Declare your love for all the world to see at the Decent Proposal message board; answer the love poll; send an e-card; vote for your best/worst romantic movies and songs; and win a romantic weekend away - all at www.ireland.com, from next week.

Whether it's flowers, champagne, chocolates or even a teddy and balloon bouquet, if you want to surprise your loved one, order online at www.alloccasions.ie. Deliveries within Ireland take two to three days (except flowers, which are the next day) and about four days in the UK. Or send a virtual card or bouquet from www.virtualflorist.com/en/act/selection/

Will pine nuts do the trick, or will you need snake blood? All you need to know about aphrodisiacs, including a "seduce by cooking" recipe collection, and aphrodisiacs from the Kama Sutra and the Ukraine. At www.santesson.com/aphrodis/

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Do it in style with a classic love poem. Seduction Place provides poems, from "I Sing the Body Electric" by Whitman to "How Do I Love Thee" by Browning; love letters; special ideas for Valentine's Day and a screensaver. All at www.seductionpalace.com/library/poems

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Got a secret Valentine's crush on someone? Send an anonymous eValentine, or check out your lovescope - your horoscope for February 14th - at Home Arts. No date for the big night? Click on the Valentine's Day chat link at http://homearts.com/depts/toc/

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Why do fools fall in love? Is the mating game really influenced by smell? For a fun site explaining the science of love, put together by the Why Files, which provide the science behind the headlines, go to http://whyfiles.org/033love/

Lacking romantic inspiration? Fear not - Cyrano will write a love letter for you, and send an e-mail Valentine with a dancing rose. Categories include; Valentine, break-up and pick-up. From www.nando.net/toys/cyrano.html

smarriott@irish-times.ie

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