Raven haired companions and six ways to start the conversation

Angelika plays tennis most mornings and spends free afternoons with contemporary art. Ask about the pieces scattered through the estate's squares and you get a tour, part generous, part merciless. Her evenings end near a live band, ideally in Cabot Place with the stage in full view. Seven is her usual first slot.

Danielle speaks slowly and means every word. Classic cinema, poetry and the quiet rooms of museums are her ground, and a late screening in Stratford is her idea of a good first evening. Bring an opinion about a final reel. Hers will be stronger, and she will enjoy the disagreement over supper.

Karolina plays the piano, goes to the opera and reads a city through its buildings. In Limehouse she walks you from Hawksmoor's church down to the basin and explains why old stone and new glass get along. Precise, dry, never loud. Weeknights with a clear shape suit her best.

Milena decides quickly and likes guests who do the same. Tennis, ceramics and serious coffee fill her days; Wood Wharf fills her evenings, with dinner on the water and a long walk after. She is 175 cm, glossy and direct, and says yes to a full night as readily as to dinner, which is why she features on the overnight itinerary.

Roxi keeps a podcast for every mood and trains at a boxing gym, which gives her quick feet and quicker jokes. She loves the water at Royal Victoria Dock, where wakeboarders cut across under the airport flight path, and changes into something bright the moment the light goes.

Violetta collects first editions, swims long distances and loves stand-up comedy delivered deadpan. Nobody on the range stands taller than her 178 cm. Her Greenwich dinner looks across the river at the towers, and on the walk home she talks little and notices everything.

If conversation is the main event, give it room. Two hours at £500 lets a dinner breathe; three hours at £700 fits a film, a concert or an architecture walk inside the evening without anyone watching a clock. Every other length appears on the rates page.

And if black hair is where you started but not where you need to finish, the brunettes floor holds several near-black shades, while statuesque shares four names with this page: Angelika, Karolina, Milena and Violetta.