgive certain behaviour. Seems men are already happily giving the blues the brush off.