Spring Release bar soap

Mrs. Elton would like to tell you about Garden of England bar soap, as her friends tell her she is excellent at introductions!

Full of several seed types of unparalleled quality, you will adore the exfoliation of this bar soap. With one breath you are transported to a spring garden with earthy notes of fresh soil, flower buds, herbs, woods, amber, and marigolds. In other words, says Mrs. Elton, it smells exactly like Surry, as she insists it is the only county ever called the garden of England.

“When you have seen more of this country, I am afraid you will think you have overrated Hartfield. Surry is full of beauties.”

“Oh! yes, I am quite aware of that. It is the garden of England, you know. Surry is the garden of England.”

“Yes; but we must not rest our claims on that distinction. Many counties, I believe, are called the garden of England, as well as Surry.”

“No, I fancy not,” replied Mrs. Elton, with a most satisfied smile. “I never heard any county but Surry called so.”

Emma was silenced.

~Emma, by Jane Austen

This lemon verbena and lemongrass scented soap is a fierce and bold as Elizabeth Bennet standing up to Lady Catherine de Bourgh! A bright and sunny yellow completes the look.

Obstinate headstrong girl is a beloved phrase to lovers of Pride and Prejudice. Would that we could all be like Elizabeth!

“Obstinate, headstrong girl! I am ashamed of you! Is this your gratitude for my attentions to you last spring?” ~ Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen.

The Complete Works of Jane Austen, Abridged contains scraps of all our other Jane Austen soaps made throughout the year! We make a new batch of soap as a binder and stir the scraps into it, along with extra fragrance.

The scent profile has notes of mint, cedar, and many other lighter notes from past soaps due to the scraps. It's a bit of everything!

This unique bar contains scraps of soap and toppings saved from the last year. The toppings have been mixed right in along with other scraps, which gives it some exfoliation. The unusual composition of new and old soap made this necessary to cut by hand and it has a much rougher surface than other soaps we sell along with a reduced price tag. This soap will not be the same from year to year as the scraps saved will vary.

“The abilities of the nine-hundredth abridger of the History of England, or of the man who collects and publishes in a volume some dozen lines of Milton, Pope, and Prior, with a paper from the Spectator, and a chapter from Sterne, are eulogized by a thousand pens” ~ Northanger Abbey.

A bar soap made to look like a closet? Naturally! This rosemary and mint soap is inspired by Mr. Collins and his beloved shelves in the closet, made famous by the scene in 1995 Pride and Prejudice.

Shelves in the closet is quite the joke among Jane Austen lovers. This bar soap is made to look similar to shelves in the closet and smell like Mr. Collins's rosemary and mint herb garden drifting in through the window. A favorite scene in Pride and Prejudice 1995 involves the serious Mr. Collins earnestly telling Elizabeth Bennet about his shelves in the closet. Her interest in the subject was fierce, naturally, and the reverence with which Mr. Collins discusses Lady Catherine's shelving advice is positively hilarious. With turmeric for color and cocoa lines for the shelves, think of all the dresses you could put in that tiny closet! Lady Catherine would be very impressed if she ever saw it.

"She [...] had once paid him a visit in his humble parsonage, where she had perfectly approved all the alterations he had been making, and had even vouchsafed to suggest some herself—some shelves in the closet up stairs.” 
~Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, regarding the Right Honorable Lady Catherine de Bourgh and Mr. Collins. 

"Shelves in the Closet? Happy thought indeed!" 
~Elizabeth Bennet, Pride and Prejudice 1995 film.

Do yourself a favor and watch this scene to get the full experience!

Mr. Collins will tell you straightaway the cost of the chimneypiece at Rosings Park (£800!!). Elizabeth herself hoped for a glimpse of it. For years I have wished to create my own interpretation of this famous corner of Rosings Park, and thus have finally created The Chimneypiece bar soap.

The Chimneypiece bar soap is designed to look like a block of marble. The scent is crushed green leaves and grapefruit, reminiscent of a spring morning.

You must not leave Rosings Park without getting a glimpse of the fabled chimneypiece. Gaze upon its marble beauty and sigh at its magnificence!

"The chimney-piece alone had cost eight hundred pounds." ~ Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen