Vanilla Fountain (Burnt caramel)

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Lush Times Summer 2008: When Mo bring a new Bath Ballistic to a Lush creative team meeting, she gets a bowl full of warm water, drops it in, then hands it around the room for everyone to smell. With the Vanilla Fountain, no-one wanted to let go of the bowl and pass it on. Without doubt, this little Ballistic is going to sell out in minutes (and that's only if the kitchen ever manages to make more than the creative team need for themselves). Simon Constantine made the comforting vanilla scent with natural vanilla absolute - the posh stuff made from vanilla pods - with a touch of restful sandalwood and a note of burnt caramel. It was inspired by the extraordinary deserts at Heston Blumental's amazing restaurant, The Fat Duck at Bray (www.fatduck.co.uk). Our designers, Joe and Katie, went there and haven't been seen since. Anyway, if you live too far away to eat chez Heston you can i) get his book Further Adventures in Search of Perfection or ii) a few Vanilla Fountains for the bathing equivalent of an adventure in search of perfection. It comes pretty close.

"Nice. Smooth." Simon Nicholls. Lush International Retail Team and one half of the Smut Brothers.

Ingredients: Sodium Bicarbonate, Citric Acid, Perfume, Vanilla Absolute (Vanilla planifolia), Jasmine Absolute (Jasminum officinale), Tonka Absolute (Dipteryx odorata), *Hydroxycitronellal, *Coumarin, Gardenia Extract (Gardenia jasminoides), Colour 45350, Vanilla Pod (Vanilla planifolia)