Random Holiday Gift #2

(Another in our occasional series of gift-giving advice.)

Sure, bath and shower stuff is now a traditional gift at the holidays, but this stuff, Kneipp shower gel, is different. Well, the Juniper variety is different. Why? Because it smells exactly (and I mean *exactly*) like Wint-o-green Life Savers.

I don't know about you, but for me, that's a good thing. It smells delicious, but not heavy or cloying (as so many flower-and-fruit-scented gels do), it's invigorating, and it STAYS IN THE SHOWER. I may like to wake up to a particular scent, but I don't want it following me all day. (I have this stuff for that.)

They've just changed the packaging (it used to be a fairly odd-looking square-topped white plastic bottle that held onto the last ounce with a tenacity rarely seen in bath products). There are also herbal baths (less sudsy) and fizzy bath tablets available, too.

This makes a great stocking stuffer!

Comments

[Carol]

I love Wint-o-green Life Savers. Did you ever make the blue sparks chomping on one in the dark, in front of a mirror, with your mouth open? (The big ones don't seem to work; it has to be the regular sized ones in the roll.) Why do wintergreen Life Savers spark when crunched?

[lynneguist]

Can you still get Kneipp baths in the States? (Comes in a glass bottle, coloured, doesn't bubble much, and marvelously and therapeutically scented. I love the rosemary one. And the eucalyptus. And the melissa...) The supplier in the UK doesn't sell it anymore, so if anyone knows a place to buy them in NYC, I'd love to know...

[Juno]

I knew that I loved you...the steadily growing pile of fabric in my house, and the litter of patterns proliferating here as well had taught me that long ago...but until today, when you showed me that I can replace the long cherished dregs of my beloved and used-to-be-impossible-to-find Fracas I did not know how much.The perfume shops and department stores I have visited! It never even occurred to me to look on Amazon. Thank you.

[India]

I, too, knew that I loved you--and loved you in such a way that my affection is never damped by our occasional disagreements. Because I hate wintergreen anything. But j'adore Fracas.

[Kuty Shalev, Clevertech]

All the Kneipp products are available in the USA including the Herbal Bath. The website is www.kneippus.com You can purchase online (free shipping on orders over $100) or find stores near your zip code.

[kmkat]

What I want to know is whether the shower gel makes the blue sparks if you shower in the dark. That would be a real selling point, imho ;-)