A lonely Friday evening, what blissful delights can one conjure for solace?
Let’s tuck into the bath stash box and see, eh? But not without help from a lovely lady who sent an unexpected gift.
Yes, I have this box, and it houses my bath melts, sachets of additives and such. It was time for one of those pampering baths, and so I rummaged through it. Aha! Some Japanese bath salts scented with rose, that dyed the bathwater a vibrant pink. I looked at my body as it lay in the water - it seemed not my own, limbs rosy like the water.
The soap smelled edible - it was a piece of Lush’s ‘Emperor of Ice Cream’ buttercream (the name coming from a Wallace Stevens poem, which I’ve not read), and then after to make my skin soft, and the water milky I surrendered to yet another Japanese-style treatment: a small bag of muslin holds finely ground rice bran which is an excellent treatment for the skin, or can be added to the bathwater. This one was scented with fringed pink and had some adzuki. The fragrance is gentle, and complements the rose well. I don’t have very many floral-type lotions, but luckily have recently acquired Little Shop of Beauty’s hula girl body souffle (yes, the name is rather fanciful, but it’s lovely) in the scent ‘Powder Puff’. Needless to say, I retired smelling nice, and being extremely relaxed indeed.
But what of the present I received? I empty a padded envelope that bears a fair few objects, but two are of interest: a letter, encased in a handmade paper envelope and sealed…with wax! It seems of another world. It’s a beautiful sentiment. After I read that, I examine a paper tube which contains The Body Shop’s Magnolia EDP, the notes are as follows: ‘a classic sparkling floral fragrance that combines magnolia flowers and leaves from China with muguet, lemon blossom and white lily’.
Sadly, the citrus notes (which I imagine are the top notes) don’t die away enough for the heart and base ones to come through - but I’ll try it again in the summertime, when its warmer, floral notes are more likely to come through.
And what of the silly pink glittery puff in the attached image? They’re actually a pair of ear muffs, but I thought it might be fun to put them in the picture because they remind me of puffs that one uses for powder, or fluffy pink marshmallows. Mmm.
(well duh the photo’s mine…)
