We Tried Foria Awaken Arousal Oil. Here's How It Compares.

I am not affiliated with Foria Wellness and have received no compensation for this review. I bought this product with my own money and I'm writing about it because it made a real difference in our marriage.

If you read The Foria Sex Oil Review I Wish I'd Had, you know where we started with Foria. Bought it, used it wrong, shelved it for a year, came back to it and had our minds changed. By the time we tried the Awaken Arousal Oil we were already converts. This was a deliberate comparison, not a rescue mission. 

Why We Tried a Second Product

After the Sex Oil became a regular part of our routine we started paying more attention to what else Foria made. The Awaken Arousal Oil showed up on the website and the description was different enough from the Sex Oil that we wanted to understand the distinction.

Both products are topical. Both are designed to increase blood flow and sensitivity in a woman's intimate areas. But where the Sex Oil is formulated with CBD and coconut oil, the Awaken Oil adds a botanical blend that creates a warming, tingling sensation. It has a scent. Not unpleasant, but noticeable, and one that takes a little getting used to.

My wife was fully on board with trying it. No hesitation, no convincing required. That alone tells you how much has changed. 

How We Use Them

Both products work best when applied in advance, not immediately before intimacy. The CBD needs time to absorb and increase blood flow before the effects are fully felt. We had learned that lesson the hard way with the Sex Oil and applied it correctly with the Awaken from the start.

We use them independently, not together. It's one or the other depending on the night. We haven't found a reason to layer them and don't feel like we're missing anything by choosing one at a time.

Here is the part I didn't expect. We have built an entire evening ritual around it. Earlier in the day we'll talk about being together that night. We'll make a nice dinner, relax, maybe watch a movie. Then my wife will go upstairs, take a hot shower, clean herself up, let her body settle and relax. She comes to bed and asks me to apply the oil for her. I apply it to both of her major erogenous zones, her vulva and her anus. No rushing. No pressure.

Then we wait for it to work. And that waiting time has become its own opportunity. Sometimes I'll warm up some coconut oil and give her a backside massage while the Awaken does what it does. Sometimes we'll put on something a little spicy on our television to get our minds moving in the right direction. There are lots of variations. The point is that the twenty to thirty minutes the product requires has given us a built-in reason to slow down, stay present, and let the mood build rather than rushing past it to get somewhere. That shift alone has been worth as much as the product itself.

We also use Jo H2O Original, a water-based lubricant, alongside the Awaken Oil, sometimes a flavored one from the same brand. The combination works well. Everything stays compatible and the overall experience is, to put it plainly, a slippery mess in the best way possible.

One benefit worth naming directly, even though it tends to go unmentioned in polite reviews: the Awaken Oil has been particularly useful for anal play. The botanical blend relaxes in a way that reduces friction and discomfort when using a finger or a butt plug. My wife and I incorporate anal play into our intimate life and the Awaken Oil has made that experience more comfortable and more enjoyable for both of us. If that is part of your practice, or something you have been curious about, this is a product worth knowing about.

 How It Compares to the Sex Oil

The experience is similar in the ways that matter most. Both products do what they claim. Both increase my wife's natural lubrication and sensitivity. Both make our intimate time noticeably better than it would be without them.

The differences are more about character than outcome. The Sex Oil is cleaner and more neutral. The Awaken Oil has the botanical warming sensation and the scent, which some people will love immediately and others will need a session or two to settle into. My wife adjusted to it quickly and now is neutral on which one is better.

I want to be direct about something: I can say without any hesitation that every Foria product we have tried has enhanced our sex life. That's not a qualified endorsement. That's just what happened. The blood flow, the natural lubrication, the sensitivity, the openness, all of it improved with these products in a way that has made our intimate life better. 

What We'd Tell You

If you are already using the Sex Oil and curious about the Awaken, it is worth trying. They are different enough in character that one may suit you better than the other, and the only way to find out is to experiment.

If you haven't tried either and are curious about where to start, I'd still recommend beginning with the Sex Oil with CBD. It's the one we know best from our own experience. The Awaken is a worthy companion product once you know the baseline.

Either way, apply it early. Give it twenty to thirty minutes before you need it to do anything. Use that time wisely, heavy makeout session, sensual massage, watch a spicy video clip, or listen to audio erotica. The world is your oyster. That's the lesson that took us a year to learn the first time and that we now pass along to anyone who asks. 

What makes these products work is the marriage they are used in. We put together a free guide called The Five Intimacy Truths Nobody Tells Long Married Couples. It's a good place to start.