Pacha Soap Co. – Farmhouse Cider

“Old Cask”

I normally spend more time trying to think of the two or three word “nickname” of the soap in the soap review than I do on writing the soap review. Maybe an exaggeration, but not much—so when I was, earlier, using this Pacha soap, enjoying its almost intoxicating, heady fragrance, I was happy when that phrase just came to me. As the name suggests, this soap smells like apple cider—or more so, like apple cider vinegar—but I detect an extra edge to it, which makes me think of being in a root cellar where someone has big stone jars of fermenting apple juice, and wooden casks of aging wine. It’s a seasonal soap, so why not go all out with the fragrance. They don’t skimp on the color either—it’s like you took your paint set into the bath. It’s a two-tone bar—a light tan brown, and an earthy, clay, red-brown. Though I like it a lot, it’s not my favorite Pacha soap—but since I buy more of their soap than from any other company, they have a lot of internal competition. I especially like their seasonal varieties.

Soap Review No. 159