Choosing
How to choose a massage when the menu means nothing to you
Four questions that narrow thirteen treatments down to one, without needing to understand any of them first.
Published 28 January 2026 · 2 min read
A salon menu is written for people who already know what the words mean, which is a small fraction of the people reading it. If you are in the larger group, ignore the names entirely and answer four questions instead.
1. Do you want to be relaxed, or do you want to be surprised?
This is the biggest single fork. If you want your body to genuinely let go — you are tired, wound up, sleeping badly — you want tantra, and you want at least ninety minutes of it. If you want an experience you have not had before, you want nuru or a foam massage, both of which are physically unlike anything else.
2. Do you want real physical pressure?
Some people want a massage that is also sensual. Others want something sensual that is also a massage. If you would be disappointed by an hour with no proper physical work in it, choose body to body — the oil grips, so there is genuine pressure. Nuru, by design, has almost none.
3. How long can you actually stay?
- Thirty minutes — a base erotic massage. Anything more elaborate will feel rushed.
- Sixty minutes — the FOX massage, body to body, or nuru. This is the standard for a reason.
- Ninety minutes — tantra or lingam, where the pacing needs the room.
- Two hours — tantra, or a couples session, or a mix built from two techniques.
4. Are you coming alone?
If you are coming as a couple, the answer is the couples massage, and specifically the version where the therapist teaches you both a technique rather than working on you in turn. If you are alone and want something more theatrical than personal, the show is a different kind of evening entirely.
Still undecided?
Book the FOX massage. It exists precisely because this decision is difficult: it combines body to body, tantric pacing and optional lingam technique in one hour, and it is shaped around what you respond to rather than a fixed sequence. It is what we recommend to nearly everyone who says they do not know where to start.
Failing that, describe what you want in plain language when you message us — 'I am exhausted and want to switch off' is a more useful brief than any treatment name, and it is one we can act on immediately.
