Floris soap

Has anyone tried Caurnie soaps ? They come in rose,lavender,lemon grass and much more. They are natural soaps.Caurnie soaps are hand made in kirkintilloch in Scotland. They even do a soap which is good for sorisis. I am not advertising these soaps but just saying how good they are. I have been using them for years.

Arran soaps and gels are indeed lovely.
My favorite is After The Rain

Forgot to add...Arran Aromatics is the company name.

I haven't tried Floris soap but will look out for it. I love scented soaps.

As an aside, I was in Spain last week visiting my DS, DIL and GS. It was a lovely week but quite harrowing for health reasons. It was my BD while I was there. One of my other DSs and DIL knew I'd be exhausted and had left a gift bag at my house for when I got home. Rather than just call to say thank you, for a bit of fun, I sent the following...

So, the ?? of all baths is scheduled for tonight. I have a problem. Do I opt for the Vanilla Musk candle or the 'With Love' Yankee candle... probably the latter or maybe even both! That, of course, leaves the dilemma of the tea lights and the beautiful little glass tea light holder with the imprinted butterfly which could easily be mistaken for a heart. Perhaps I could float the tealights on the Radox 'Feel Blissful with Calendula and Rose' filled bath water. However, perhaps the floating candles would clash with the Mandara Spa soap petals. Don't want any of that age old bath product clashing thing happening.

Now that I'm reaching the bit where I actually get into the bath, what do I drink; the Sainsbury's Taste the Difference Pinot Rose or the Nescafé Dolce Gusto - again, perhaps both. I must say though that my inclination is the former as the Rose would compliment the Lindor Irresistibly Smooth chocolate bar. Perhaps I'll save the Dolce Gusto coffee for later to have with the Ferrero Rocher - 'the golden experience' as so fondly described on the pack.

I have a touch of the vapours at the idea of an all over scrub with my cerise pink 'Bath Lily by Sainsbury's' body buffer with the 'lick and stick' plastic holder. Of course, this leaves the butter dilemma. Does one use the 'Mandara Spa Body Butter' before the 'Mandara Spa Hand Butter' - or vice-versa. Either way, I suspect a whole lot of slipping will be going on! I could no doubt be aptly described as 'butter fingers' following the use of these products.

The part I'm really anticipating is putting on my perfectly sized Tu nightwear with 63% polyester, 33% Viscose and 4% Spandex Jersey - a perfect combination for comfort. This particular type of nightgown / day dress was exactly what I was looking for during my pre-Spain shopping expedition. One has noted that one would be advised to invite Mrs P to accompany me, should a further pre-Spain shopping expedition arise in the future.

When my wonderful bathing experience is over, I can hardly contain my excitement knowing that I, June, will be in a position to retrieve my newly charged phone from my car following my lengthy bathing experience and whilst wearing my new Tu nightgown / day dress. My brand new, 'Mega Fast In-Car Juice-Booster' will have done its job. This may be one excitement too far but I shall do my best to retain my composure. ?

Dxxx and Axxxxx... many, many thanks for your beautiful presents. I thoroughly enjoyed opening them and I'm genuinely looking forward to having a lovely bath later. Also thanks for the beautiful flowers.

Love you both very much. It's good to be home ? XX.

I was once bought some Floris soaps many years ago by a posh friend...who informed me that these are the soaps used by the Royal family. How she knew or even if it was true I don"t know. I enjoyed using them and appreciated them but then went back to using Pears or Imperial Leather which was my regular soap. However I have a liking for nice soap which is"nt always in my budget and these are the gifts I tend to receive. My favourite ones come from a Scottish company based on the isle of Arran...beautiful soap...try to make it last. Various outlets selling this throughout the UK. They also have the other usual toiletries and perfumes to compliment the soaps.

Yardley's Freesia was my absolute favourite when I was a teenager just starting work and earning money. I love actual Freesia flowers too but won't buy them any more as they smell of absolutely nothing (sorry to go a bit off thread but the lack of fragrance in all fresh flowers nowadays drives me mad)

harrysgran I used to love those lemon soaps too. Google Bronnley & you'll get the stockists. They were made at Brackley until 2012 & that is nearish to Brinkley so you weren't far out.

Floris Edwardian Bouquet soap is lovely. It's not the cheapest, but it lasts for ages.
It doesn't lose the fragrance if kept in storage for a while either. I buy it in 'three packs' and store the 'spares' in my wardrobe, they're still highly fragranced after months in there!

morningdew Just checked out the goats milk website, but sadly international shipping isn't straightforward

This from their website,

"DO YOU SHIP INTERNATIONALLY?

Due to continued problems with international orders disappearing, we no longer ship directly to international addresses. If you would like to purchase from Goat Milk Stuff, you will need to sign up with a service (one example is myus.com) that will give you a United States address that we can ship your order to. We guarantee your package to your U.S. shipping address. We are not responsible for the package after that and will not reimburse you if it is not received."

I get mine from the usa shipping costs plus the soaps are less than just the expensive soaps here, they are made with goats milk and the fragrances are out of this world, the site is called goats milk stuff if anyone wants to look

Bronley

Never tried Floris soaps my favourite from being a teenager was Brinkley lemon soap shaped like a lemon my sister always gave me some for birthdays I would love to buy it now but haven't seen them for years

Jo Malone soaps are lovely!

Wow! 3 tablets for £23 but to be fair to them p&p is free if you spend over £100.
However I will stick to Simple soap or Imperial Leather.

Since I posted on here I have had ads for Floris popping up on every site I open up! It's like someone has been looking over your shoulder!! Prices? Phew!

Do try it Fu but close your eyes when you pay the bill

I might try Chanel too then...

I have a lovely friend who bought me a tablet of Chanel no. 5 as a gift. The perfume in the shower room is still lovely 6 months later. I use the soap every day and I think it should last me at least another 6 months+ It's one of the nicest presents I have ever had

I will have to look in TK Maxx, it's a bit hit and miss there though.

They seem to have a shop in Edinburgh, I've asked my daughter to go in and get me some excited lol

I think they do, Jalima, but I might have got mine from one of the local Christmas/Summer Fair stalls (another excellent supplier of quality soaps!).

DH and I nip into our nearest L'Occitane shop when we get to town. Not only does this give me the chance to inhale more soaps, but they hand out coffee/juice upstairs and fizz in the basement. Guess which I go for? I don't know if this is the usual thing at L'Occitane, or if it's because it's a fairly new branch?

Do they sell Floris at TK Maxx Maggiemaybe? That's where I usually buy my soap. I usually go to an exclusive little shop I know.

I love L'Occitane too and am miffed that I left my L'Occitane shampoo behind in a hotel recently, hope the person servicing the room took it home and used it.

I love really nice soap, the only name I know was Floris, but I will go and lookat Roger & Galet and L'Occitane now - thank you. I don't get out to shops much at all so can't go and sniff - I'd have to be ejected at closing time if I did!
I got a load of Bronnley but they weren't just as nice as I remember them from years ago, so am on the hunt for something else

I also love fancy soaps.

If people can't bear to use them, they probably eventually end up in the charity shops , which is where I buy them from quite often. But recently I bought one that was so old and brittle, it wouldn't lather at all. I had to chuck it away.

I love beautiful soaps, and spend many a half hour with my nose pressed into them in TK Maxx, much to the family's amusement/embarrassment. They're my only weakness (as if!). Some of the Italian ones are as big as house bricks though, so you've to be a bit nifty in the shower if you drop a bar near your toes . Floris are lovely, and Roger & Gallet. The Jo Malone ones I coveted, and got for Christmas, were a bit of a let down, as they didn't last very long.