# KY Intense **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 20, 2009, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ky-intense/521923 "2009-12-20T03:55:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2009, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ky-intense/521923/1 "2009-12-20T03:55:23Z")
For her. So, what happened to for him? I see a lot of commercials for the [woman’s](http://www.k-y.com/index_us.jsp) product, but no longer the ones for the men’s vesion. Shrinkage, maybe? 😃 No, really. What happened to it? Peace, mangeorge ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2009, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ky-intense/521923/2 "2009-12-20T05:54:17Z")
Mercy me. I thought this was about Kentucky. ---
**Author:** ![typoink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@typoink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typoink)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2009, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ky-intense/521923/3 "2009-12-20T06:11:41Z")
I don’t believe there ever WAS a product “for him.” Intense has always been a “for her” thing, as far as I’ve noticed. I’d assume it’s the same stuff as most “female pleasure gels” from various brands – basically thick, mentholated lube. The product “for him” KY was advertising heavily a while ago was their “his and hers” two-part lube. ---
**Author:** ![fandango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b5ac83/32.png) [@fandango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fandango)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2009, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ky-intense/521923/4 "2009-12-20T07:07:07Z")
I don’t know about a “for him” but we got a sample of the “for her”–the wife lasted about 15 seconds before she was rushing to the bathroom to wash it off. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2009, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ky-intense/521923/5 "2009-12-20T16:19:27Z")
> [@Zoe](#): > > Mercy me. I thought this was about Kentucky. I don’t think anyone would ever accuse Kentucky of being intense. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2009, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ky-intense/521923/6 "2009-12-20T17:01:16Z")
> [@typoink](#): > > basically thick, mentholated lube **Mentholated**?? WHY? Ow ow ow just thinking about it. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2009, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ky-intense/521923/7 "2009-12-20T17:42:58Z")
> [@Antigen](#): > > **Mentholated**?? WHY? > Ow ow ow just thinking about it. You _might_ want to ask **typoink** for a cite for that. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2009, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ky-intense/521923/8 "2009-12-20T17:46:43Z")
> [@typoink](#): > > The product “for him” KY was advertising heavily a while ago was their “his and hers” two-part lube. That’s probably the ad I recall. ---
**Author:** ![Bad\_Romance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9a140/32.png) [@Bad\_Romance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_Romance)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ky-intense/521923/9 "2009-12-21T12:18:19Z")
> [@Antigen](#): > > **Mentholated**?? WHY? > Ow ow ow just thinking about it. Mentholated products affect people differently. A lot of people find it er, stimulating. Same with ginger. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ky-intense/521923/10 "2009-12-21T12:59:41Z")
Never substitute Vicks’ if you can’t find the Vaseline. That’s not the type of mistake you make twice. Just sayin’. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ky-intense/521923/11 "2009-12-21T13:46:05Z")
Bengay and Icyhot are also not a good act for that venue. ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ky-intense/521923/12 "2009-12-21T13:55:09Z")
I tried the warming stuff once, and it burned. But I’m still game to try some of the other stuff. The fiance and I are going to wait to delve into that (we’re interested in the Yours + Mine product) until after we’re married. We’re still friends with the Trojan Man and will be until we start trying to have kids… so “feel good lubes” won’t really do much for him. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ky-intense/521923/13 "2009-12-21T21:05:46Z")
I don’t use the KY, but I do use a different brand that does the same thing. It’s similar to the whole Altoids effect - it adds a cooling (or warming) sensation that can be pretty nice. Obviously, YMMV. It doesn’t effect an orgasm all by its onesies, though - you’re still responsible for that. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ky-intense/521923/14 "2009-12-21T21:18:03Z")
It’s not mentholated. It’s warming. I don’t know exactly how the effect is produced - capsaicin extract or somesuch, I guess. I can’t feel it but **Girly Not All That Bright** certainly can. Care must be taken upon application, though - too much and it burns, too little and it doesn’t do anything. Also, do _not_ let it get _inside_, or fun’s over, unless your girl likes gingering and the like I guess.