Heaven's Plant Medicine
Golden Bough
Bergamot & Cedarwood Body Bar
$10 per bar, preorder.
The Story
The showpiece of the honey-tallow family: a gold batter marbled through with a purple alkanet swirl — the brand's own colors, in a bar. Same base as its siblings: one hundred percent tallow, a 7% superfat, raw honey stirred into the warm oils. Bergamot leads the scent, the citrus that scented the first Earl Grey, with cedarwood underneath holding it steady. Slice a cured bar and the swirl cuts differently on every face: each piece is its own.
The Ritual
Slow shower, any time of day. Work the lather in the hands, smooth over skin, rinse. Take a look at the cut face before you use it down.
Meet the Ingredients — Story, History & Science
Beef Tallow (Bovine Lard)
The history: Tallow is the original soap fat, the hard white bar of the old household, rendered from the kitchen and saponified with lye.
Traditional use: The farmstead soap fat, the bar that lasted the winter.
The science: Its fatty-acid profile is close to the skin's own sebum, which makes for a mild, creamy-lathering bar that leaves skin feeling conditioned, not stripped.
Raw Honey (Mel)
The history: Honey has been found unspoiled in Egyptian tombs, the sweet that never goes bad, the offering of the hive to the gods.
Traditional use: The healer's sweet, stirred into balms and washes for millennia.
The science: Its natural sugars boost the lather while its humectant nature draws moisture to the skin; it also warms the bar to a soft amber-gold.
Bergamot (Citrus Bergamia)
The history: The perfume house's citrus, named for the town of Bergamo and poured into colognes and teacups alike — bergamot is the scent of the first Earl Grey.
Traditional use: The connoisseur's citrus, worn at the collarbone and stirred into tea.
The science: Steam-distilled, so there is no sun-sensitivity worry on skin; it reads bright and complex — citrus up front with a floral coolness behind it.
Cedarwood (Cedrus Atlantica)
The history: Cedar kept temple doors and pharaohs' coffins sound for millennia, the wood that time respects.
Traditional use: The forest's quiet resin, used in incense, chests, and skin salves.
The science: A natural fixative: its heavy base notes anchor the brighter citrus oil on top so the scent holds in the cured bar instead of flashing off.
Alkanet Root (Alkanna Tinctoria)
The history: The dyer's root of the old world, used since antiquity to coax purple and red from oil.
Traditional use: The apothecary's blush, tinting salves and lip balms a soft violet.
The science: Its alkannin pigments tint the infused tallow a grey-violet, folded through the batter at light trace: pure color, no dye.
How to Use
Lather between wet hands or a soft cloth, smooth over skin, rinse. Keep the bar dry between uses on a draining dish.
The Details
Hand-cut cold-process bar, cured 4 weeks or longer. Net weight about 3.5 oz (final weights confirmed at cure). Wrapped in unbleached parchment with a belly band; Batch and Best By written by hand on the band.
Ingredients (INCI-style): Sodium Tallowate, Aqua, Glycerin, Honey (Mel), Citrus Bergamia (Bergamot) Peel Oil, Cedrus Atlantica (Cedarwood) Oil.
PREORDER: This batch pours Mon Oct 20 and cures four weeks: orders placed now ship from Nov 17. Curing soap is real soap — we would rather you wait for it than get a green bar.
Good to Know
For external use only. Discontinue if irritation occurs. Keep the bar dry between uses on a draining dish, never in a puddle.
These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
Order Yours
$10.00
Preorder — ships mid-November
3.5 oz
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