Review (2/5): Scent is Overpowering
Let me start by saying I love french-milled soaps. I love scented soap. I love guest/sample size soaps. I adore the delightful concept and packaging design of this set. It was on my wish list and I received it as a gift. I was looking very forward to having these soaps to add some holiday cheer to my home.
Here's what happened. The person that purchased it for me was so overwhelmed by the strong scent that he had to triple bag the box and store it in a vacant room until Christmas. Each soap is individually wrapped. They're wrapped in plastic. Then in a box. Then they're double bagged in two ziploc bags. Then placed in yet another box, wrapped with wrapping paper. The box was under my tree for two days, and scent still managed to seep out and perfume all the other gifts under the tree nearby - but not in a pleasant way. When this was unwrapped Christmas morning it was so unbelievably overpowering my eyes watered. I didn't even bother to look closely at them - I could not get them back inside their ziplocs fast enough. People got headaches and complained loudly.. The entire downstairs smelled like a soap factory instead of the fresh cinnamon rolls I baked for Christmas morning. The soaps are now safely contained in their hazmat bags and stored in the laundry room instead of the guest bath. :(
I'm really kind of bummed about this because I was so excited about these soaps. I want to try them or at least take them out and smell each one on its own, but I'm afraid to now.
Greenwich Bay, if you read these reviews: please, please, PLEASE turn the scent levels down several notches in the recipe for these soaps. I think the scent must develop stronger as the soaps "ripen" because it's just much too much. Way more than any other french milled soaps I own.