Maison Close: Fancy Underwear For Upscale Window Shoppers

If you like your lingerie sold without international burlesque stars—or in some case, without the lingerie—you might enjoy the online catalog for French undie maker Maison Close. The collection is bit limited, and the website a bit too Flash-y, but they do have a gorgeous model showing off their barely-there unmentionables and designer spanking rulers. Sometimes the clothes aren't even there at all, which means the store is losing a lot of money or people are buying luxury air. It sure doesn't hurt to browse though.

· Maison Close (maison-close.com)

Rubber 55: Latex Goes Viral

We've mentioned Coco De Mer in passing before, because it's the place to buy some of our favorite overpriced luxury toys, but if you've never taken the time to explore their online realm, now is as good a moment as any. Obviously, the store is your first stop on the tour, with fancy bondage gear, high-tech vibrators, lingerie and more spanking paddles than you can shake an ass at. But there's more than just money making to be done, as the site also includes the "Coco Club" where the webmasters posts ... pretty much whatever strikes their fancy. There's a blog, dirty movies, and erotic photo sets that having nothing to do with the shop beyond a desire to show off their kinky side. Oh, wait ... we guess that has everything to do with their kinky side.

· Coco De Mer - Erotic Luxury (cocodemerusa.com)

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Marital Aid Test Kitchen: The Odyssey Tickles More Than Just Your Fancy

The design connoisseurs at Crib Candy present a collection of 25 pieces of "furniture, decoration and accessories that will send the right message when you bring someone back to your crib" (i.e., "I am flush enough to be able to afford over a thousand dollars on a custom built mahogany and bamboo silk sex chair, and therefore you should boink me.") Of course, we here at Fleshbot Central are already up to our dirtpipes in sexy design books, bug porn, and infidelity kits ... but if anyone wants to pick us up some public sex-themed planters or a set of boobshelves, we couldn't think of a more appropriate hostess gift the next time you come visit.

· "25 sexy times at home" (cribcandy.com - thanks Sturtle)

A friend recently told me that he thinks everyone should own at least one butt toy. As something of a butt sex enthusiast, I couldn't agree more: but before you make your butt toy purchase, it's important to figure out just what butt toy is right for you. Sure, you could always go the butt plug route, but if butt plugs aren't your style, or if you're in the mood to mix it up, you might want to consider the lovely wooden Flip dildo. Yes, I said wood.

The original Nubby G was my first love. With its curved neck and a nubby ring around the base, it was perfectly constructed to stimulate the g-spot as it tickled your clit (or anus, if you prefer). Oh, and it was cheap, too: an important concern for a broke young college student.

But then I learned about phthalates, and suddenly the Nubby G's jelly rubber skin seemed far less inviting. Sure, I could always be safe and put a condom on it - but somehow, it just wasn't the same. I abandoned the Nubby G and went in search of other toys, hoping that I'd find one that could compare - and wouldn't raise my risk of a nasty disease.

You probably haven't noticed this before because advertising is such a subtle and sophisticated art form, but companies that sell things will occasionally use sexual imagery in their sales pitches in an effort to entice you buy their products. It's true! By showcasing their wares alongside something else that the public finds appealing—a beautiful woman, an romantic story, vaginas—the consumer will subconsciously associate that product with their sexual urges ... and then act on that urge by buying lite beer or awful-smelling body sprays. Again, you probably weren't even aware this was happening because marketing executives are like trickster gods that can convince you to do their bidding and pay for the privilege of doing so. You should study advertising blog TrendHunter's list of the top sexual ads of recent memory (or our "advertising" tag page, where you've seen many of these pitches before) so that you will be better prepared to handle them in real life. Now if you'll excuse us, we just remembered that we have to go buy a sandwich or a car or something.

· Top 67 Naughty Ads - Sex Sells (trendhunter.com, via shakewellbeforeuse.com)