Mary's Creation - Patcouli & Orange Initial Visual Impression My first impression was goodness that is bright - but fun. I liked the black bits in the soap sort of different shapes and broke the brilliant violet colour. Not a fan of the rose buds. Packaging Sufficient, simple Soap - Non shower experience After the soap arrived I took it out of the plastic and it was sticky and the colour stained my fingers. The soap felt soft. After a day the soap dried out nicely and I found it to have a likeable sort of waxy, smooth texture and I liked the shape. I also liked the scent. Soap - in the shower I was a little hesitant! But was pleasantly surprised to get good lather on the shower poofy thingy, nice small creamy bubbles. Without the poofy thingy, the bubbles were a lot less. Strangely, I could not smell any scent at all in the shower - and yet when I put the soap to my nose, it was definitely there. I expected the colour to bleed a lot, but it did not. Just a little. A nice hard bar and easy to hold. Summary Perhaps a little less colour and more scent. Also may need a higher percentage of conditioning oils to enhance the lather. It is a fun bar. www.lizziebee.co.nz