Zazel: The Scent of Love's Gina LaMarca

Penthouse Pets were strikingly beautiful and Gina LaMarca was no exception. The voluptuous beauty is half Italian half American. LaMarca was born on in 1969 in the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The brown-eyed and red-haired beauty oozed sexuality and became the Penthouse Pet of May 1993. Gina was tlater named the Penthouse Pet of the Year 1995. She went on to appear in several Penthouse videos and made the transition from adult magazine model to art house adult film actress in the mid 1990s. LaMarca was renowned for her dynamic style and highly distinctive V-shaped triangle of pubic hair which was featured in master erotic photographer Philip Mond's cult classic soft core film Zazel: The Scent of Love. Zazel won seven AVN awards, and is perhaps the most beautiful erotic film ever made. If porn was ever art, it was Zazel that set the bar.

By the time the 1990′s started, it was not all that uncommon for the pinup models in the centerfolds of popular men’s magazines to also be featured in softcore artsy movies. Although technically they would be videos since the adult movie theater business was dying as early as the 1980s, as the adult video or VCR market was exploding. The likes of Hustler, High Society, and their many offshoots were filled with models who were softcore sex symbols and secondarily did the magazine circuit. The honor of being a Penthouse Pet meant a big deal for sales, and Zazel was a big success with its all star cast of pets.

Philip Mond’s Zazel : The Scent of Love focuses on sensual imagery as much as sexual heat. Zazel is assigned to create the most arousing scent ever as part of the hunt for the perfect perfume. Some of the deepest and most erotic fantasies ensue, in settings whose beauty rivals that of the performers including Gina LaMarca and other Penthouse Pets.