[This is the second part of the article "It's in His Kiss." If you missed part 1, it's alive and well and living in our archives. You can find it two weeks back in the "Sex Secrets" columns. But for now, here's where we left off:

The perfect kiss... It's not about knowing the tricks as much as noticing the woman you're with. Learn to tune in to her tiniest reactions and then respond, and you'll have all the "tricks" you need.

Drink in every bit of her: You're right inside her where she's soft and warm. Is she juicy? Does her tongue respond to yours? Is she heating up? Are her lips smooth and tasty? There is a rough and smooth side of the tongue -- use them both and see how she reacts to each."

And now for part 2:]


The greatest skill a good kisser can develop is attention. Focus. While you 're kissing her remember: her mouth is the only place in the world. Don't be thinking ahead, be right there on, in, and around her mouth; create a fantasy around it. You can imagine her mouth as a vagina, if you like -- or a flower or a dark cave. But when you're kissing, you should lose yourself in that wet place. You should be mapping its contours and studying its reactions. A nibble on the lips -- does she part her lips for you? Little licks to her upper lip -- does she meet your tongue with hers?

You can learn a lot in these intense moments. For example, how open is she? How much control does she take? Does she like it hard or soft? Is she hungry? Timid? Playful? You, too, are communicating a lot with this kiss: your (and her) power dynamics, your style, your affection for her, the degree to which she turns you on. The list goes on. And you can bet she's keeping track.

The kiss is a couple's reconnaissance mission. But it's also a play world of its own. Rest assured, a long, slow, agonizing kiss session with plenty of tease (bury in and then pull back) and variety (aggressive to soft) is exactly what many, many women crave. Here are some tease techniques:

*Keep tonguing brief
*Always alternate deep kisses with something much lighter -- blowing on her lips, for example, or light pecks.
*Hold her cheeks gently between your hands for a kiss, then let go and just brush cheek to cheek.
*When you go for deeper, wetter action, as you feel her opening up to you and giving way, pull back. Move to slow, light, pointy-tongued brushing over her lips.
*Work on just one lip, move from sucking to pecking and back. Then move to the other lip.

In poll after poll, women mention the long, gentle, communicative kissing session as something they never get enough of in sexual encounters. Or they say their experiences in the kissing session have been under par. This means that a good kisser will break ahead of the pack. He'll make memories.

The kissing number most often bombs, according to many women, when a man views the kiss as a sort of formality on the way to great sex. And while he's observing the formality, most women are busy "reading" him, reading his kisses, finding meaning in every touch of the lips. When the kiss is perfunctory, a woman is not reading "great sex"; she's reading "he doesn't care about me," or "he's bored and he'll be a boring lover," or "he doesn't find me luxuriant and irresistible enough."

This doesn't mean that you need to be a psychologist to kiss well. If you let go and be real, enjoy yourself and your partner, you should be fine. But it does suggest that you might want to put your natural goal-orientation on hold so you can give the kiss your devotion.

As for intercourse, not to worry. At some point in the kissing process, a woman will probably see a man's tongue as a metaphor for his penis. But you need not anguish over your tongue size! It simply means that your kiss -- somewhat subconsciously -- will be giving her a preview of intercourse. It's a no brainer. If you thrust in hard and sort of take over, well, she may expect you to be an overpowering Mr. Lance a Lot when making love. On the other hand, if you're unresponsive, limp, uninvolved, distant, inflexible -- she's going to be a little worried about the future of your intercourse. So in a sense, how you kiss is telegraphing the way you will approach her vagina. That said, even the lady who loves a good hard fuck, may not want her fuck-preview to begin there. A majority of women still like the build-up, so a nice mix of styles, forces, and textures is your best bet.

Wind-up tips:
*A kind of fun, fantasy approach is to think of touching her life force with your kiss. Kiss where her pulse lies: the vein of her neck, of her wrist, of her inner elbow, and merge with that rhythm. Use the kiss to merge with her breathing and her pulse, and you are becoming one with her. This will excite some of the chilliest of women!

*When you kiss mouth to mouth, kiss as if your tongue were getting laid. Make it ecstasy. And for the breakaway, after your lips have parted linger, briefly (or if it feels right, longer) just micrometers from her lips. And (assuming one or both of you didn't just eat garlic pizza) take in her breath, breathe her, let her breathe you, there, in a moment of bliss and mystery, as if you are suspended together in time.

Fire up a whole relationship:
Once you've learned to be a focused, present kisser, you can use the kiss as a way to heighten your relationship.
*Meet her for lunch and leave her with the long kissing session.
*Initiate this kiss in the middle of the day and leave off with something like "I can't wait to take this up again later."

Next time you see her, be in for a shock of desire.

Since a woman needs fantasy and attention in a relationship, beyond sex and physical presence, mastering the go-no-further kiss that's to-die-for will keep her wanting you through any foul weather.

[For Part 1, go back to the archives and click on "Sex Secrets."]