Well, Folks, there’s a new lubricant in town, System Jo Agapé Personal Lubricant!

System JO Agapé Personal Lubricant is part of System JO’s Women line, a line of lubricant products especially developed by women for women and their particular sensitivities. Way to go JO! I love a company that develops with our needs in mind!

System JO Agapé Personal is a water-based lubricant that is glycerin free, one of the reasons I wanted to try it out. As you may know, there is a possible link between glycerin and increased yeast infections. I actually do not get yeast infections but have other allergies and sensitivities. I’m slightly over-cautious, so I figure, why bother taking the chance? Agapé is also fragrance free, latex safe (meaning good for use with condoms), and comes with an expiration date. Now if you’re like me, and I hope you’re not, you sometimes have products forever. Usually I run out of my lube so this isn’t an issue. However, I find the expiration date comforting. If I do happen to stick a bottle in the back of the cupboard and forget about it, when I finally run across it I’ll absolutely know if it’s still safe to use.

I love System JO’s packaging. Up close it clearly says “personal lubricant”, so people are going to know what it is. From afar, however, System JO looks to me more like a hair care product than anything sexual. Even the name is less naughty than most. So if you happen to leave it out, which I did (doh!), no one will likely notice you’ve got lubricant hanging around. Worked for me…phew! System JO Agapé’s pump bottle works very well. I can easily control the amount of lubricant I’m using and the pump makes sure it ends up on my fingers, my toys, my Man, and not on the bedding.

The consistency of System JO Agapé exceeded my expectations. In the bottle it looks quite liquidy. I like my lubricant a little thicker so it doesn’t make much of a mess. I was expecting Agapé to flow all over the place. Much to my happy surprise, it held fast where I put it. I can even pump it onto my finger, hold my finger upside down, and it stays put! Now, if I slop it on a toy or my Man it will spread. Of course, I want it to, I just want a controlled spread. Yep, I’m a weirdo, but who wants to play in a river of lube? Not me!

System JO Agapé is slick and smooth, slippery and silky. This may sound crazy but it gives me the feeling it’s actually moisturizing my toys and skin when I use it. Ok, I know it’s not a moisturizer but it feels that soft and good. With Agapé, clean up is a breeze. It’s water-based so you can simply wash it off with warm water or wipe it down with a towel. It dries nicely on my skin with no trace or residue, and is not sticky or tacky so I can relax after play time without having to jump up and clean myself off. For me, this is always an important quality in a water-based lubricant.

System JO Agapé Personal Lubricant has virtually no scent, but it really doesn’t taste good. As we all know, I am not a fan of lubricant in my mouth, but I did taste it so I could report back. It has a strong, somewhat sharp taste that I find unpleasant. However, if you’re looking for an edible lubricant, System JO has their H2O Flavored line with 12 flavors such as watermelon, banana, tangerine, and chocolate. I haven’t tried any of them but they come highly recommended and I’m very impressed with the variety!

System JO Agapé Personal Lubricant contains the following ingredients:
Methyl paraben, Propylene glycol Propyl paraben, Sodium Carboxy methyl cellulose, Purified water.

I also have the System JO Agapé Warming Personal Lubricant. The ingredients are the same as the regular Agapé, with the addition of Mentha Piperita, which is Peppermint. It has a very faint minty smell, almost like that of an Icy Hot type of product but it’s barely there. I am very sensitive to scents, and I practically have to stick it up my nose to smell it. It tastes the same as regular Agapé with a slight tingle on my tongue.

Agapé Warming is actually my first warming lubricant and it was a bit of a let down. Now, it does have all the great qualities of Agapé regular, which I highly recommend. However, I I was expecting something more from the warming aspect. I do feel a very slight heat and a very slight tingle…but I really have to concentrate to feel it. If I were doing a blind test, I doubt I’d be able to tell the difference. When used one after the other, I really can’t. On the one hand, I was hoping for something with a bit of a kick. After all, I love sensation play. On the other hand, I certainly don’t want anything that’s going to be over the top uncomfortable. So I prefer System JO err on the side of caution. At least this way, it’s like having an extra bottle of regular Agapé in my toy chest.

Final comments:

• System JO Agapé – Recommend if you don’t mind parabens!
• System JO Agapé Warming – For the additional $.38-42, give it a try. It may warm you, and if it doesn’t you’ve still got a good water-based lubricant!

You can find System JO Lubricants at the following stores:

EdenFantasys
System JO
Tickle

Unfortunately, as these lubricants contain parabens, I had to downgrade them.

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