Not every facial bar needs to announce itself. Smoke & Petal is a quiet one.
The scent is a balanced blend of rosemary and peppermint essential oils — cool and herbal in equal measure, present without being dominant. It's the kind of scent that registers as clean rather than perfumed, fading quickly after the rinse so it doesn't linger into the rest of your routine. For anyone who finds most scented soaps too much for the face, this one tends to be just right.
The bar itself is built entirely from plant-based ingredients — no tallow, no lard, no animal fats of any kind. The base begins with olive oil for its gentle, conditioning quality, then layers in three butters: mango butter for a smooth, light richness; shea butter for its long history in traditional skin care; and cocoa butter for its density and staying power. Aloe juice replaces water as the liquid base, just as it does in the tallow facial bar lineup — a nod to the herb gardens of old, where aloe was a household staple long before it appeared on store shelves.
Two herbal oil infusions carry through from the tallow line: calendula-infused jojoba, a traditional botanical pairing with a warm, golden quality; and mullein-infused castor oil, which contributes to the creamy lather and helps the bar hold together with good staying power. Multiple clays round out the formula — rose clay and French pink clay for color and their mineral-rich character, bentonite clay and calamine for additional drawing power. Activated charcoal, long recognized as a natural skin purifier, is swirled through the bar in a dark, smoky tone that contrasts against the soft pink of the clays.
Each bar is hand-swirled, so the dark and light portions fall differently every time. No two are exactly alike.
This is the vegan entry point into the facial bar lineup — same thoughtful formulation philosophy as the tallow bars, same higher superfat for a gentler lather, same small-batch approach. Just entirely from the plant kingdom.
- 100% plant-based — vegan formula
- Scented with rosemary and peppermint essential oils — cool, herbal, and subtle
- Colored with activated charcoal, rose clay, French pink clay, and calamine — no synthetic dyes
- Dark charcoal and soft pink hand-swirl — every bar unique
- Base of olive oil, mango butter, shea butter, and cocoa butter
- Aloe juice used in place of water
- Calendula-infused jojoba and mullein-infused castor oil
- Higher superfat formula for a gentle, conditioning lather
- Made in small batches by hand
- Wrapped in plastic-free vellum cigar bands