The Reading Room

Puberty: The original gaslight?

Know your body, learn your ways, trust your gut. We so often hear the phrases ‘trust your gut’, ‘gut instinct’ and the importance of this, especia...

What makes something Iconic?

25 years of Pioneering Pleasure, courtesy of Coco de Mer. There is always an air of excitement in London when Fashion Week beckons - new names to w...

A Beautiful Mind

Nourishing your pleasurable curiosities with The Salons We exist to shine a light on the life-changing power of female sensuality, and want our Hom...

The Glossary of Pleasure

Desire has a vocabulary of its own, and half the fun of exploring it is learning the words for what you may have felt, but never quite named. Given...

Reactive Desire: The Allure of Planning Ahead

Waiting for the Spark? You May Just Need to Light It Yourself There is a moment - possibly more than just one - when you realise the body and desir...

Suppressing Pleasure: the quiet disappearance of desire

“Not tonight, I’ve got a terrible headache...” We’re all familiar with the many obstacles that can get in the way of intimacy, some genuine, some ...

Elysian

It is such a pleasure to introduce our new AW26 Collection: Elysian. Elysian: adj; Blissful, delightful. Usually relating to a divine, peaceful, o...

The Joy of Sex

Pleasure, science, vulnerability - The ultimate odyssey: the importance of knowing yourself. Fifty-four years ago, Alex Comfort published ‘The Joy ...

Murder at The Hotel Orient

To celebrate the launch of Murder at the Hotel Orient by Alessandro Ranelli, we’re delighted to welcome the author to the Reading Room for a specia...

Spring Sapiosexuals: The Coco de Mer Reading List

With lighter days starting to settle in and the year slowly opening up, it feels like the right moment for a new Coco de Mer Reading List. A curate...

Knowing your Body: PMDD & The Cyclical Self

April is a significant month in the calendar, marked by a number of awareness campaigns across health and wellbeing, including those centred on men...

Botivo x Coco de Mer : Pleasure, Bottled.

Introducing our Limited-Edition Aphrodisiac-Inspired Aperitivo A celebration of craft, storytelling and British making It is such a pleasure to an...