Hunter & Grey – Tea Tree Men's Bar Soap

“Merry & Bright”

White, featureless, no discernible fragrance (some people love that), yet it has a nice soap feeling, almost a grittiness, so it makes an excellent hand soap. No tea tree oil in the ingredients, so perhaps it's “tea tree” in spirit? This is one of those companies that has virtually no internet presence—which is a mystery to me. Yet it's legit soap, and the package is spectacular—intended as a holiday gift item, no doubt. It's flat-black paper, covered with a variety of pine tree illustrations, some dusted with snow, some with a variety of Christmas decorations—with rich vivid colors, including some metallic gold. You can't even make out a repetition in the pattern—this is some spectacular paper. For a “tagline” I chose “Merry & Bright” because I'm fascinated with that expression—“Merry and Bright”—which seems to be synonymous with “happy holidays” or something—I know it comes from a song, but still, it always struck me as weird. Okay—also, I had decided to write these soap reviews including a fake celebrity endorsement—but now I'm jettisoning that feature—I mean, who am I fooling? If I was to attempt it here, I would have said this soap is a favorite of Ian Hunter, English musical genius behind Mott the Hoople, and Grey Gardens, Cleveland musical genius, multi-instrumentalist, artist, and friend to the cats. But like I said... okay. Next review will include no nonsense.

Soap Review No. 143