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It’s the great spring soap experiment! We bought 30 different hand soaps (a lot of them recommended by you) and put them to the test. I love a beautiful hand soap. I think it can really enhance the look of a room, but also, there’s nothing better than being complimented on the smell of a hand soap. Is that weird? I’ve been known to invest in a really beautiful bottle of soap and refill it with a more budget-friendly or better smelling soap once it runs out. So we set-up a camera and put our sniffers to work. This is one of the more fun parts of the what we do – spending time with Chris, just chatting about something as light-hearted as soap smells. It’s a different kind of spring cleaning. Enjoy!
Top 10 Overall!
Lightwell Co. Tobacco & Bay Leaf, Ouai, Cedar, Savon de Marseille Karite Shea, Laboratorio Olfattivo, Skandinavisk Fjord, Lightwell Co. No.6, Aesop, Lightwell Co. Cashmere & Fig, Mrs. Meyer’s Rainwater
Aside from our top 10 overall, we wanted to give out awards in other categories. Of course, these are just OUR opinion, but we feel confident about these!
Best Smelling
Lightwell Co. Tobacco & Bay Leaf $30
Prettiest Packaging
Compagnie de Provence Savon de Marseille Patchouli $32
Most Benefits
Aesop $39
Most Eco-Friendly
Simple Human $59
Best Budget
Splurge-Worthy
Ouai $32
Just like anything in life, we all have different taste, and smell is not excluded from that. If you watched the video, you know that some soaps were not for us haha. But we understand that somebody might totally enjoy some of these scents and we are in full support of that. As the saying goes, “don’t yuck my yum,” and without further ado, here’s the 30 soaps we tried. Did your favorite soap make the list? If not, let us know and we’ll be sure to try it next time.
1. Mrs. Meyer’s: rainwater $3
2. Jr. Watkins: lemon $3
3. Puracy: lavender & vanilla $7
4. MOXE: vanilla almond $8
5. Hand Ritual: aloe, eucalyptus, lavender $13
6. Jeremiah Brent x Grove Co. $17
7. Savon Liquide De Marseille: jasmine $18
8. K. Hall: washed cotton $19
9. K. Hall: milk $19
10. Savon de Marseille Karite: shea butter $23
11. Le Labo:Â basil $23
12. Malin + Goetz Bergamot Hand + Body Wash $24
13. Milk & Honey: lavender tea tree $26
14. Tangentgc: cedar $28
15. Botaniculture Essential Lavender $28
16. Lightwell Co. No.6: sea salt, lemon peel, driftwood $28
17. Skandinavisk Fjord: orchards, wild berries, black currants, raspberry flowers $28
18. Mater: sage, rosemary, fir $29
19 .Lothantique Authentique: linen $30
20. Savon Liquide De Marseille: black tea $30
21. Lightwell Co.: cashmere & fig $30
22. Lightwell Co.: tobacco & bay leaf $30
23. Laboratorio Olfattivo: flowers, fruits and marine $32
24. Ouai: citrus, rose, magnolia, linden blossom $32
25. Compagnie de Provence Savon de Marseille: patchouli $32
26. Sevin London Marble Hand & Body Wash: citrus, bergamot, and clove $36
27. Grown Alchemist:Â andalwood and ylang ylang $37
28. Amass: lemon, ginger, grapefruit, lavender $38
29. Aesop: mandarin, rosemary, cedar $39
30. Simple Human Dispenser $59
It looks #19 actually takes me to #20. Just a heads up :) I would love #19 link!
Just updated it! Thanks for the heads up!
Definitely need to try the Ouai soap! My BFF splurges on Jo Malone hand soap and it makes such a difference :)
I wish you would focus on bar soaps instead–the ones that come packaged in compostable paper wrappers. There are lots of lovely scents out there with clean ingredients–and no plastic bottles or packaging.
A lot of these have glass bottles. Just not a fan of bar soap, personally!
You need to try Trader Joes’ options. So good.
Hi CLJ ! Loved this post. So many great options for hand soaps. Thanks for sharing your research. I can’t wait to try a new brand of hand soap for my home! Quick question how will you decide what to keep and pack and what to sell, gift or donate when it comes to all the items in your home? I remember your last home the buyer wanted to buy a lot of your furniture. You curate such amazing pieces for the home I bet your next buyer will request some of your furniture and decor. How do you process these type of decisions?
That’s such a great decision and probably deserves its own post. But since we know what our next home is, we can easily see what will transfer and what won’t. But we for sure still want to purge a bunch before moving so we’ll have to share that process as we go.