Sensual and erotic oil are the menu names for slow, atmosphere-led massage, the first defined by mood and the second by its warmed oil.
Sensual massage and erotic oil massage sit next to each other on almost every Amsterdam listing, and many buyers take them as synonyms. They are close relatives rather than twins, and knowing the difference makes the request in the booking thread clearer.
Sensual is the gentlest of the named techniques and the broadest in meaning. It describes a session defined by atmosphere: a warm, dim room, an unhurried pace and a light touch. It carries no requirement for a particular medium and no ritual framework, which is what separates it from tantra. For a client new to this kind of booking it is often the natural starting point, because it asks the least of him in advance. The sensual massage page describes it in more depth.
Erotic oil massage is named for its medium. Warm oil is the constant, and the name keeps it apart from body-to-body, which shares the oil but belongs to the full-contact family. Buyers who like the feel of oil but want something closer to a classical massage in structure tend to choose it.
A third name, naked massage, is often searched alongside these two. On this house's menu it describes a format rather than a technique, and it can be combined with either of the above. It has its own page among the services.
None of these names changes the price. They are all booked on the ordinary ladder, which for one client with one therapist runs from the single hour, through ninety minutes at half as much again, to two hours at twice it. The usual deposit conditions apply: a first booking, a session reserved more than a day ahead or anything of three hours or more is confirmed with half the fee. A returning client asking for a sensual hour this evening pays the whole amount on arrival. Every technique on the house list is compared on the services index, and the tantra entry covers the slower, breath-led alternative.