Erode Soap - White Grapefruit
Five to seven business days. Complimentary shipping from $125, complimentary expedited from $500.
The thing she would never buy for herself.
Nobody buys a fifty-six dollar bar of soap. That is exactly why it works as a gift. It is cast by hand in Oakland, cold-processed, cured for eight weeks, and shaped so that it wears down into something different every week it is used. It sits on the edge of a basin looking like an object rather than a toiletry, in a house where almost everything else on the counter is functional.
Rose clay, white grapefruit and goji. Light and fresh rather than heavy, which matters when she cannot wear much scent.
THE OBJECT
Seven ounces, five by two inches, considerably larger than a normal bar
Cold-processed and cured over eight weeks
Cast by hand, so no two are the same
Certified organic
THE MAKER
UME Studio works out of Oakland, making soap, beeswax candles and hand-cast concrete through an architectural lens. The Erode is what they are known for, and it has been an Architectural Digest gift guide pick.
HOW TO USE IT
Brush wet hands or a cloth over the surface rather than rubbing it. The lather comes up, the oils release, and the shape changes as it goes.
Wrapped in tissue, card on top.
No prices, no packing slip, no invoice.
Tracking to you, so you know when it lands.
Please allow five to seven business days for us to prepare your order. Complimentary shipping from $125. Final sale, for hygiene reasons. Our returns policy.
Need it by a date? Say so in the card message and we will tell you honestly if we can.
