Cleopatra's Allure

A woman who wishes to attract the eyes of a man to view her as a sensuous and queenly woman, should write whatever attributes of the type of man she hopes to attract on a brown piece of paper. If a woman is trying to attract the admiration of a specific man, she may write his name on the paper. She will rub Cleopatra oil on the edges and sprinkle a pinch of powdered frankincense (Boswellia sacra, Boswellia frereana, and Boswellia bhaw-dajiana) on it. She will then fold the paper five times towards her. Finally, she will take a small bottle of sweet molasses and place the folded paper in a bottle, adding a pinch more powdered frankincense. The bottle is then sealed and tucked away. The type of man she wants will view her as desirable and fascinating.

She may also dab a little Cleopatra oil as perfume on her earlobes and behind the knees.

See Letter C in Roots and Stuff, scroll down to Cleopatra oil

Cassius Dio (150-235 CE) described Cleopatra VII in his history of Rome as thus:

For she was a woman of surpassing beauty, and at that time, when she was in the prime of her youth, she was most striking; she also possessed a most charming voice and knowledge of how to make herself agreeable to everyone. Being brilliant to look upon and to listen to, with the power to subjugate everyone, even a love-sated man already past his prime, she thought that it would be in keeping with her role to meet Caesar, and she reposed in her beauty all her claims to the throne. (XLII.34).
As quoted on The Beauty of Cleopatra. University of Chicago, accessed 9/5/12.
For her own person,
It beggar'd all description: she did lie
In her pavilion--cloth of gold, of tissue--
O'er-picturing that Venus where we see
The fancy outwork nature.
--William Shakespeare, in Antony And Cleopatra Act 2, scene 2, lines 193-201; The character of Domitus Enobarbus, Marc Antony's friend, described Cleopatra as when he and Antony first saw her, sailing in pageant down the river Cydnus. Cleopatra reminded Enobarbus of a legendary painting of Venus.
Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale
Her infinite variety; other women cloy
The appetites they feed; but she makes hungry
Where most she satisfies:... --William Shakespeare, in Antony and Cleopatra, Act 2, scene 2, lines 229-232; Enobarbus also described Cleopatra's legendary power of fascination.

The Beauty of Cleopatra. University of Chicago, accessed 9/5/12.

Lucy, How to seduce like Cleopatra, accessed 9/5/12.

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