This is the same soap I found in the bungalows at the Bali Hai on Mo'orea, Tahiti in French Polynesia. Its scent is from the tiaré flower, a variety of gardenia which neither looks nor smells like the gardenias in my back yard. The tiaré is the national flower of Tahiti. Tourists are handed a tiaré bud when they get off the plane. There are trays of tiaré buds set out in public places, hotels, restaurants, fruit stands. Men and women put a tiaré bud behind their ear (right for single, left for married) in the morning, where it gradually blooms to adorn the hair and release that exquisite fragrance though in all honesty, while I saw men of all ages wearing the bud, I never did see one with a full blossom behind either ear.It isn't fancy carved white soap. It's a plain brown with the word "Tahiti" molded in one side and "Tiki Tahiti" alongside a tiaré bud on the other side. The scent is not complex, just tiaré and the coconut oil in the soap. It lathers to a normal amount of suds and rinses clean, leaving a very light fragrance. It lasts as long as any bar soap I've used and a lot longer than glycerin or liquid soaps. I struggle with scent and skin allergies, but this soap doesn't give me a headache or a rash. It leaves the bathroom smelling like a Tahitian bungalow.
The only thing better than finding it on Amazon would be going to Tahiti to get more.
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