How to shop a mood

This is not a department store map. It is a manuscript with seven chapters.

Books opens the pulse. Lingerie holds the silhouette. Swim takes the secret outside. Bloom plays. ForePlay casts. Dom commands. the Den keeps what refuses a single shelf.

If you are gift-shopping, ask what scene they want — not what size they wear first. Size comes second. Mood is the plot.

— Savage, Love