5 out of 5
Discontinued in 2001
Ingredients: Propylene Glycol, Sodium Palm Kernelate, Sweet Violet Leaf Infusion (Viola odorata), Sodium Sterate, Sodium Lauryl Sulfate, Perfume, Rose Otto Absolute (Rosa centifolia), Geranium Oil (Pelargonium crispum), Lavender Oil (Lavandula hybrida), Glycerine, Sodium Chloride, Tetrasodium EDTA, Gardenia Extract (Gardenia jasminoides), Titanium Dioxide, Colour 18050, Colour 61585, Liquorice Sticks (Glycyrrhiza glabra), Beech Leaves (Fagus sylvatica), Lavender Sprigs (Lavandula hybrida).
This was an extremely popular soap with Lushies back in the day.
Review: Wow. It smells quite different when it’s fresh, too strong, however when one lets it air dry for a few weeks, Tiptoe TT Tulips becomess so fresh and floral and feminine and beautiful. I don’t know if you are familiar with the precious gemstone called “Alexandrite”? Well that is a rare gem that has been all but mined out of the ground. It was a favorite of the Russian Czarina Alexandria. People search for this gem because of it’s ability to change color. When looked at in one angle of light the Alexandrite looks green, but looking at it again at another angle the alexandrite looks purple. That is exactly what Lush’s Tiptoe Through the Tulips soap does too! To look at it, it naturally looks dark green, but if you hold it up to the light, it’s purple. Cool. This is one that you’ve got to cure if it comes to you fresh, but it needs to dry out a bit in my opinion so it can morph scent into the smell I know and love. I put this in the same family as Oxeo Cube deoderant, Hard shampoo, Summer Bluesballistic, Dreaming of Summer bath oil, and Chelsea Gardenballistic. The lather is light green and creamy for a translucent glycerine type soap. It’s floral but not grandmother like, nor is it too strong. It get’s right up there to the “too strong” line but it backs off before it becomes too much. It’s a tad sweet, but mostly like fresh flowers and stems like at the nursery or florists shop. Scent wise this has such lovely staying power too. I can see why everyone says they put it in their lingerie drawer. Mmmm.
Lush Times Summer 2001 description: What is extraordinary about it is that this otherwise insignificant piece of TTTtT has filled the entire room with the aroma of a traditional French perfumery AND WE HAVEN’T EVEN TAKEN IT OUT OF IT’S BAG YET!! Oh my goodness, gracious me! What a heavenly scent! What a wondrous aura of roses, violets, geraniums and lavender! What a stunning scent of everything in the flower garden except tulips! This is a soap to make you absorb the peace and quiet of a cottage garden, to feel the calm of an ancient perfumery and to bring a soft smile to your face.
Heres what the whole big giant piece in the store looked like. It had big flowers made out of soap sticking through. Beautiful.
