When I think of cocoa butter , I remember the rich Hawaiian Tropic tanning oils and creams from the 70 s. They had a rich, chocolatey smell, a heady perfume that was seductive in the already humid and sultry Texas summer. We Texas gals use to really drench ourselves with lotions and oils before we lay out in the sun to broil to a deep golden brown.
Some gals still do.
But that cocoa butter smell is vivid in my memory, if not present in my cosmetics stash. When I think of a moisturizing soap , I remember Mother s bar of Dove soap. To protect her more delicate skin, Mother favored Dove soap, that classic curved oval bar rich with cream. Time plays funny tricks on us. Now a woman of a certain age, I am no longer cavalier about moisturizing my skin.