Lirio Dermatológico – Purifica tu piel

“Pale Poem”

Even if you lived forever in a time and place without fancypants soap options, you still wouldn’t have to settle on your Ivory and Dial—I bought this at the Cermak grocery in Milwaukee, and it cost next to nothing. There isn’t one snippet of English on the packaging, so I’m just guessing somewhat as to their claims: something like this soap is good for your skin. Lirio perhaps translates as lily, but either way, it’s the name of this soap—and it’s a lovely word. Ingredients often are beyond my comprehension anyway, but I believe in this case there’s something about glycerin—makes sense because this is a pale, clear, orange, glycerin soap—which means it feels good, and clean, and it likes your skin. The fragrance is subtle, but definitely there—it’s halfway odd and halfway enticing—if I had to guess, I’d say floral—seems to me. So, a slightly wilder and less wild guess: lily. And if nothing else, for sure, the fragrance is lirio.

Soap Review No. 195