Plastic Jack O'lantern Soap

[Cheri]

PLASTIC JACK O’LANTERN SOAP
A plastic Jack o’Lantern, scattered with bits of rock candy, honey taffy, butterscotch, marshmallow buttons, gumdrops, jellybeans, and bubblegum.

I took a bath with this last night and really enjoyed it. It's a nice quality soap and didn't make me dry. As for the smell, it smells a lot like Lush's Rock Star; kind of bright and fruity. I like it very much. I expected it to smell plasticky because of the Jack o'Lantern, but it doesn't. I guess it's the jellybeans and gumdrops that I notice the most.

[gingiemay]

No plastic, just candied fruits and marshmallow candies. Delicious!

[Venneh]

I'm getting mostly honey taffy and marshmallow out of this, which unfortunately does take a plasticy edge on my skin. It's a good soap, it's just not one I think I'm going to need a backup of. A bit of the frutier edge comes out in the drydown, but it's not quite enough to save it.

Edited October 2, 2010 by Venneh

[violetblue]

What a complex soap. I smell different things at different times - I do love the sweetness of this, it is a fruity sweetness that turns a bit magically plastic but not in a horrid way. The black suds are crazy looking and pefect for Halloween - it was wrapped so prettily, I felt bad tearing into it. I love how the sweet scent lingers on the skin as well. Very nice!

[astrid]

This smells utterly fabulous and reminds me lots of Candy Phoenix, but for a $9 bar of soap I need something more moisturizing which I get with soaps from other small boutique soap makers. This soap strips my skin of oil and doesn't leave anything to offer in kind, which I find surprising since I know Villainess makes faaaab goods and I'm a fan of her scrubs & cream!

Edited October 3, 2010 by astrid

[Belladonnastrap]

Candy overload. It reminds me a lot of LUSH's Rock Star soap except I don't get the headache after. The soap lathers pretty well and the scent doesn't linger long on my skin. If you're a fan of super sticky sweet stuff this is the soap for you

[opticnerd]

I LOVE this soap! Smells just like black cherry cream soda dry and gummi bears when wet! Its a fun and silly, sweet soap that works for any time of year. I wish it would be available year round!

[Blood onmy hands]

I agree with the reviews comparing this to LUSH's Rock Star soap. It has a similar creamy, pink, fruity-vanilla candy feel to it, like raspberries and vanilla cream with hints of cotton candy and bubblegum. I actually wish that I could get a perfume oil version of this scent. The smell is fantastic and cheery and the bar itself is beautiful. I find the bar soaps to be really drying, though, so I can only use this sparingly as a hand soap. It has a great lather and smells great while I'm using it. The smell doesn't last on me at all, though, unfortunately.

[Suu4LC]

One word: YUM!

 

Ok, more words. This is a fun, sugary sweet candy explosion! I can see how some would compare it to Lush's Rock Star soap, but maybe at like 1/2-3/4 strength. I can't really pick out specific notes in this-I would just call it yummy candy goodness. A wonderful soap that is SO up my alley! One note, it has a weird black/brownish lather...not a huge deal, it's just a little gross because it looks kind of like dirt when you rub it on your skin. It washes off easily though. Again, not a big deal, just made me do a double take.

 

Couple quick extra notes:

 

The Good: The first few days I had this in my bathroom, it scented it up really nice! My whole bathroom smelled like candy!

 

The Bad: This melted REALLY fast. The bar did not last long, which is sort of a bummer because these soaps aren't cheap!

Edited November 15, 2010 by Suu4LC

[lunaticana]

:love!: for the Plastoc Jack O'Lantern, so much sweets in one bar, but only the classy ones heehee

it is almost like a candyshop but back in the fifties, I never was there offcorse

but I sure watch movies with those in it

does anyone know PeeWee Herman?? he would also have looooooooved this so much!

[Invidiana]

This reminds me of shoving my face in my plastic pumpkin bucket and huffing deeply after trick-or-treating. It's like a melange of every Halloween candy imaginable (except those ghastly Charleston Chews--yeccch), sweet but not cloying, and now I can huff it without sticking my head in a pumpkin.

Edited November 9, 2010 by Invidiana

[vikitty]

Wasn't impressed with this, didn't detect much of a scent to it at all. Disappointed!

[Gin]

I love this soap--but I'm a sucker for black soap. It has a soft candy smell--I can't pick out any type of candy in particular.

[zankoku_zen]

This one is an old Villainess bar of soap, so the scent isn't as strong. It's a soft candy smell - not a particular candy, but I do get a bit of sugary sourness to it. It lathers well and does well as a soap, but the smells isn't necessarily distinctive.

 

Definitely USE or LOSE if you ask me. I love super aged Villainess soap bars because as a soap they are awesome. Scent-wise though, it definitely fades over time.