Avocado Oil Soap

Sensuous in a hippie sort of way, avocado oil serves as a moisturizer and skin soother in this simple soap.  It has a thicker, slower feel, than almond oil does.   

​Somehow, the feel of this soap reminds me of childhood visits to dark, mysterious, oriental import stores. Oily, smoky, resinous smells lingered in every corner, and there were many corners to explore.  I would concern myself with the kid-height barrels full of cheap wooden pop guns (some worked, some didn't).  I would sniff each color of scented votive candle, and every variety of soap wrapped in gaudy paper.  But it was the seagrass mats, dark oiled wooden trunks, buffalo leather sandals, and even the hanging basket chairs--of which I wished I had my own, for curling up in--that are the root of the smell memory.  Patchouli and amyris, vetiver and cedar essential oils, make these soaps a magic carpet of smell, for travelling to those warehouses of wonder.

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