Balinese Lulur is an ancient village remedy from the rice farmers of Bali. It has been handed down through generations and is recognized as a traditional medicine. It is believed to help warm the body, relieve aching joints as well as soothe sore muscles. The history is that the hand-crushed spice would be applied on the legs after a day's work of standing in the rice paddies. Today, lulur is becoming very popular in Asian spa's, usually offered as an exfoliating, polishing treatment for the body. Locally, continually used by young woman to help aid in the recovery of troubled skin, as well as newborn babies to tauten the skin and fight infection. We use an ancient village recipe of fenugreek (trigonella foenum-graecum), sandalwood (santalum spicata), ginger (asarum canadense), vertiver grass (vertiveria zizanioides), and salam leaf (syzsygium polyantha) as the dominant ingredients for the powder. This powder is then added to the soap mixture at the end of the soap making process to ensure the healing properties are left intact. We also add a concentrated lulur oil that we make here in our workshop. In addition to the natural healing properties of this oil, it is used as a superfatting agent in our soap. Superfatting is a process soapmakers use to ensure a softer, smoother, creamier, more emollient-rich bar of soap. Rosewood Essential Oil (aniba rosaeodora) has a subtle, soft, sweet and spicy aroma, with fresh floral notes. It is reminiscent of rose, citrus and wood. When used in skin care, it stimulates new cell growth, regenerates tissue and minimizes lines and wrinkles. Rosewood oil can balance either dry or oily skin. It soothes sensitive and inflamed skin; it also clears blemishes and improves acne. With regular application, it helps to diminish scars and may even combat aging skin and wrinkles.