Salon profiles Erik Von Markovik, aka the pickup master "Mystery", who "chats about the ‘Venusian Arts,’ sexual psychology and why he can help 40-year-old virgins everywhere get laid":

When you first see the towering, 6-foot-5 man who goes by the name "Mystery," there's almost too much to take in. A floppy top hat and goggles, bright red lips tattooed on his neck, kohl-lined eyes, platform boots, black nails, binoculars slung around his neck: These are just a few of Mystery's unexplainable accouterments. But Mystery says he knows just what he's doing. He calls his look "peacocking" -- and explains that it's a way of capturing women's attention, to intrigue and, ultimately, sleep with them.