Sensation Play in an erotic or sexual context is an activity where the senses are purposely engaged in order to heighten sexual arousal and erotic pleasure, to intensify sexual orgasms, or to increase sensual awareness.
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It can involve a broad range of sensory practices, which include Impact Play, Wax Play, Temperature Play, Needle Play, electrostimulation, and sensory deprivation, among other types of activities.
Commonly used synonyms for Sensation Play are Sensual Play or Sensory Play. Mind that Sensation Play relates to all the five senses, that is: sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch.
Although Sensation Play can be part of BDSM, kink, and fetish practices, it’s likewise a rather common form of intimate romantic and erotic interaction between couples. It may also be part of a regular massage session that’s devoid of erotic or sexual elements, simply to heighten body awareness and intensify the massage experience.
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In lovemaking, Sensation Play is usually meant to be light and erotically pleasing, for instance by using feathers, oils, ice, music, and such.
In BDSM practices, Sensation Play is usually applied in a dominance and submission (or sadomasochism) roleplaying setting, which includes activities such as sensory deprivation (using blindfolds, earplugs, and such), spanking, clamping, flogging, and genital “torture,” sometimes rather making it a form of Pain Play.
Nevertheless, the activities in Sensation Play that are classically associated with BDSM, kink, and fetish practices can likewise be part of intimate lovemaking, albeit usually carried out in a “softer” form.
