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Miss Spencer's Scandalous Bath
Anne (“Ninon”) de Lanclos was born in 1620
and lived an exciting and scandalous life as a French courtesan,
epicurean, and confidante to such literate men as Moliere and
Scarron. She was a celebrated beauty, whose body retained its
youthful curves and whose skin remained moist and smooth throughout
all of her eighty-five years. Her beauty secrets were many and
varied, but the one she felt to be most important was her daily
herbal bath. This herbal sachet recreates her exact recipe.
$3.00
Miss Spencer's Serenity Bath
This is a very old mixture, used by herbalists in ancient times
to ease melancholy and invoke tenderness. The delicate and relaxing
scent was believed to draw the mind into quieter pathways, release
stress and toxins from the body, and encourage sweet dreams.
One of its many ingredients is mistletoe, which was believed
to protect you from curses, ill wishes, and black magic.
$3.00
Miss Spencer's Hard Day's Work Bath Herbs
This bath mixture is wonderful for calming the nerves
and relaxing sore muscles at the end of a hard day's work. It
is also suitable for sensitive or easily irritated skin. Based
on a recipe dating from the mid-seventeenth century and repeated
with only slight variations in herbals throughout the next two
centuries, our Hard Day's Work Herbs will soothe and relax you
from head to toe.
$3.00
Miss Spencer's Mollifying Bath
Mollify: To placate, calm, soften, or ease.
Herbalists have known for generations that their work affects
not only the body but also the emotions. This particular herbal
bath mixture has been used since the sixteenth century to chase
away all manner of bad humours. Whether you need to lower your
stress level, recover from a bad mood, or simply pick up your
spirits, a long, luxurious soak in our Mollifying Bath will do
you good.
$3.00
Miss Spencer's Love Bath
The recipe for this sachet comes from 17th-century
Paris - what better place to find romance, tenderness, and perhaps
a little scandal? Delicate scents, sweet preparations, and gentle
herbs combine in this bath sachet to bring you a feeling of deep
contentment, warmth, and well-being. The French ladies and courtesans
for whom it was originally prepared soaked long and luxuriously
in this bath in the expectation of finding a new love or revitalizing
a long-standing relationship.
$3.00
Miss Spencer's Muscle Magic Bath
A long soak in a hot tub feels wonderful on sore and
tired muscles. A herbal soak designed to help ease those muscles
and stave off stiffness makes the experience even better! Our
special Muscle Magic blend comes from a seventeenth-century recipe
that enjoyed tremendous popularity throughout Southern France
and along the Mediterranean coast for over two centuries. This
is also a wonderfully soothing bath to soak in when you feel
a cold or a chill coming on.
$3.00
Miss Spencer's Cordial Bath
Cordial baths are some of the most gentle and soothing
baths created by herbalists, and have been used for centuries
by those who wish for a little special pampering. They have been
chosen and blended for their cooling and soothing properties,
and are favourites of those with sensitive or irritated skin.
They are also mildly deodorant, and are therefore the perfect
choice for a soak before bed, after a strenuous workout, or at
the beginning of a challenging day.
$3.00
Miss Spencer's Tranquillity Bath
How precious is that tranquil moment, when one's mind can at
last let go of the cares of the day and the woes of the world
and travel its internal pathways to a place of repose and quietude
where nothing disturbs, nothing interrupts, and at last solace
and peace can be found! This is the thought that 17th-century
English herbalists had in mind when they first created this blend
of herbs. Our Tranquillity Bath takes advantage of the best place
in the world to hide and relax - your bathtub!
$3.00
Miss Spencer's Queen Anne's Bath
The scent of this lovely bath has the sweetness of
lavender mixed with the tang of rosemary and sage - it’s
a delightful, light fragrance that’s wonderful for a long,
slow soak or just a quick pick-me-up dip. These herbs were grown
in the kitchen gardens of both palaces and cottages throughout
the early 18th century, and were reputed to have been favourites
of Queen Anne herself.
$3.00
Miss Spencer's Oatmeal Lavender Bath
The emollient and healing effects of oatmeal have
been known for centuries. Not surprisingly, the Scots were the
masters at creating effective and enjoyable oatmeal skin preparations,
and our Oatmeal Lavender Bath is made from a Scottish recipe
that dates back to the 1700s. This is a wonderful bath to help
soothe dry, itchy skin or insect bites while the heavenly scent
soothes your soul!
$3.00
Miss Spencer's Oatmeal Rose Bath
The emollient and healing effects of oatmeal have
been known for centuries, as have the soothing and calming properties
of the rose. This eighteenth-century blend of oats and roses
is wonderful for dry, irritated skin, and is excellent for a
long soak when you need to feel spoiled. It is truly the ultimate
in deeply soothing and relaxing luxury for both your skin and
your psyche!
$3.00
Miss Spencer's Peace of Mind Bath
This wonderful bath first gained popularity some 250
years ago, when it was made as a remedy for frayed nerves. It
enjoyed a wide following and appears in period references from
all over Europe. We have to agree that we find ourselves tremendously
relaxed and mellow after a soak in this heavenly blend. Gently
sweet smelling and wonderful on the skin, this bath is the perfect
solution for those folks who are desperate for an oasis of calm
in an otherwise hectic day.
$3.00
Miss Spencer's Lush Life Bath
Once one of the most profitable and highly prized
spices traded by the Dutch East India Company, cinnamon was prized
for both its rich flavour and its reputation as an aphrodisiac.
When combined with roses, which were said to attract both love
and fortune, it makes a potent and evocative combination. Both
ingredients also have a reputation for doing wonderful things
for your skin. We suggest that you take a long, hot, luxurious
bath in this mixture . . . you never know what might happen!
$3.00
Miss Spencer's Lavender Bath
“Lavender . . . openeth all inward parts, clensing
and driving forth all evill and currupt humours” - John
Gerard, 1597
Over the centuries, lavender has been used to relieve congestion,
headaches, hangovers, tension, and
exhaustion, as well as to dress wounds, heal small skin abrasions,
and ease insect bites. Use our bath made with only the finest
French lavender when you need a mental holiday or a gentle sleep
filled with sweet dreams.
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Our
bath sachets are blended from food-grade and, where possible,
organic herbs for the finest quality and purest scents and steeped
essences possible. Each individual bath is hand-wrapped in 100%
cotton cheesecloth and labelled with its history, several suggestions
for its use, and its ingredients. Our baths are all made in a
government-inspected kitchen for your safety and security.