Herbacil – Sulfur Natural Soap

“Water & Brimstone”

I was excited to see this one in my local Cermak grocery store because I hadn’t seen a Herbacil soap or a sulfur soap before. There is other sulfur soap out there, of course, but I haven’t seen any in person, yet. When you think of sulfur, you might remember experiments in chemistry back in school. Or the distinct sulfur smell from things like matches, old eggs, and farts. Some fly-by-night webpage tells me that sulfur is the tenth most abundant element in the universe. Really? The Universe? And what comes in number one, Jell-O Pudding? Anyway, I think this is the first soap I’ve used from Mexico. It says on the box, “For all kind of skin,” and also, “Decrease Excess Fat.” I don’t know what that’s all about, but it is a pleasant, slightly gritty soap on your skin, and has a pale yellow color. And it smells like, no surprise here, sulfur. But mild, not crazy or anything. The soap comes in a little box with a slightly insane illustration (powdered sulfur in a little dish, surrounded by roiling soap bubbles), and it was very inexpensive. I will probably try more Herbacil varieties.

Soap Review No. 158