Vaadi Sandal soap with saffron and turmeric

Remember the time Veerappan was a huge menace in the South? He was charged with everything from man-slaughter to kidnapping, to poaching of elephants to sandalwood smuggling. Among his many misdeeds however the last one seems to have stuck the most, giving him the moniker ‘Sandalwood Veerappan’. Veerappan obviously thought very highly of the value of this ingredient and so do I. I would like to believe that is the only thing Veerappan and I share in common. I love sandalwood soaps and I really expected this one to be a diamond in the mine.

I took a very long time to make my mind up about the soap (two weeks almost).It was hard to really figure out what I thought about it. It was a nice soap. Not mind blowing, spectacular stuff just nice. The translucent, plain bar of soap was uninteresting (I like interesting shapes and sizes in soaps) but it did its job well. It lathered well, had a pleasant fragrance that lingered for a long time and made my skin feel clean. There isn’t  much more that I could possibly say about it. All the characteristics I have just listed are, if you have noticed, quite, oh how should I say it, ordinary.

Vaadi had good intentions.  The sandalwood, saffron and turmeric combination is actually delightful and anyone who enjoys a good earthy scent would find it very enticing.  Like I said, it is a nice everyday-use soap but tweak the ingredients a little and it would have been spectacular. Like for example, if the soap had a cream base instead of the glycerine and that itself would have taken this soap up several notches. The soap does have the advantage of being affordable (it is priced at Rs.25/- ) and having the right mix of ingredients which might entice the loyal sandalwood soap audience but my only regret it is that it could have been so much more.

All in all, this soap does not demand your complete devotion and loyalty in the soap department but it is definitely worth a one-time wash. It’s been almost 8 years since the death of the notorious Sandalwood Veerappan but I am sure when he smuggled 10,000 tons of sandalwood to the US for 22,000,000$  he thought it would have come to better use than in the Vaadi soap. He obviously knew the real worth of this soap and had he been alive today I am sure he would have had added one more charge to his chargesheet.

Seller: Vaadi Herbals

Soap name: Divine Sandal soap (Skin whitening therapy)

Seller : Flipkart

Price; Rs 25/-