She worked as the Japanese consultant on KCBS-TV, MSNBC, TechTV's Wired for Sex, Canada's The Pleasure Zone, British Sky Broadcasting's Saucy TV, La Biennale Arts Festival in Venice, Italy, Men's Health Guide to the Best Sex in the World, Passport to Pleasure, The Vision Board and 69 Sexy Things 2 Do Before You Die for Playboy TV. She's the author of Naughty Paris, Tokyo Rendezvous (Naughty Bits anthology), Spies, Lies & Naked Thighs, Cleopatra's Perfume and coming in Feb. 2010, The Blonde Samurai.
Jina is offering an autographed copy of Cleopatra's Perfume, continue reading to find out how you could win it.
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When the scent of a woman belongs to Cleopatra…
by Jina Bacarr, author of "Cleopatra's Perfume"
One whiff and every man was her slave…
How would you like to spend your wedding night in an Egyptian pyramid with ghosts watching your every move?
It happened back in 1903 when British occultist Aleister Crowley and his bride spent their honeymoon night in the Great Pyramid. I knew there was a story there somewhere, but it wasn't until I decided to write a novel about a lonely woman in 1939 searching for love (and sex) in Egypt where she had spent her honeymoon with her late husband that the paranormal element in my story took shape.
It took the shape of an ancient perfume bottle that belonged to Cleopatra.
I've always been fascinated by the sense of smell and how odor molecules from perfume, body sweat or the smell of sex dash into the space in your brain occupied by emotions such as love and hate, and moods such as anxiety and pleasure. The stuff memories are made of.
Smell is also primal. Early man and animals developed a sense of smell so powerful it warned them of danger. Add this notion to the idea that the Egyptians associated perfume (from the Latin per fumun meaning through the smoke as in incense) with immortality and you have the premise for Cleopatra's Perfume.
I love paranormal stories that utilize magical objects that become the catalyst for the heroine/hero to begin a journey. We were all enchanted with Dorothy's search for the ruby slippers and cheered where she "clicked her heels" and returned home to Kansas. And who hasn't wished along with Aladdin and his magic lamp when the genie appears? In the 1945 film adaption of Oscar Wilde's "The Picture of Dorian Gray," Dorian makes a wish in front of an Egyptian cat statue to remain as young and handsome as he appears in the portrait.
I am a student of Egyptology and have used elements from it in two of my novels. In my previous Spice release, Naughty Paris, a jilted bride finds a small Egyptian statue of the fertility god, Min, and travels back to the raucous, erotic world of 1889 Paris.
In Cleopatra's Perfume, Lady Eve Marlowe discovers the seductive even mystical scent belonging to Cleopatra, which not only makes her irresistible to men, but sweeps her up in a dangerous game of intrigue with sizzling stops in Cairo, London and Berlin.
What is your favorite paranormal story where the main character uses a magical charm to get what they want?
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Cleopatra's Perfume
The world may be teetering on the brink of war, but that's no reason for the privileged classes to deny themselves the satisfaction of their deepest lusts. In exotic and exclusive clubs, they pursue the delights of the flesh with little thought to the world crumbling around them.
Eve Marlowe has everything she needs to lead the most decadent of lives: money, nobility, nerve…and an insatiable appetite for sexual adventure. She also has a singular treasure: a fragrance of ancient origin said to have been prepared for the Queen of Kings herself. Seductive, irresistible, even mystical—it is the scent of pure sensuality.
The power of this elixir is such that it sweeps Lady Marlowe into a game much more dangerous than those she played in the darkened rooms of kinky bars. As the Nazis devour Europe and North Africa, she embarks on a fevered journey, with sizzling stops in Cairo, London, Berlin—each city filled with new perils and pleasures for one anointed with pure lust.
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-- Lynda Again,
What a fascinating article. I've often heard that scents can be so evocative they'll bring back memories from years past. I know all we writers will have our heroes and heroines notice the special perfume/scent of their romantic partners but that's all present time. And, as unromantic as it may sound, I've heard that some men find vanilla or cinnamon based scents on their women attractive because it reminds them of...gasp...their moms and their childhood. What do you think?
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