THIS WEEK IS

Meet A Mate Week -- June 20-26. Time to get out and meet your special someone. The idea is to get enough people around the U.S. to get out there so they run into each other. A recent Internet survey for Chanel of 1500 college students ages 17-21 and young professionals ages 22-29, revealed that while a majority are willing to take chances to meet the love of their lives, the rules of the dating game have not changed.

• 58% believed in love at first sight
• 31% said they would take a chance on love
• 23% said they would take a chance on traveling around the world
• 18% said they would take a chance in owning their own business
• 61% prefer to ask someone out in person, 18% prefer to ask someone out over the phone and 7% via e-mail
• 61% of young adults wait 2-3 days following a first date to set up the second.
• 35% cite hair as the most important physical factor in the search for love, while 24% consider fragrance to be the most essential date item.

Other findings include the following:

• If money were no object, young adults would choose a romantic getaway to Venice with their significant other (34%) vs. lounging on a beach in St. Barths (26%); clubbing in London (12%); taking an African safari (11%); or shopping in Paris (9%).
• If given an opportunity to choose their lover's profession, young adults would prefer a business leader/financial tycoon (38%) or a prominent doctor (18%) vs. a professional athlete (8%), supermodel (9%) or rock star (7%).
• While both men and women are most likely to choose a business leader/financial tycoon as a "dream lover," women would select a doctor as a second choice (19%), while men would choose a supermodel (17%).