UPDATE AUGUST 2024: This wood dildo is no longer in production; it looks like Nobessence has closed up shop. This sex toy review remains as a reference. While you’re here, why not check out some additional educational info – like online submissive tasks, beginner pegging positions, saran wrap bondage, and enema 101 info.
The Nobessence Allure is a wooden dildo made by Nobessence. This dildo is ten inches long with a diameter, at the widest end, of slightly over an inch and a half. The dildo includes two separate ends for two different sensations, and the entire wooden sex toy is very smooth to the touch.
The packaging for the Nobessence Allure is very unique. The box comes with a top and bottom – almost like a shoebox except it pulls off horizontally instead of veritcally. Inside, the Nobessence Allure sits in the padded box. The box is padded on the sides with a foam insert covering the top. It comes with a short instruction book about the features of the toy as well as cleaning and care instructions. The box itself doesn’t fasten shut, so you can’t grab it by just one of the ends, but as long as no one is attempting to open it, it stays shut. The cardboard is very sturdy, and it will easily hold up to items being placed on top of it. Also, as the only portion of the box that talks about the toy is the bottom of the box where there is a description, this box is extremely discreet as well.
One of the most amazing things about the Nobessence dildos is that they are called “pleasure sculptures” – and for good reason! Each one of these gorgeous sex toys is actually made from wood, but you don’t have to worry about splinters. It’s covered with a Lubrosity coating that makes the dildo completely smooth to the touch. The dildo just glides perfectly against the skin. However, the Lubrosity coating makes it so the dildo does not splinter nor cause problems. The entire dildo is hand-made, and it shows that the creators cared as there aren’t any flaws (at all!), and everything is completely smooth and precise. I’m really, really impressed.
A couple other materials really have the same properties as wood – stainless steel, glass, and lucite. They are all rigid and have no give while still being completely smooth and requiring very little lubricant. The neat thing about wood (and this dildo in particular) is the fact that it’s so light! Stainless steel and glass sex toys end up being pretty heavy, but the wood is very light-weight. Lucite is light-weight as well, but as it’s completely smooth with no texture at all, wood, again, is different.
Yes, the wood has a texture, but it’s very, very, very slight. It’s not an intentional texture, but it’s actually the grain of the wood that can be felt on the surface. You can’t feel it during use, but you can certainly feel it with your hands, and it just feels really “sexy”. It doesn’t cause any pain at all, and it actually just adds another dimension to the artistic aspect of this wooden dildo.
The Nobessence Allure is an interesting, double-sided wooden dildo. On one end, you have a larger bulb that is about an inch and a half in diameter. On the opposite end, you have four smaller, graduated-in-size bulbs that start off at about a bit less than an inch and slowly get to about the same size as the larger bulb. Each end is free of any imperfections, and the amazing thing about this dildo is that, whether you want to use one end or the other, the opposing end always works perfectly as a great handle. The beaded end works much better as a handle, but the large bulb on the opposite end still provides an easy way to grip the dildo as well. This makes it perfect for stronger thrusting as you can keep a tight grip.
The beaded end is really neat. It works vaginally, but I can’t say that it was the most pleasant thing when used vaginally. With thrusting, though, it can definitely feel really interesting as very few dildos actually have this texture, and off the top of my head, I can’t think of a single stainless steel, glass, or lucite dildo that has this texture to be used vaginally. We mostly used the beaded end anally, and as the toy is about ten inches long, it’d be difficult to lose anally – even without a flared base. If you’re concerned, though, I’d recommend using this one with a partner or submissive. The beads progressively get larger, and there’s enough of an indent between each bead to make it really pleasurable when the next largest size is inserted.
The larger, bulb end is pleasurable as well. If you enjoy a filling sensation up against your g-spot, this is just downright perfect. It’s hard to find a dildo with a shaft as small as this with a large, filling bulb to hit the g-spot. The bulb does rub up against the g-spot, and with the beaded end on the opposite end, you can easily thrust this dildo or rock against it. I find that rocking against it seems to work best. It can easily be angled to thrust the large bulbed end up against the g-spot as well. Because of the light-weight material, your wrist doesn’t get tired which is always a plus for me. Another great aspect is that, while this end is large, it only takes a moderate warm-up to be able to insert it. Because of how slick and light-weight this Nobessence dildo is, it inserts with very little lubrication and slides perfectly. I love it!
Cleaning this Nob Essence dildo is really easy to do. It can be cleaned with warm water and anti-bacterial soap for regular use, and it could be cleaned with bleach if you needed to sterilize for multiple-person use. As this dildo is longer than the standard condom, you’ll want to be careful when protecting it with condoms between multiple partners. It’s compatible with any type of lubricant, and it can easily be stored in the box that it came in. The box is a bit large, but it does protect the Nobessence dildo nicely.
I really, really like the Nobessence Allure. I can easily see why they call their dildos “pleasure sculptures”. All of their toys that I have tried so far have exceeded my expectations by a wide margin, and the Nobessence Allure is no different. While I like my Nobessence Seduction dildo more, I still love this one, and I love the dual uses of this wooden dildo. Plus, the moderate-yet-large size will work for most people, and the g-spot end actually hits my g-spot! As another plus, the dildo is meant to work amazingly for both anal or vaginal use which makes it a good candidate for a toy for couples to share! Thanks to FunWares for providing this wooden sex toy for my Nobessence Allure review.
