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The Soap That Makes You Smile Before You Have Even Used It

There is a category of objects that make you feel better just by existing in your space. Not because of what they do, although what they do matters, but because of what they are. Their shape. Their color. The fact that someone made them by hand with care and attention.

The Aardbeitros Zeep is one of those objects.

A cluster of handformed strawberries, each one individually shaped, gathered into a tros that sits on your bathroom shelf and brings a completely unnecessary but entirely welcome amount of joy to a space that most people have given up trying to make beautiful.

And beyond the way it looks, it is genuinely good soap. Made with natural ingredients. No sulfates stripping your skin raw. No synthetic fragrance that gives you a headache after thirty seconds. Just clean, natural, skin-kind ingredients with a fresh, fruity scent that actually makes you look forward to washing your hands.

Which sounds like a low bar. And yet here we are.

The Aardbeitros Zeep from All Natural By Dorothy is handmade in the Netherlands. It is too pretty to hide in a drawer. It is too good to waste on a quick rinse. It is the kind of small upgrade that makes an ordinary day slightly more enjoyable in a way you will notice every single time you use it.

Sometimes that is exactly enough.

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The Scent That Stays With You Long After You Leave the Bathroom

Most soaps announce themselves loudly and disappear within seconds. You lather, you rinse, and whatever fragrance was promised on the packaging evaporates with the steam before you have even reached for your towel.

Real jasmine does not work that way.

There is a reason jasmine has been used in perfumery, ritual and skincare for thousands of years across cultures that had nothing else in common. It has a warmth and depth that synthetic approximations simply cannot capture. It evolves on the skin. It lingers without being aggressive. It makes the air around you feel different in a way that is difficult to articulate but immediately noticeable.

I have been thinking about what makes a daily routine feel like something you look forward to rather than something you get through. The answer, more often than not, is sensory quality. Not expensive necessarily. Not complicated. Just things that engage your senses in a way that generic products do not.

A soap made with real jasmine fragrance, with natural plant-based oils, crafted by hand in small batches by someone who actually cares about the result: that is a small upgrade with a disproportionately large effect on how your morning or evening feels.

The Velvet Jasmine Bloom luxury soap from All Natural By Dorothy is exactly that. Handmade in the Netherlands. Botanical. Beautiful enough to leave on display. Effective enough to replace everything else on your sink.

Your daily routine deserves something that actually smells like the real thing.

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The Dutch Art of Welcoming a New Life

In the Netherlands, when a baby is born, you visit. You bring something. And what you bring matters.

It is not about the price tag. It is about the intention. The acknowledgment that something significant has happened and that the people at the center of it deserve to feel that significance reflected back at them through what you bring to their door.

The kraambezoek is one of those traditions that sounds simple but carries real weight. You sit in someone's home a few days after they have had a baby. The new mother is exhausted and radiant at the same time. The baby is somehow both ancient and brand new. And you are there as a witness to the beginning of something.

What you give in that moment should match it.

Flowers are the obvious choice, and there is nothing wrong with flowers. But flowers are gone within a week. A handcrafted, beautifully designed birth bouquet that can be displayed for weeks or months, that becomes part of the visual memory of those early days: that stays.

The Kraamboeket from All Natural By Dorothy is made by hand in the Netherlands in soft purples and whites, colors that carry exactly the right energy for a new beginning. It is the kind of gift that people keep and remember.

Because some moments deserve more than something that wilts.

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When Your Soap Smells Better Than Your Perfume

There are products you buy because you need them. And then there are products you buy because they make you feel something the moment you unwrap them.

Jasmine is one of those scents that does something to the air around it. It is warm without being heavy. Floral without being overwhelming. It has this quiet richness that makes a room feel instantly more luxurious, like you have been transported somewhere slower and more beautiful than wherever you actually are.

I have been thinking a lot lately about the small things that make a daily routine feel less like a routine and more like something you actually look forward to. The right soap is one of those things. Not a supermarket bar that leaves your skin feeling tight and your bathroom smelling like synthetic flowers for thirty seconds before it fades completely. Something that actually lingers. Something made with real ingredients by real hands.

That is exactly what the Velvet Jasmine Bloom luxury soap from All Natural By Dorothy is. Handmade in the Netherlands with natural ingredients, botanical decoration and genuine jasmine fragrance. The kind of soap you leave on the edge of the sink instead of hiding it away because it is genuinely too beautiful to put in a drawer.

Your morning shower deserves better than a plastic bottle of something that was manufactured by the million. Start there.

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The Soap That Looks Too Good To Use

You know that feeling when something is so beautiful you almost don't want to touch it?

That's exactly what happened when I first got my hands on a handmade decorative soap shaped like a bunch of grapes. The detail is unreal. Each individual "grape" is perfectly formed, the color is rich and deep, and the whole thing sits on your bathroom shelf like a piece of art.

But here's the thing, it's not just for looking at.

Handmade soaps like this are made with natural ingredients that actually care for your skin. No sulfates stripping away your natural moisture. No synthetic fragrances leaving that chemical aftertaste in the air. Just a clean, rich lather that leaves your skin soft and genuinely hydrated after every wash.

The secret is glycerin, a natural byproduct of the soap-making process that commercial manufacturers actually remove and sell separately. Handmade soap keeps it in, which is why your skin feels completely different after using it.

If you've been looking for something that upgrades your bathroom aesthetic AND your skincare routine at the same time, the Grape Cluster Soap from All Natural By Dorothy is exactly that. Handmade in the Netherlands, gorgeous enough to display, and actually good for your skin.

Sometimes the most beautiful things are also the most functional.