massage · Amsterdam · From €180
Body to body massage in Amsterdam when you get back late
Body to body massage is full contact oil work, in which she uses her body as well as her hands. It is often booked late in an evening, and the reason is that it combines a great deal of contact with almost no preparation. There is no gel, no mat and nothing to rinse off afterwards, so it fits a hotel room you have just walked back into and a guest who would like to go to sleep soon after she leaves. It is complete at sixty minutes and comfortable at ninety.
Origins
Full contact bodywork is far older than the name now attached to it. Bathhouse traditions in several parts of the world used the attendant's whole body rather than only the hands, and the oil-based version travelled into European practice in the second half of the last century, keeping the idea and dropping the bathhouse.
The technique
Warm oil is applied generously and replenished through the session. She uses forearms, torso and legs as well as hands, in long gliding movements that follow the length of the body rather than working small areas. Weight is spread, never pressed into a single point. Pace is slow and even. What the session includes is her decision and is said at the start.
What to expect
The setting-up takes a few minutes: heating up, a lamp instead of the ceiling light, oil warmed in her hands or in a bottle under hot water, towels laid over the bed. She tells you her limits before the session begins, and they apply to the whole of it. The work starts with the hands and moves to fuller contact as the session goes on, always slowly and always with warm oil. When it ends, a warm towel takes most of the oil away and the rest can wait until morning.
Who it suits
Guests coming back late who want contact rather than conversation. Anyone in a hotel room with a small or awkward bathroom. Guests who have had a few drinks and want a full-contact format with no setting up. It suits less well a guest who wants a playful, bathroom-centred session, which is what soapy work is for.
Benefits
It gives a great deal of contact for very little fuss. After an evening of standing, sitting and talking, broad warm contact over the whole body is an effective way of switching off, and because nothing has to be cleaned up afterwards, the calm lasts into sleep instead of being broken by a trip to the shower.
Length
Sixty minutes at 180 euros is a complete session in this format. Ninety minutes at 270 suits a guest who wants the pace slower still. Two hours at 360 fits an evening that ended early. For two therapists on one guest, the figure is 360 euros an hour.
At your address
Body to body massage in your hotel room or apartment in central Amsterdam, full contact oil work with nothing to rinse, booked from the restaurant, the theatre or the ride back, outcall only.
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Questions
Asked before the booking goes out
Why is this booked so often late in the evening?
Because it asks almost nothing of the room. There is no gel to warm and no bathroom to prepare, and a warm towel at the end replaces the shower. For a guest who has just walked back in, that simplicity matters.
Is it very different from nuru?
Both are full contact. Nuru uses a slippery gel and needs a proper shower afterwards; body to body uses oil and does not. After a long evening, the oil version is usually the more comfortable choice.
Can I have two therapists for this?
Yes. Two therapists on one guest is 360 euros an hour, and half the fee is confirmed in advance for any two-therapist booking. Say so in the first message, because two women need to be free at the same hour.
Will it keep me awake?
It tends to do the opposite. Warm oil and broad contact are relaxing, and most guests find sleep comes easily once she has gone.
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