Crabtree & Evelyn's Patchouli soap was the first fragranced, and on my allowance expensive, purchase I made for myself. It was a revelation of how classy patchouli can be, rather than honky and mixed up with the pee-like smell of the hippie shop in 1970s Reading. I kept the empty boxes as decoration because of the lush Douanier Rousseau-inspired design work.
