Mesmerize Him.(how to make oneself attractive to the opposite sex)

There are proven strategies to putting a guy under your spell. Rule number one? Max your mystique and he'll be utterly intoxicated by you. Here are other tricks to keeping him entranced.

* Want to be the hottest, most hypnotic woman to cross a guy's path? Forgot about hitting the gym six times a week and contorting your body into 800 sex positions. To really keep him spellbound, you have to surround yourself with a sense of mystery--a sort of keep-him-guessing vibe that makes men fall all over themselves trying to figure you out. "Guys go crazy when they don't totally understand a woman's MO," says Myreah Moore, author of Date Like a Man to Get the Man You Want (HarperCollins, 2001). "It puts you just out of his reach, and that challenge can he enthralling."

Our Miss Mystique role model? Catherine Zeta-Jones, who admits to having followed her mother's advice--don't show them everything--while being courted by Hollywood honcho Michael Douglas. Nine months and a few pecks on the cheek later, Douglas was smitten, and soon was down on a bended knee. To have that same mesmerizing power over a guy you have your sights on, follow Cosmo's five-step plan to become so intriguing and intoxicating, you'll captivate any man.

ENTRANCE-HIM TACTIC 1

Be Worth the wait

When you meet a guy who makes you go mmmm it's only natural that you'd want to drag him home immediately and indulge your every desire. Nonetheless, the longer you make a man wait before you grant him a date--or spend the night at his place or even return his phone call--the more utterly divine the event will be in the end. Now, before you roll your eyes thinking this is some old-fashioned, behind-the-times trick, realize it's a tactic with very sound psychological underpinnings: As time passes, anticipation builds, eventually reaching the boiling point when he can barely stand not having what he wants--you. "Waylay your date's desire for immediate gratification and he'll resort to obsessing, over and over, about what will or might happen at your future rendezvous," says Moore. "You'll become such a fixture in his mind that your encounter will automatically be much more meaningful.

That's exactly what happened when Brad [*], 24, met Rachel while serving jury duty and asked her out. When they pulled out their Palm IIIs, Rachel's schedule was so packed, she couldn't fit him in for over two weeks. "In the days I had to wait to see her, I played out the impending date in my mind a million times," Brad admits. "After two weeks of imagining our upcoming evening, actually seeing her had this amazing, magical quality. It was like she'd become my dream girl."