Down the Bayou — Shaving Soap

Down the Bayou is the hush between breaths in the House of Forgotten Lore. Where Papa’s smoke curls upward in the rafters, this path runs outward into the wild—past lantern glow, past foot-worn boards, and down toward the slow-moving water where silence has weight and the trees lean close to listen.

At the Apothecary’s bench, the bayou’s stillness is rendered in lather. Stearic, tallow, and mango butter melt together under watchful hands, whipped into a cream dense enough to steady the blade and smooth enough to coax the mind into calm. This is not factory goop masquerading as soap; it is patient craft, built from honest oils, heat, and time.

The fragrance begins with a clean, drifting brightness—elemi and coriander, like first light glinting off water. Ginger and black pepper warm the air beneath it, echoing sun-warmed cypress roots. Lavender wanders in soft and unexpected, as though carried on a passing breeze. Deeper still, oakmoss and cedarwood rise like the dark trunks that guard the shoreline, patchouli resting at their feet as moss underfoot. Amber casts a final gold shimmer over the scene, while clove hangs at the edges like the very first hint of autumn.

Each small batch is blended, poured, and cured under the Apothecary’s eye, released only when it meets his standard of glide, slickness, and ritual worthiness. The full-size vessel offers space for a clean, generous loading motion.

Ingredients: Vegetable-Based Stearic Acid, Aqua, Grass-Fed Beef Tallow, Organic Coconut Oil, Potassium Hydroxide, Mango Seed Butter, Castor Oil, Palm-Derived Vegetable Glycerin, Sodium Hydroxide, Avocado Oil, Fragrance, Aloe Barbadensis Juice, Sodium Lactate, Silk Peptides.
Net Wt.: 4 oz

Do not use if allergic to any listed ingredients. Discontinue use if irritation occur

• Return to the Apothecary’s Bench– browse the other tonics and preparations awaiting their next devotee.
• Wander Down the Bayou — slip deeper into the quiet mile and see every soap, aftershave, and relic shaped by the bayou’s breath..