When you’re getting ready for a big night out, a spritz of your favourite aftershave is all part of the preparation ritual. But for one woman, a manufactured scent doesn’t quite cut the mustard.
As far as Shan Boodram is concerned, Boots can keep their Chanel Coco Mademoiselle. Instead, the sexologist uses her vaginal fluids as a signature scent, claiming it causes people attracted to women to “flock” to her.
In fact, she’s written all about the ritual in her new book, The Game of Desire, from which she shared an excerpt explaining the ritual with Refinery 29. “Vaginal fluids, especially around ovulation, but really any time you want to feel an extra boost of confidence, can serve as a love potion,” she wrote.
“Here's why: I'm often asked to confirm or deny the myth that eating an excessive amount of pineapple will make someone taste better during oral sex. My response is, if you think it makes you taste better then it absolutely works.
“Similarly, regardless of if vaginal pheromones truly make a person irresistible or not, the fact that you think it does, will cause you to act in a bolder, more confident manner.”
You might be curious as to how Boodram obtains the fluids. Well, pretty much how you’d expect. By washing her hands and then, er, moving her finger around the vaginal opening.
The goal she says, is “to get a new sample from the Bartholin's glands, which are the size of a pea but play a large role in vaginal lubrication”. Once she’s got “a good amount of wetness”, she applies it to her neck, collarbone and wrists.
“I've used this technique countless times in the past ten years and have had mixed results: sometimes people are flocking to me, sometimes I don't notice a difference,” Boodram adds. “So while I'm not sure how effective this experiment is, I am certain that every single time I employ it, it makes me feel like an enchanted goddess with a delicious secret.”
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