Puddin' is Naughty Bath Oil

[Ordo_ad_Chao]

To me, this is the bath oil version of El Dia De Los Reyes. Sweet, cinnamon cocoa. Also reminiscent of Underbed, but heavy on the hot chocolate scent.

 

Nommy!

[zankoku_zen]

Oh man, I meant to review this earlier today and totally forgot. My best estimate is that this is an unreleased bath oil, and that most the origin time was Yule 2013, and a few people received this in their BPTP order then. I think Puddin' just cooked up a bunch of it and sent it out in the world (sort of like how SSDB got Sweet Barking Cheese, and then decanted some for forumites for the testing experience).

 

I have to agree with Ordo_ad_Chao - this is a sweet, cinnamon cocoa. The cocoa is a little powdery on me. I can see the comparison to El Dia de Reyes. It actually reminds me to the chocolate in the recent Pumpkin Smores. It's like a cocoa + marshmallow, and cinnamon instead of graham cracker.

 

It's foodie and chocolatey, and it reminds me to any bath oil blend that has a heavy chocolate/cocoa note to it.

[puck_nc]

Origin: Unexpected extra in a purchase from a fellow BPALer

 

Initial Thoughts: None, since I had only the vaguest idea that this existed.

 

In the Bottle: CHOCOLATE! In-your-face dark chocolate. A second sniff produces an underlying extra sweetness that makes me think of cake or brownies.

 

On the Skin: Definitely more chocolate baked goods than pure chocolate. A slight nuttiness tilts it further toward brownie.

 

Verdict: Well, if you ever wanted to take a bath in the scent of fresh-baked brownies, this would be your answer. But I have never been one to want to wear chocolate as a scent when I'd rather eat it. Therefore I will find some way to give this partial bottle a deserving home.

[kakiphony]

I received this as an extra from the lovely puck_nc, and I am sorry to say that it will NOT be released into the wild to be tested by more of my bpalista friends because OMG I LOVE THIS AND KEEPING IT AND YOU CANNOT STOP ME.

 

Seriously, it's worth the all caps. Puddin', if you read this, I would buy more of this stuff.

 

In the bottle it sort of smelled generically chocolate to me and made me think of the various 13s I've tried over the years. I honestly was not super excited. But I wanted a bath and I was out of anything else pampering so I threw a dollop in.

 

As soon as it mixed with the hot water the scent of this stuff started to bloom. The chocolate is deep and cocoa-like, reminding me of the very quality cocoa powder I use for baking my chocolate porter cake. But there is also a healthy dash of spice in this. It's not cinnamon or cassia (so no worries for the lad bits), but possibly cardamom and saffron. There's also a lovely nuttiness here which reminds me of Queen of Sheba, so I expect some almond found its way in there as well. In fact, I think this smells very much like Queen of Sheba with cocoa.

 

I am in LOVE.