Female guests enjoy a curated circle of male givers to fulfill all their wishes. 6 hours of rituals, art and sensual exploration: shibari, sensory play, oral devotion, bathing ritual, body scrub, footbath and foot massage. How does an erotic evening feel like if you do not have to perform or reciprocate? Cleo, the Tantric Muse, talks about her intimate new edition of Le Salon des Plaisirs.
The freedom to receive
What is Le Salon des Plaisirs, and what makes this experience different?
“It is a space centred on women’s pleasure, where women can receive without the expectation of giving something back.
For generations, women have been conditioned to perform for the masculine gaze: to look good, to please, even to have orgasms for someone else’s satisfaction. Men have their own performance pressures, too. But this particular event centres women and creates a different possibility.
Here, the invitation is to relax into receiving. The atmosphere is softer, erotic and deeply sensual because it is led by the women’s desires.
I have been to many sex-positive events. What feels different here is that the giving is not supposed to be a way of getting something in return. It comes from a different place.”
Men serving women is not a new idea. How does your salon differ from a domination setting?
“When you are holding a space as a dominatrix, you are still holding everything. You are directing the experience. It can be work, and it is not necessarily a situation in which you can completely relax.
What we want to offer is a space where a woman can let go of that responsibility and feel held.
The service is not organised around satisfying the giver’s fantasy. It is about what the woman wants to receive. That distinction is very important to me.”
Who are the people giving these experiences?
“We have men bringing different skills, including professionals and shibari artists. The givers also pay to participate.
That is unusual. Some people do not want to offer their skills under those conditions. Some decide not to return because it feels like work to them.
The people who stay are the ones who help create the atmosphere we are looking for. They want to be in service without expecting something in return. You can feel the difference in that intention.”
Inside the intimate edition
Your previous editions welcomed around ninety guests. Why are you making this one smaller?
“For the last two editions, ninety guests was our maximum capacity. This time, we are creating a small, intimate circle.
There will be around thirteen female guests and around twenty givers.
For the first time at the salon, there will be more givers than receivers. The idea is that the women can receive attention throughout the evening, with more than one person available to care for or entertain them.
Thirteen also has a symbolic significance for me, connected to cycles and the sense of ritual I want to bring into the space.”
What happens when guests arrive?
“We begin with an opening ceremony and a ritual. I want to acknowledge the sacredness of what we are creating together.
Then we move into performances. These are there to awaken something in us and stimulate our appreciation of art.
After that, we have a Human Wine Pairing Ceremony and a sensual dessert buffet. The women sit at a table, receive a gift from us, and are served by the givers. There are desserts, and there is the possibility of being sensually fed.
From there, we move into the free-flow part of the evening.”
What does “free flow” mean in practice?
“There will be approximately four hours in which the women can visit the different stations and choose the experiences they want.
We are planning as many stations as there are female guests. The menu includes massage, shibari, sensory play and oral devotion. There will also be a bathing ritual, a body scrub, a footbath and foot massage.
Each offers a different way of coming back into your body and exploring pleasure.
Some givers host particular stations. We also have stewards who move through the space and can respond to different wishes rather than staying with one experience all evening.”
What is included in the ticket?
“Six hours of programme, the pleasure stations, drinks including prestigious French champagnes and wines, and the sensual dessert experience.
We also have gifts, live music with violin and piano, and two DJs.
I want the evening to bring together pleasure, art, food, music and attention. It is not only about what happens at an individual station.“
Nothing on the menu is an obligation
What if a woman is curious about the salon but does not want to be touched?
„Then she won’t be touched. We are not imposing an experience on anyone. The whole point is that her desires lead.
She might say: I don’t want to be touched, but I would like you to bring me a drink. Or she might want a dessert brought to her.
It is all about: What would YOU really like?
The stations are offers she can visit. They are not experiences she has to accept.“
So receiving does not necessarily mean receiving sexual attention?
„Exactly. What matters is what she actually wants.
If she wants someone to bring her a glass, that can be her request. The experience should follow her desire rather than ask her to fit into something we have already decided for her.“
You have said that pleasure changes when women’s desires come first. What have you observed?
„I used to run both Cock Worship and Goddess Worship workshops: women worshipping men, and men worshipping women. Afterwards, there was a play space.
I could observe how different those spaces became depending on whose desire had been centred first. When the women had been worshipped first, everything was slower. There was less penetration.
Penetration can be beautiful. But in a collective ritual, it may not be the first thing a woman wants. When you take time with her body and allow her to settle into it, other aspects of pleasure can emerge.“
What opens up when there is no expected next step?
„Pleasure becomes less linear. It is no longer necessarily: first I touch you here, then we move to oral sex, then penetration.
When we give the body space to unfold, we discover a whole world of different pathways. That is why sex does not become boring when you practice it with such presence. You can keep being taken somewhere different instead of following the same sequence.“
Another way of giving
In your salon men are serving women. What can they find in this role?
„A space to connect with their capacity to care, to give and to serve from the heart. I think we need examples of healthy masculinity. We also need spaces where men can feel their emotions without believing that this makes them less of a man.
For me, that begins with connection to yourself and empathy towards yourself. If you are disconnected from your own feelings, it becomes harder to connect with someone else’s.
The salon gives that a practical expression. It is not just a conversation about care. It is an opportunity to offer it.“
But what exactly do the men get out of giving and caring?
When someone genuinely gives, and that intention is seen and appreciated, there is something very beautiful in it.
In my own life and work, I began paying more attention to those qualities in men: the small acts of service, the wish to do something good.
The more I noticed them, the more visible they became to me.
I want to create a space where that capacity is recognised. Not a space in which someone has to prove himself through conquest, but one in which his attention and care have value.“
Let your desire set the pace
What is the most important thing you want a woman considering the salon to understand?
„That we are not deciding her experience for her.
We are creating a space with different possibilities.
She can explore them according to her own wishes.
There is no expectation that she has to offer something in return for being cared for. And there is no requirement to receive a particular kind of touch.
Her desire leads. That is the point.“
The salon at a glance
The upcoming intimate format described by Cleo includes:
- Female guests: around thirteen.
- Male givers: around twenty.
- Duration: six hours of programme, including approximately four hours of free-flow exploration.
- Opening: ceremony, ritual and performances.
- At the table: Human Wine Pairing Ceremony, sensual dessert buffet and service.
- Experiences: massage, shibari, sensory play, oral devotion, bathing ritual, body scrub, footbath and foot massage, and more surprises.
- Music: live violin and piano, plus two DJs.
- With your ticket: programme, drinks including champagne and wine, sensual dessert experience, pleasure stations, live music and gifts. Everything is included, with no hidden costs or add-ons on location.
- Participation: experiences are offered, not imposed. Guests may decline touch.
The guiding principle is choice: being offered attention does not mean owing access to your body.
Before you mark your calendar: always double-check dates, location, and ticket info directly with the organizers.
Even the best promises come with fine print.