Hand Soap Bundle

I both needed a refill on my foaming soap and I wanted to get a. nice dispenser, so this was perfect for me. The bottle is much nicer than I was expecting based on what I can only assume are photo reviews of early iterations of the bottle that used stickers for the graphic that had peeled off. It doesn't feel like something that will peel off, but only time will tell. haven't had it long enough to speak to its longevity, but it dispenses a good amount of soap and looks very nice.

I really, really want to love this product. And while I think hearts are in the right place, this isn't the hand soap you're looking for.

The good: The soap pump feels really high quality - I bought two bundles so that I could put one in my kids' bathroom and one in mine. The glass is hefty, the metal exterior feels like it'll do a great job protecting the plastic mechanism, and it dispenses beautifully.

The bad: Unfortunately, the soap is dispenses is a huge disappointment. I didn't have trouble dissolving the soap cake, unlike other reviewers. And the lemongrass scent was nice!... at first. After about a week, the scent went away. A few days after that, it started to smell actively bad, almost musty. This would be bad enough on its own(who wants soap that makes your hands smell like an old towel?), but just as disappointing - the soap struggles to remove oils. This may be a feature for some, but I ended up moving one of the pumps to the kitchen (my wife hated it in the bathroom) and whenever I'd try to use it to wash my hands after cooking it would fail spectacularly to make them feel clean.

I understand the amount of effort that is being put into sourcing products that are made sustainably, ethically, and are environmentally friendly and I understand that Meliora checks those boxes well. But if you're someone who's used to something like soft soap, this just isn't going to compare. My advice? Buy the pump and (for now) find a different foaming hand soap tablet. That's…