How to turn yourself into a femme fatale

Want to become a femme fatale? Well, then take lessons from French women.

Its not clothes and cosmetics that give French women their allure. The reason as to why they are considered such a menace is - their approach to life, sexual appetite and the mind, according to an author.

Debra Ollivier, author of What French Women Know About Love, Sex and Other Matters of Heart and Mind has claimed that French women are mistresses of seduction.

"They have secrets about seduction that we can't grasp and it's scary," the Sydney Morning Herald quoted Ollivier as saying.

And here are some tricks that can help you become a femme fatale and sweep your man off his feet:

1. Flirt

2. Be opinionated

3. Argue

4. Make time for licentious naps

5. Have spontaneous sex

6. Silence is sexy, old flame-talk is not

7. Sex toys are a turn-off

8. So is having too much money

9. Tolerate bad boy behaviour

10. Sex on a first date, why not?