The marketing gurus at Lynx probably won't like it, but saucy Cassandra Wilson would rather have you stinking of sweat than any fancy body spray.

'I know it's sick but I've just got a thing about armpits,' she confesses. 'I could smell my boyfriend's armpits all day because I love the smell of sweat. I'm not the only one either - I know a lot of women who really get off on it too. It's got to be the right sort of sweaty smell, though. I couldn't go anywhere near my last boyfriend's pits.'

You won't know it, but you've probably seen the lovely Cassandra before. 'I was the silhouette dancing at the beginning of the last James Bond film,' she laughs. 'They had to cover me from head to toe in gunk, which was supposed to resemble crude oil. It sounds foul but actually felt rather nice.'

But, of course, it's the unforgettable Lynx ad line, 'Would you mind if my best friend joins us?' that she has rightly become famous for. So is a menage-a-trois completely out of the question? 'Hmmm,' she teases, 'threesomes are definitely good for fantasies and I must confess now and again I've thought, 'Well maybe it would be a good idea,' but the reality of it is just too complicated. I guess I'm simply too much of an old romantic to get involved.' Shame!

Happily, Cassandra's prepared to break a few of her own rules for Maxim, as she has come with a friend. Twenty-year-old Anna Walton stars in the same Lynx ad, where she has to dole out money to feed her boyfriend's lapdancing habit. What's more surprising is that, in reality, the sultry Hertfordshire model and actress remains true to her word.

'I wouldn't have a problem with a boyfriend watching lapdancers. I wish they'd let women in because I'd love to go,' she says. 'I've lapdanced for a boyfriend in private before, so what's the problem?' Er, no problem at all.

The other good news is that Anna loves being around gentlemen: 'I much prefer men to women as a species,' she confesses. What's more, she's game for most things. 'I got thrown into a water fountain in Bristol the other night. So I took all my clothes off, and wandered off home with my mates wearing just a baggy jumper. I don't embarrass easily, so what the hell?'

Having appeared in numerous dramas and comedy shows, including an appearance as Paul Whitehouse's girlfriend in The Fast Show, you'd think Anna's fellow ceramics students at Bristol University would be in awe of the star in their midst. Not so. 'I don't think half of them know that I have this career,' she laughs. 'Besides, you know what art students are like. Most of them are too stoned to ever remember anything they've seen on telly.'