the after-dark indulgences worth losing sleep over

When the day is over but your appetite isn't, what's a person to do? Stay up another hour and squeeze a little more pleasure out of the night. 

A few afters-hours indulgences worth losing sleep over.

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Spritz your bedding with your favorite erotic fragrance to shift your mind off the day and onto whatever you've got an appetite for next.

Change your lighting… swap out a plain bulb for a red one to cast new shadows throughout the evening.

Turn off every overhead light in your house and read by candlelight until your eyes get heavy.

Hunt down a flight of incenses to experiment with and see which ones belong to daylight and which should be experienced after midnight.

Order room service to your own house. The ridiculous bottle, the sushi from your favorite chef, the dessert that has no business being on a delivery menu. Eat in bed with no awareness of the clock.

Create your own vinyl listening party with an album you've never played before and see if you can make it until the last song. 

Cocoon your naked self inside your most indulgent, can’t-help-but-run-your-fingers-through-it, faux-fur blanket. Make up the rest as you go...

Wear your sexiest silk to bed, not because someone else sees it, but because you will.

Massage body with your favorite oils and take insanely indulgent amount of time doing so. Trade touch with the body next to yours if that inspires you.

Read some juicy erotic lit. Explore the spectrum of trashy to soft porn in a classical literature cover. If you're sharing a bed, read aloud.

Pour a 2-ounce nightcap worth savoring like a smoky mezcal, a ridiculous añejo or a whiskey that needs so much time to breathe, you have time for a quick spa mask after you pour. Pair with a dark chocolate chaser and stretch a 1-minute sip into an hour.

Put your scent everywhere you want to be kissed. No need to share that information.

Swap out your sheets for fresh ones because few things feel better against your skin after a long-ass day. Fluff your bedding, your pillows, slip into them.