I stumbled across a burts bees bay rum gift set while looking for essential oils and I loved the smell, so it came home with me. The aftershave balm is great, but the soap, well I'm not sure if that is fair to other soaps to be lumped in with this stuff. It is like the anti-soap! Takes forever to lather, and when you do get a lather it has no substance to it. It may look rich and creamy in the bowl but once on the face it just dissapears! I tried all the tips I could find and even grated it and pressed it in a bowl, no luck what so ever. Since it said vegetable based I also tried using a double boiler to no avail. Last but not least, even though I knew better, I tried to microwave it..that was stupid and only earned me a bad burnt soap smell nd a cracked bowl. So overall, I am really dissapointed in the soap but do love the aftershave balm.