Not only do I like to stock up on staples during holiday sales, but I also like to score items to use as hostess gifts or to save for use at home as the year unfolds. I’m glad I shopped the year end sale at RITUALS, a brand from the Netherlands that’s been sold in the U.S. both in their own stores and online for quite a long time. When I recently went to the RITUALS website, it greeted me with a message saying “Shipping has temporarily been paused”. Ah, tariffs. Another brand I love has been affected. Good thing I hit up their ‘site at the end of 2024.
One of the items that I purchased was RITUALS LUXURY KITCHEN SET from their Private Collection (i.e. scents crafted by perfumers) in Sweet Jasmine in mini sizes.
Thank goodness, I also bought a full size Hand Balm in my favorite RITUALS scent Amber. The White Jasmine set is made up of of two pump bottles, Hand Wash containing 3.7 fl. oz. /110 ml. and Hand Balm containing 2.8 fl. oz./85 ml. Each bottle is a festive shimmery gold plastic. In fact, I had bought the set to keep as a hostess gift, but since I haven’t needed it as a gift I decided to use it in my guest bathroom.
Sweet Jasmine is described by RITUALS as: “a soothing blend of romantic florals, zesty fruits and warm woody notes”. I would say that is quite accurate. Although Sweet Jasmine skews more feminine, I think the “warm woody notes” give it enough of a gender-neutral edge that anyone could use to wash their hands and moisturize them afterwards with Sweet Jasmine.
I checked to see if the RITUALS stores still exist in the US, but I have a feeling that they may have been shuttered. Amazon still has a few RITUALS products on the US website but they seem to be on the verge of selling out.
Nevertheless, RITUALS is a worldwide brand, and it can be found in stores, airports and hotels throughout the world. If you’re outside of the US, you can order from the website based in your country or shop in local stores. In fact, I was just checking the UK website, the size of the skincare collection was vast in comparison to what had been available in the States. Oh well, I hope I get back to Europe one of these days and can stock up on my faves as well as new-to-me products. Hope you can too.
So sad that they have to stop sending.
It’ll be interesting to see what happens with the tariffs after SCOTUS today. I heard that Toyota is leaving their plant in Alabama and relocating to Canada
The package looks very pretty!