From Floris London, Rose Geranium Luxury Soap: "The characteristic notes of geranium are enhanced by fresh citrus nuances and a hint of rose. A simple woody base note accord of cedarwood is all that is needed to complete this clean cut classic. Finely fragranced signature soaps, hand wrapped and triple milled with a vegetable base producing a rich creamy lather and containing added shea butter to help moisturise the skin. These traditional soaps are embossed with a Floris design dating back to the 1800s." $45 for three 100g soaps at Floris, or you can find them a little cheaper at Amazon.
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From Pré de Provence, a quad-milled shea soap in Tobacco Flower & Vanilla ("mysterious, floriental and creamy sweet"). 110g bar for $8 at Apothicaire Rochester.
Savon Oriza Violette Comme Il Faut, Jasmin d’Espagne, Verveine de Venus & Miel d’Angleterre ~ body product reviews
I always seem to order myself “a little something” on Christmas Eve, New Year’s Eve, My Birthday Eve, the first day it hits 70 degrees in Seattle, on Winter Solstice (I live in the Pacific Northwest…I’m OWED for these dark days!) You get the gist, right? I reward myself often, because I’ll die some day and that’s when my ‘rewards points’ expire!
A go-to present-to-self is, many times, fancy soap (I’m not a fan of bath gels). My favorite soap brand right now is Savon Oriza, from Paris-based perfumery Oriza L. Legrand.
My first Savon Oriza purchase remains my favorite (so far): Jasmin d’Espagne. This soap presents fierce, sweet jasmine…
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A lemming for Color My World Friday: FinchBerry's Sweetly Southern bar soap. "Let this soap roll you back to the low mists of early summer and the scent of 100% wild honeysuckle. While lathering with Sweetly Southern, you’ll notice an array of textures, from the soap’s satin-soft marbling of petal-pinks and greens, to its freckling of tiny sugar pearls on a faint frosting of cool-blue glitter. Each nicety extends otherwise-fleeting moments of calm, and secures a truly romantic, sultry fragrance to kissably-soft skin." Sold by the slice, $9 at FinchBerry.
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From the Boxing Day sale at Shop Londons, a set of nine 40g glycerin soaps from Ortigia (Ambra Nera, Lavanda, Sicilian Lime, Melograno, Neroli, Sandalwood, Orange Blossom / Zagara). $48.