massage · Amsterdam
Body to body massage in Amsterdam without the bathroom
Body to body is full-contact oil work in which she uses her own body rather than only her hands to give the session, and the practical reason it appears on a site written for working weeks is that it needs no gel and leaves nothing to rinse. That puts it in the same category as the oil formats for planning purposes: it fits a compact room, it fits a late start, and it does not add half an hour to the end of the evening. What it adds instead is contact and warmth across a much larger area than a pair of hands can cover, which is why it reads as a warmer session than an ordinary oil hour at the same length. It is given on the bed rather than on a table. Whichever therapist takes the booking decides what her session includes and says where her limits are before it starts.
Origins
Full-contact work is the oldest idea in this list and the one with the least written history, because for most of its existence it was not a named format with a page of its own. What gave it a name in Europe was the massage trade of the nineteen eighties and nineties, which needed vocabulary to distinguish what it offered from clinical treatment. The version given on a bed in a booked room is a direct simplification of the version given on a table, with the table removed because an outcall practice cannot carry one up three flights of canal house stairs.
The technique
Oil goes on heavier than in a hand-only session, because the whole surface has to glide rather than drag. She works along the length of the back and legs with her forearms and body weight, keeping the contact continuous through every change of position, and the pressure comes from how she distributes her weight rather than from pushing. Where a room is small she keeps the work to one side of the bed, which also keeps it quiet. Nothing about it requires a shower afterwards, though the option is there.
What to expect
The setting up is the same as any oil session and takes about the same four minutes: lamp, heating, towels over the bed. The difference begins once the work does. Ordinary hand work opens the session and warms the skin, and the full-contact passes come in after that rather than at the start, because they need a body that has already stopped bracing. The sensation is broad rather than pointed, and most people find the change from hands to full contact happens without a clear boundary. With a therapist each, the two sessions run independently and the room is busier than a single booking but not louder. She states her limits at the start in her own words and they hold for the visit.
Who it suits
Couples who want more than a quiet oil hour without the bathroom logistics of gel or foam. The evening before a morning that starts at a civilised hour rather than a punishing one. Two people in a compact central room. It is also a reasonable second booking later in the same trip, once an oil session has established what the two of you actually like.
Benefits
Warmth over a large area does something for a body that has spent nine hours in air conditioning that no amount of hand pressure achieves. Couples who find ordinary oil work too quiet and gel formats too much trouble usually land here, and it is the one that most often gets rebooked on the second evening of a trip.
Length
Sixty minutes at 360 euros for two of you sharing one therapist works, though ninety at 540 is the length that lets the hand work and the contact work both have room. Two hours at 720 suits the free evening. The format holds up across an eight hour block better than the gel formats do, because nothing about it has to be reset partway through.
At your address
Body to body massage for two in a hotel room or apartment in central Amsterdam, sixty minutes to eight hours, no gel and nothing to rinse, outcall only.
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The figures
Body-to-Body Massage by the hour
| 1 hour | €180 |
|---|---|
| 2 hours | €360 |
| 3 hours | €540 |
| Overnight (8h) | €1,250 |
Asked before booking
Questions
Is this the same as nuru?
No. Nuru uses a thick gel and a prepared surface and ends with a shower that both of you will need. Body to body uses ordinary massage oil on the bed and needs neither. They feel related and they plan completely differently, which is why one belongs on a weekday and the other on the night before a free morning.
Will it work on a standard double bed?
Yes. It is designed for a bed rather than a table, and a standard double is what most of these bookings happen on. A softer mattress changes how she distributes weight and she will adjust for it in the first few minutes without being asked.
We are in a room with thin walls and neighbours. Is this a quiet format?
Quieter than the gel and water formats, which involve a bathroom, and about the same as an ordinary oil session. Say in the thread that sound is a concern and she will keep the work to the far side of the bed and skip anything that involves moving furniture.
Can we book one therapist and both have this in one evening?
Yes. One therapist between you at 360 euros an hour gives each of you part of the session with one changeover, and ninety minutes at 540 is the shortest booking where that division leaves both halves worth having. An hour split two ways is thin.
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