The Scoop: The Fantasy Box is exactly what it sounds like: a parcel of possibilities, curated for every couple’s version of paradise. From naughty wine tasting to sexy bath time to story-driven role play, The Fantasy Box brings every couple’s desires to life. In a conversation with Amanda Byrd, The Fantasy Box’s president of direct-to-consumer brands, we learned about how The Fantasy Box helps couples deepen intimacy, improve communication, and reaffirm bonds.
Date night: exciting adventure or tedious chore?
Don’t feel too self-conscious if date night has become something you scratch off a to-do list. Or more realistically, if date night isn’t something you and your significant other prioritize at all. It’s so easy to disappear into daily life that we forget to take time for our partners and for ourselves.
Our advice is to indulge in your favorite fantasy.
A little fantasy can go a long way toward reinvigorating your relationship. If there’s room for a little adventure in your relationship, The Fantasy Box can cater to your intimacy needs.
The Fantasy Box contains a range of different intimate products that help bring you and your partner’s fantasies to life. We spoke to the president of direct-to-consumer brands, Amanda Byrd, about The Fantasy Box and how it helps couples explore the adventurous sides of intimacy. “To my knowledge, there’s nothing out there that is really making it as easy, approachable, and effortless when it comes to getting date night delivered,” she told us.
Inside each Fantasy Box is an opportunity for you and your partner to explore each other in exciting new ways. “(The Fantasy Box’s founder) felt like there was something missing in this space that could facilitate both intimacy and communication with couples,” Amanda told us.
The Fantasy Box encourages couples to share their deepest fantasies – fantasies they may not have shared with anyone else before. You need to trust your partner to keep your relationship alive, and The Fantasy Box fosters trust and communication.
The ‘Sexy Survey’ Opens The Door To Desire
Before your favorite fantasy appears on your doorstep, you and your partner should make sure you are on the same page.
“The thing that really put us on the map was the ‘sexy survey’,” Amanda told us. The sexy survey asks a series of questions that get couples thinking about their deepest desires.
The sexy survey also establishes boundaries so you and your partner can explore your fantasies without any uncomfortable surprises. The boxes foster communication between couples, and nothing gets a couple talking quite like a sexy questionnaire. “A lot of couples haven’t necessarily had those conversations,” Amanda pointed out.
The sexy survey also acts as a guide for new customers. “It’s something you can continually reference,” Amanda said.
After all, our desires can change the more we explore our fantasies. “Maybe you tried something new with your last box and all of a sudden, the thing that sounded intimidating before sounds exciting.”
The Fantasy Box’s website also has an Intimacy Quiz that can capture a couple’s imagination. It meets you wherever you and your partner are in your relationship, whether you’re hot and heavy or in need of a few sparks. “(The quiz) gets deeper into where you are in your relationship. What are the things you’re interested in? Forward this to your partner,” Amanda suggested.
Above all, the survey and quiz reminds you of just how much more there is to explore in your own intimate relationships.
“Men are like microwaves and women are like crock pots,” Amanda told us.
In other words, it takes men half as long to warm up as women, which can make things complicated when introducing sex toys or intimacy products to the bedroom. The Fantasy Box helps couples use these differences to their advantage.
“Women are much more emotional,” Amanda explained. “They like to be turned on during the day, thinking about the date, seeing little acts of kindness from their partners leading into an intimate act.”
The Fantasy Box encourages all genders to slow down and enjoy the tease. In this way, the product doesn’t only spice up your sex life, but your daily life as well.
As of writing, The Fantasy Box offers 36 diverse fantasies. You choose from five categories — Playful, Sensual, Power Play, Role Play, and Special Occasion.
Consumers Can Expect A Curated Experience With The Fantasy Box
Gone are the date nights spent swapping pleasantries over takeout. The Fantasy Box heats things up — literally and figuratively, depending on which box you choose.
In the Playful category are boxes like Date Night Poker, Naughty Wine Tasting, and even a scavenger hunt (spoiler alert: the hidden items are just as spicy as you’d expect them to be). “(Playful) is a little bit more fun and approachable,” Amanda told us.
Sensual boxes encourage couples to slow down and enjoy one another’s company — usually nude, of course. Themes range from the bubbly Tub Time for Two to the erotic Nuru Massage, among others.
Power Play boxes guide couples through dominant or submissive fantasies using different story lines, while the Role Play boxes offer lighthearted fantasies and costumes. You can become a French maid, a naughty nurse, and even a sexy referee. Fantasies geared toward weddings, birthdays, honeymoons, and vacations are in the Special Occasion section.
The fantasy begins from the moment you receive your box. “We encourage no peeking,” Amanda said. “This isn’t a product you rip open. These are very well thought out to make sure both partners get what they need out of the experience.”
The time you spend on the box is up to you. “Put it on the calendar. Say we’re dedicating 90 minutes, three hours, a full day, a full evening,” she suggested. “We’re getting a babysitter, we’re sending the kids to grandma’s house … that alone triggers anticipation.”
And the anticipation is only half the fun. When was the last time you and your partner tried something new together? Exactly.
The Fantasy Box offers plenty of jumping-off points for role-playing, but it’s ultimately up to you where the night goes. “We really try to give options, scripts, and ideas, and then you make it your own,” Amanda said.
The Fantasy Box Takes Intimacy Products To New Levels By Breaking Taboos
Obviously, we’re all wondering the same thing: What’s in the box? The contents of each box differs depending on the fantasy.
Role Play boxes have costumes, and Power Play boxes contain BDSM toys. “The products inside the box are really meant to facilitate that fantasy,” Amanda explained.
Playful boxes can contain everything from handcuffs to edible body paint to massagers. In Sensual boxes, you’ll find rose petals, pheromone spray, and eye masks, among other sexy items. You’ll even find silk robes and lingerie. “We make sure there are no repeats,” Amanda told us. “You’re never going to get the same lingerie or the same body enhancers.”
Amanda highlighted the originality of The Fantasy Box. “You can obviously get online and you can go pick out a sex toy. You can go pick out lingerie. You could go pick out lube. What you don’t get is a curated experience.”
With Fantasy Box, a curated experience is as easy as a click. “You have a theme, you have a destination, so to speak, for that night of intimacy. You have suggestions, information, communication starters, (and) ways to understand your partner more,” Amanda explained.
Most of the boxes are around $149 — though you can also buy a smaller box for $49 — and Amanda assured us all of the products have been pre-approved. “We vet every single product that goes into a box,” she said. You can get $20 off your first box with code DATING20.
Each Fantasy Box works to undo the taboos wrapped up in adventurous sex and role play. There’s nothing wrong with bringing your fantasies to life so long as each participant is willing to join in on the fun. This is part of The Fantasy Box’s greatest strength, Amanda told us. “I think it’s really drawing more attention to some of the gaps in your own personal, intimate relationships,” she said.
Still, Amanda advised against jumping into a role play or power play fantasy if you and your partner are new to those types of dynamics. There’s no rush; the fun is in taking your time and exploring each other’s fantasies. “This is about building foundational trust and intimacy,” Amanda emphasized.
“It adds that anticipation back in. It adds that level of excitement. It adds that level of newness,” Amanda said. “The best thing you can do is discover something new with a partner. And that’s what this box does.”
