Boho Hemp – Hemp Bar

“Exfoliatin' USA”

This bar soap comes in an elaborate box with a die-cut marijuana leaf on each side and metallic green highlights—it's quite beautiful, and must cost more than the soap. Its full name is Boho Hemp – Hemp Bar – Eucalyptus Mint, with hemp seeds and hemp oil—and it also boasts: paraben free, gluten free, and vegan. I'm always a little suspicious when I look up a soap online and its primary source of sales is a different website than the manufacturer—but I guess that's business. The soap-maker's website doesn't offer much, but does give an address in Huntington Beach, California—a place that always makes me think of secret deals in shady warehouses—just because, you know, it's known for its surfing, and what do surfers do when they're not surfing? Shady deals. But anyway, regardless of the machinations that went down to get this soap in my hands, it's one that inspires confidence in bathing—my skin loves it and my skin doesn't lie. I am partial to the exfoliating soaps, and the more exfoliating the better—and you feel like this one could be used to sand fine furniture. I'm all for the physical benefits of the hemp oil and seed as well. Unconfirmed sources tell me that this one is a favorite of producer, Rick Rubin. The “eucalyptus mint” strikes me as an unnecessary afterthought, but if it's in there, fine—it's subtle. For those of you who are allergic to strong fragrance, this is your soap—I detect nothing beyond the very subtle scent of the primary ingredients. Okay, maybe there is some mint in there, but it's not overkill. Still, I can't help wondering if when I get to the center of this bar I'll find something hidden in there, like black market emeralds—it would be an ingenious smuggling device. If so, I'm all for it.

Soap Review No. 140