Review (5/5): I like it
I don't know much about loofah's. It's some kind of a sea cucumber apparently. Well, this thing does look like it used to be one, so I'm guessing it's the real deal. It also came clean and without odor so I feel like I got exactly what I was promised.
It's definitely not the softest bath sponge but I quite like it. I run water over it for a few seconds and give it a couple of hard squeezes before applying soap. Never needed to soak it or anything. It becomes soft enough to rub but hard enough to scrub, and holds soap/bodywash quite well.
My only real problem with it, and I guess it's a problem with loofah's in general, is that it traps a lot of hair. It's extremely porous and coupled with the fact that it scrubs, any loose body hair will go in and not come out. It's also white so this thing will look pretty gross around your shower rather quickly. If you plan to keep it out in the open and you constantly have people over and you care, you might want to consider whether or not you want everyone to see an extremely hairy sea cucumber in your bathroom.
Good thing you get two and they are inexpensive as I plan on tossing the first one soon.