Adam & Eve Stores

Adam & Eve is an upscale chain retail boutique that sells high-end sex and romance products for reasonable prices.  Adam & Eve is noteworthy here at Sexpertesse because, unlike any other sex-based retail stores I have encountered, they have eliminated the creepy factor from their stores. Yep, you read that correctly: Adam & Eve is a sex store that isn't creepy. The stores are designed as large warehouse boutiques, so they are well-lit, clean, stylish spaces. Did I mention well-lit? Yes, again, you ready that correctly: Adam & Eve stores aren't dark dungeons where only loveless basement dwellers roam. The stores also don't have "viewing rooms," so at no time will you have the feeling that you are too close to a stranger's penile or vaginal fluids. Indeed, you can even take an online tour of their stores.

Each store is divided into several departments: apparel, toys, videos, novelty items, and safer sex supplies.

The apparel department carries lingerie for both women and men. For women, they offer a variety of styles, and the taste ranges from romantic to suggestive. For men, they offer mostly G-string and boxer underwears, but also carry T-shirts. Being a body-positive company, the stores also carries sizes for fullfigured beauties. Unlike many stores, however, there is no section of less-attractive fashions for larger women; plus-size options are the same styles as traditional ones and are located alongside the smaller sizes, meaning a fullfigured person doesn't need to feel excluded or relegated to another part of the store. In addition to undergarments, Adam & Eve also carries sexy and kitschy apparel, including leatherwares (the kind for leather enthusiasts, not bikers), shoes, wigs, and Halloween costumes.

Adam & Eve's has a wide selection of pornographic video selections in both DVD and Blu-Ray formants. Videos are organized by interest, such as "Asian," "Fetish," "Feature" (feature-length films with in-depth plots), and "Lesbian." Something I really appreciate about their labeling system is that it isn't racist. Yeah, I know it's sad that I need to include this information, but unfortunately, I feel much of pornography devalues people of color with terms like "Ebony sluts" and "Cholo gangbangers." Forunately, Adam & Eve doesn't label their videos in this manner nor do their stores carry these kinds of titles. There is also a rather sizable collection of animated materials for hentai fans. Admittedly, though, I feel Adam & Eve's video selection is their weakest point: they have little gay, lesbian, and bi material, and I couldn't find any lesbian pornography actually made for lesbian/bi women; they also label videos starring fullfigured women "Chunky," a word no larger beauty wishes to be called. To the positive, however, the company labels videos with transsexual performers "Transsexual," which I feel is a positive step away from the offensive terms "shemale" or "chicks with dicks."

The novelty items and safer sex supplies sections are relatively self-explanatory. The novelty items section includes things like birthday cards, cake tins, and sexy playing cards. The section of safer sex supplies includes condoms, dental dams, and lubes for people with latex allergies, too.

Adam & Eve's best department, however, is their sex toy department. The store carries a very wide selection of brand-name, high-quality sex toys such as Doc Johnson and Aneros. They carry everything from traditional vibrators to Cyberskin anal dildos to sleeves. They also sell light BDSM supplies, such as teather restraints and fuzzy handcuffs, as well as slings and whips for rougher practioners. The best part about this department is, though, the supreme service offered by the company's employees: Adam & Eve's employees are great at answering questions you may have about a particular toy and very helpful in finding the right toy for your particular desire. In addition, employees put fresh batteries into each toy before you purchase it to  make certain that it works properly.

Adam & Eve has strict privacy and no-judgement policies, meaning that they are very accessible to professional, respectable people as well as LGBTs, people of color, the aged, and people living with disabilities. The chain also specifically markets itself to women and couples, who I would assume (from what I've witnessed) make up the majority of their customers.

Adam & Eve also sells products through their marvelously-designed online store. What, in my opinion, really sets this site apart is their strong search function. For instance, you can eliminate options by type of product, color, material, size, price, etc. Adam & Eve also ships products in unmarked, discreet packaging, meaning that your mailcarrier won't be poking at your sleeve in curiosity. You can access their online store here: Adam & Eve Online Store.

Adam & Eve is an excellent, health-minded, body- and identity-positive company that is professional, wholesome, and high-end. Truly, their format is unlike any other in the industry, and I believe they are worthy of the business of sex-positive people.