Asantee – Rice Milk & Collagen with Honey Soap

“Funky Dessert”

This should be the most expensive soap I’ve ever purchased just for the box alone. It’s solid, glossy cardboard, six-sided, like an oblong hexagon, printed in full color with these bizarre, tiny, sparkly dots evenly distributed throughout—they pick up the light at certain angles—I’ve never seen this in any other product, but it’s got to be out there (a boat? a guitar? a shirt?) somewhere —Thailand, where this soap is from, or elsewhere. Pictured, there’s a green plant, rice I presume, and some pouring milk, and a little beehive with bees gathering—they really go for it! Not sure about the “collagen”—maybe that’s what the sparkly dots represent—I’m not gonna go there—not without a collagen degree. Also, it’s a “lightening” soap—intended to, they say, deter aging. Some people strive to make their skin lighter, while some tan ’til they sizzle like bacon, while still others tattoo like they’re immortal, or makeup like a clown. At any rate, the oblong hexagonal bar feels good. Most impressive, however, is the fragrance, which is IN-tense. Almost insaaaaaaaaaane, even. What is it? Just a combination of those ingredients? It’s not shy! I can’t put my finger on what it is—though I can’t stop putting my finger on it. Evocative of something from 60 years ago, perhaps? Or maybe even from a past life, or past-past life, or past-past-past life. Or maybe even another planet!

Soap Review No. 244