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Nose fetishism (nose fetish or nasophilia) is a paraphilia in which an individual is sexually aroused by the sight, touch, or erotic sucking of a woman's nose. Less common, but of interest, are those who are aroused by having their nose stroked, felt, or sucked. The arousal may be caused by the shape or the size of the nose. Many enjoy the erotic stroking of a female's nose; sliding ones thumb and forefinger down the bridge and fleshy bulb, learning the shape and construction of her nose. This will often lead to the sucking of the nose; taking a woman's entire nose into his mouth and sucking on it in a very erotic manner.

Some features of the nose which cause arousal may include the following:

• Bulbous tip (such as Daryl Hannah, Mira Sorvino, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Owen Wilson)
• Fleshiness (such as Marg Helgenberger, Laura Rush, Jimmy Durante)
• Wide tip (such as Avril Lavigne, Sarah Michelle Gellar)
• Pointy nose (such as Haylie Duff)
• Upturned tip a.k.a. "the scoop" (such as Elisha Cuthbert, Marcia Gay Harden, Kate Beckinsale)
• Nostrils (such as Tiffany Amber Thiessen, Monica Potter, Victoria Beckham)
• Hooked nose (such as Alan Rickman)
• Wide nose (such as Michelle Kwan)
• Large nostrils (such as Stacy London, Michelle Kwan, Jaret Reddick, Dionne Warwick)

A person having a nose fetish may prefer some or all of the above.

Despite the classifications listed above, many noses touch multiple categories. For instance, Sarah Michelle Gellar may appear to have a "scoop" nose at first, but upon further review, it is the "wide tip" which creates this appearance from straight-on or a 3/4 view. Sometimes only the most trained nose fetishists can draw the correct distinctions upon first glance.^{[citation needed]}

Nose fetishists will commonly either look at celebrities who have "sexy noses" (such as those listed above) or they will modify existing images to make someones nose appear more pronounced (known as "morphing").

In the 1979 film Americathon, the President of the United States, played by John Ritter, becomes romantically involved with a Vietnamese female rock star whose preferred sexual play involves mutual nose sucking.

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Not much is known about the nose-fetish and very little literature exists on it except for the Internet, where there are several online communities of nose fetishists. In these communities men and women discuss the erotic nature of noses and even "cyber" erotic noseplay. It is believed that there may be many more people who have this fetish than who admit to it publicly because it isn't considered to be socially acceptable. It has been said "that for any object you name, someone will have a fetish for it."^{[citation needed]}

Most nose fetishists are extremely against rhinoplasty because it removes many of the features which they find so desirable. Sarah Michelle Gellar is especially loved because, despite pressure from others, she refuses to have her nose "fixed".

• http://www.cyberium.net/bnguy/bnfaq.htm
• Nasophilia

• Pinocchia.com Big Nose Forums
• Big Nose Appreciation Page
• http://www.livejournal.com/community/nose_fetish/