This is a fascinating question, something I've never considered before. I never did fantasize about real life women and celebrities but I've served mistresses who, after I met them, reminded me of a few: the legendary Belle de Jour reminded me of the jazz singer Cleo Laine; one Mistress looked a bit like Ava Gardner; another, more of a fetish/escort, who was tan and resembled Raquel Welch; and one from California who seemed to be a heady mixture of Jayne Mansfield and Anita Ekberg.

My first crush as a boy was Marilyn Monroe. I met and sessioned a handful of times in the mid- to late 1980s with the late Mistress Ava Taurel (Eva Norvind), the child of a Russian prince and a Finnish sculptress. She was exotic, creative and sexy. Only years later, after she died in a swimming accident, did I find out that she learned Spanish, moved to Mexico in the early 1960s when she was in her early 20s and became a movie star there. A few obits said she became "Mexico's Marilyn Monroe."

And yes... I've been lucky.