Often, blandishments.something, as an action or speech, that tends to flatter, coax, entice, etc.: Our blandishments left him unmoved. We succumbed to the blandishments of tropical living.
blan·dish (blān'dĭsh) tr.v.
blan·dished, blan·dish·ing, blan·dish·es To coax by flattery or wheedling; cajole.
[Middle English blandishen, from Old French blandir, blandiss-, from Latin blandīrī, from blandus, flattering; see mel-1 in Indo-European roots.] blan'dish·er n., blan'dish·ment n.