What do you mean?

'Today, the term courtesan has become a euphemism to designate an escort or a prostitute, especially one who attracts wealthy clients.'

This is taken from Wikipedia (the source of all knowledge).

What are you asking?  What are the most expensive providers like?  The ones that appeal to the guys with the biggest pocketbooks?

She's gotta give a 110% :D

There's a lot of truth to this in any field...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1F4W0R1Zr_8

As for falling for her, nope... the courtesan usually needs to try hard not to fall for ME!  

...of course, provider is itself a euphemism for _________ (fill in the blank).

If you really are looking for a courtesan, you have to have "fuck you money".  Then you can find someone like Pamela Harriman.

http://scandalouswoman.blogspot.com/2009/07/last-courtesan-life-of-pamela-digby.html

Thats a good question.

I am a very nice to my clients, try to keep up with current events and a wide variety of topics, can carry on a halfway intelligent conversation, can pronounce half of the wines correctly at a restaurant, work out when I have time, maintain a good (but not designer) wardrobe, and am somewhat sexually versatile.  But I couldn't call myself a courtesan with a straight face.  So to answer your question, I have absolutely no idea.  

This book truly explains the life of a courtesan.

Hugs and Kisses

sexually but also mentally.  She knows how to make you feel like a king during the entire session, not just while you are climaxing.  These ladies are usually MILF's who have plenty of experience in makeing a guy feel special.

I've worked as a courtesan for almost 10 years now with many wonderful gentlemen. Distinguished gentlemen partake of a courtesans charms and education. A courtesan is a companion with whom you may travel or take on leisurely dates among your friends or business associates and never worry that anyone will think of her as anything but a well educated and beautiful woman. She usually has degrees from a top college and speaks more than one language. Her knowledge of world events and up to the minute political and social changes would amaze you. She carries a passport at all times where if the moment strikes you for a getawy she is prepared. A courtesan may also be your getaway from a stressful day or significant other. Our time is compensated for on different levels. We are usually considered kept woman because we may only have one gentlemen or two that we see all the time. We leave our time open for their needs. The compensation is at a much higher level than a provider or escort. The major difference you will find is a courtesans duties are to do more than fulfill your erotic desires. Her intellectual companionship is one of the key factors to being solely available to her companion. She will have a wardrobe of the finest clothes that usually another gentlemens money has bought. She will always present herself to you with impeccable manners and complete gracious qualities.

Does this answer your question...

'The Book of the Courtesans' by Susan Griffin. Amusingly, the book features a profile on a courtesan famous for her cooking.

'The Art of Seduction' by Robert Greene. While not about courtesans per se, it does present some accounts of the charm skills of famous historical courtesans.

Someone wrote a negative comment about the "romanticism" of courtesans. Courtesans are about the romance of the encounter. When a provider refers to themselves as courtesan, they are communicating they seek a different kind of interaction.