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I think you are making this more complicated than it needs to be.  Women have curves and aren't as heavy as men are, so need more "cush" for comfort.  Your bed has good "bones", or springs, and all you probably need to do is create a topper system that works for her and makes her side softer.  Horsehair has no rebound,or bounce, that is why it feels hard once you get in it and settled.  Foams are all different in their amount of rebound and and sink.  Memory foam has no rebound either, but it does have sink...it sinks in where you are the heaviest, and cradles the body.  Latex has lots of rebound and less sink...so they have many different ILD's.  P/U foam is cheaper and often has a good sink:rebound ratio...but it won't last as long.  Does not mean it isn't worth trying.

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Not sure if they slipped any PU foam in there, but knowing the S brands I cannot rule it out.  I hate when they don't give the exact composition of what is inside.  Generally that means they have something to hide.

Starts at $4000 for a queen, but not sure if that is suggested retail price which will get heavily discounted.

I don't really think so.  I take Hastens as a good example...they make their mattresses out of horsehair wool and cotton on top of springs.  They claim that about 50% of their customers prefer the mattress feel after some initial indentation and the other 50% periodically do the massage technique to their mattress toppers to reloft the fibres.  I think that those who have legitimate back problems will likely find the flatter the mattress surface the better it seems to be...while those that simply like to feel nested would like a little bit of settling in these materials.  Again though, with limits. 

The whole conforming to body shape thing should be inherent in a well designed mattress, natural fillings have less 'structure' than any variety...

When you have a mattress that is made of closed cell foam such as what is mostly used today you have a structure on top of a spring system that is designed to support your body....think in some pillowtop mattresses now there can be copious amounts of foam (over 5 inches), enough in some cases that the spring system itself is essentially irrelevant.  The issue with closed cell polyurethane foam is that you essentially have trapped air inside each cell...when this is compressed you are forcing air through a closed cell wall into adjacent cells, causing degradation to the cell walls and reducing support.  Eventually leading to...