The only reason I would might avoid exotic would be because it's more telling than showing. I got similar feedback for using the term sultry without actually showing anything. The fixed version "shows" quite a bit. :-)
Dirk
I tend to agree with Norm on this. What would be defined by one might not be the same as another. Use the generic word exotic, but make sure you follow it up with what your definition of that is by describing the person. Exotic, boring, eclectic, eccentric, the list goes on and on and can be used for any nationality, gender, race, or sexual orientation. It's only a word with a generic meaning without specific insight to the person, it's up to you to provide that insight.
Off the wall examples:
Most days PByrd would dress in brown pants, brown shirt, and brown shoes. No color whatsoever. Her personality matched because she'd rather sit at her computer all day writing instead of interacting with others. Boring, that's what she was...
OR: Most days, PByrd dressed in a Hawaiian floral skirt, bright red shirt, and wore a flower leis around her neck. Her personality was heated the way her brown eyes gazed into mine, warming every part of me to my toes. She was exotic in a way that only free-thinking Southern women could be.
For those of you that I communicate with on a regular basis, neither of those descriptions really apply to me.
Philisha
