(I started writing this review after my first visit, but didn't finish until after my second, so now I'm able to report on this experience based on both visits.)
Finally managed to make an appointment today with "Laura"... every time I'd called before to ask was she available, it was like "no, not today" or "not tonight" or "she's on vacation over the holidays" (translated from French).
So today I got the answering machine and left a message that I wanted an appointment with Laura. Andre called me back to say no problem, so at the appropriate time I headed that way.
I don't know what I was expecting exactly, but Andre had stressed on the phone that this was real tantric and that there would be no ejaculation. I was willing to take the chance that it would be worthwhile anyway (based on
another message here about Laura). I also kind of got the impression that this was a small opeation, with only Andre and Laura working there, and that maybe they were even a couple. SHRUG
Turns out the place is really trying to be a bit of a competitor to Jean Claude's place on St. Timothee... Andre is the manager and he has more than one girl working for him (but possibly only one at any given time though). I got there - it was an apartment in a decent building and when in the entrance vestibule of the apartment I saw that they had screened off what I assumed was the livingroom/kitchen area (never saw in there) and besides the bathroom there was only one other room - the bedroom. In it was a hanging screen dividing the room leaving only a massage table and enough space to walk around it. So it's pretty obvious that they can only handle one client at a time.
Looking forward to Laura, I was disappointed to find I'd been a victim of the old bait and switch. Sophie was who I was getting and Laura "was not there". But she was reasonably decent looking, about 30, petite with a certain cuteness I found attractive. Andre assured me she was as good as Laura and since I was already there, well, I went for it.
The session started off with Sophie asking me to take 3 deep breaths (oh no, not this again!) while she had one hand up between my shoulder blades and the other just above my butt. She started the massage fairly gently, but not so gentle as to make it sensual and unfortunately not strongly enough to be a decent massage... more like just running her palms over my back and legs and the oil/gel she was using didn't slide very well and felt sticky. She wasn't shy about brushing between my legs, but she too announced early on that there would be no ejaculation... this was "true tantric" she said. SIGH
Anyway, she did brush my dick several times but never enough to get me hard, and she allowed my hands to wander around her, but NOT under any clothing (nor would she remove any). During this time we chatted and I'd like to think that we established a bit of a rapport. I won't go into details about how the session ended, except that she did finally get a bit more serious and that I left happy. No tip was asked for or hinted at, but I did leave a small token (in line with the standard - perhaps slightly more).
Would I go back? Not sure. I think there are better places, with more of a sure thing, and this one was a bit of a drive for me (out near the Olympic Stadium). I'm pretty sure this is strongly a YMMV place, with the norm being
their no ejaculation standard. But I wouldn't mind seeing Sophie socially (ok, so I dream in color!) even though I probably won't go to this place again.
Anyway, I did go back a few days later and saw Sophie again. She's really a tease, and it appears that she'd be very happy just to "skirt around the issue" for the entire massage, but when time was starting to run out and I pulled her up from massaging my feet and guided her hands to where it hurt
she got with the program pretty quickly.
This second time she was much less the attentive GFE that I'd glimpsed the first visit. Don't know why this was, especially since she'd been rather nice the first time and I'd felt we clicked (and I tipped perhaps slightly more than the norm). This time I was her first client of the day (she only starts at 1 pm) and perhaps she just wasn't in the mood then/yet.
One thing I didn't like either visit was that at the end she just tossed a kleenex box to me so I could clean myself up. I hate it when someone does that. (The nicest is when they get a hot towel and tenderly clean you up nicely.)
In any case, now I can say with certainty that I would not visit again.
My 50 cent review.