Patchouli – Moisturizing Bath Bar

“Alien 7”

Weighing in at 12 ounces!—this was the largest bar of soap I've ever owned. (I have used larger ones, cat-sitting in the North Woods, where there was soap the size of a cinder-block.) It's a huge, white egg—I'm not sure if there are eggs in the animal kingdom this large—I guess ostrich eggs are bigger, and of course dinosaur eggs. The box is an impressive oval-shaped thing which resembles a small hat box. I'll have to find a use for it. This soap was kind of fun to use, being that large, though you wouldn't want to drop it on your foot—and a couple of times it slipped out of my hands and went flying! The patchouli fragrance was profound. I wasn't always a fan of patchouli; there was a time I found it a bit much, not unlike the some of the hippies who sported it. Now, though, I love it, which, I guess, means I'm a hippie. So be it.

I had one odd adventure with this soap. When it got down to maybe a fourth of its original size (which took awhile!), I was taking a bath, washing with it, and suddenly its fragrance was gone! I thought maybe I'd lost my sense of smell, instantly, at that point, but no... I could still smell other soaps. So, suddenly there was no fragrance! Then after a bit, the fragrance returned, but it was much more subtle. I suppose it was a matter of layers, as in the fragrance wasn't distributed equally throughout. Is that possible? If so, could you make a soap that, as it wears down, changes fragrances, and changes colors? Kind of like the “Everlasting Gobstopper.” That would be amazing. I bet there is a soap out there that does that—I'll have to keep an eye out for it.

Soap Review No. 113