Hydra - lubricant discontinued by Intimate Organics - review by Teagan Shepard

This is a water-based, plant-cellulose lube to use during masturbation and intercourse or with toys. This product should work for anyone, but keep reading.

The ingredients are water, propanediol, cellulose gum, phenoxyethanol, benzoic acid, phenethyl alcohol, PPG-2 methyl ether, methylisothiazolinone, alcohol, lycium barbarum fruit extract (GojiBerry), cymbopogon schoenanthus (lemongrass) extract, aloe barbadensis (aloe) leaf extract, and sodium hydroxide.

The texture is like your average, decent, water-based lube. Meh. There's honestly not much to say about it—it feels a bit like Astroglide. It's got decent glide, and it's wet, so it's a lube. If it looks like a duck and sounds like a duck, it's probably a duck. It is very easy to pour, and it does stay in place. Keep reading . . .

This stuff smells horrible! There's no way it's going near my girly bits again. Don't even ask me if I licked it—not a chance. Even though it's organic and natural, it has a very strong, chemical-y scent.

This stuff doesn't last as long as it's purported to last. The ALCOHOL in the lube (combined with aloe that soaks in anyway) dries it up pretty quick. Yes, it rehydrates if you add a splash of water or another splash of lube, but is it worth the effort? I would have to say no.

Hydra comes in a box that is not much larger than the bottle. There weren't any instructions, other than to apply it to desired areas. The packaging isn't really all that discreet: Hydra Personal Lubricant is in big letters on the front with a dewy underboob and belly all on the front of the bluish box. On the other hand, it's not a picture of a fountain of lube being splashed on a wide-spread vagina either. I don't see the point in keeping it, either for travel or for storage. The box isn't leakproof, and the same stuff is on the bottle's label as is on the box.

I do like the way it has the type of cap that you press the back side and it pops up in the front. I have a tendency to break off the tops of the other flip-caps: you know, the ones with the hinge.

There are no notable special features, unless prolonging sex by distracting someone with a bad smell or causing them to get done more quickly to get away from the scent is a feature . . .

I'm glad I got this as a freebie from IO and didn't spend cash on it. I would probably regret it if I had.

I just really don't like this lube. I'd much rather use KY or Astroglide. Yes. I went there. I can't say I hate it, because it is good and slick and it'll do if I have a severe cold and can't smell (then again, it might open up my head!). But it smells terrible.