They're flat on their back with their eyes locked on yours, and you're working satin-slick lotion over their chest and ribs slowly enough to make them squirm and swear at you. It's Earthly Body's Hemp Seed Massage Lotion, a 60 mL bottle of satin glide that turns a rubdown into the filthiest kind of foreplay.
This is the Kashmir Musk version, the moody one of the family. Its siblings go floral, sweet or spa-fresh. Musk smells like something going on behind a closed door, which is exactly where you want it. The lotion has a satin feel and a deep-moisturising blend of hemp seed and argan oils, so your palms keep sliding over shoulders, ribs and hips without snagging.
Slippery elm, and they're not kidding
Scan the label and you'll find slippery elm bark, a damn honest thing to put in a massage lotion. Next to it are aloe, chamomile, oat, ginseng and evening primrose, plus safflower and coconut oils. Earthly Body designed it to leave skin feeling smooth and nourished, so your second pass over their thighs feels even better than the first.
A bottle that goes wherever the rubdown does
The bottle's small enough to come home with you, whether that's a hotel, a new flat or your partner's place, and it sits right by the bed so a slick hand can grab another squeeze mid-rubdown before anyone has a chance to cool off. Keep it on the outside, though: it's a lotion, not a lube, so when fingers wander between legs, swap to a proper lube. It contains coconut oil, so anyone with touchy skin should read the ingredients first.
Musk in the air, satin under your hands, and a rubdown that ends with nobody's fucking clothes on.