Mourning the Loss of Usenet and Bubble Bath

[lydy]

Many, many, many years ago, I happened upon a brand of bubble bath that I really liked, Bellmira Herbaflor.  They did a variety of scents, and my favorite was rosemary.  There were also other very nice scents, their lavender was particularly nice, and the chamomile was lovely.  They had, for a brief period of time, a spectacular black currant that was instantly hard to find.  But the one I loved best was rosemary.  They discontinued the rosemary, but I managed to score old stock from Soap Opera some years ago.  My last bottle of Bellmira Herbaflor Rosemary is half-gone, and I have looked to see what is available, now.  In the interim, Bellmira Herbaflor itself seems to have gone away, so that I can't even find other scents.  I have bought a number of other bubble baths, but none of them feel as nice, and of course, none of them have this really marvelous rosemary scent.    

I so miss Usenet.  Were Usenet still a thing, I would go to alt.skincare.bubblebath (or whatever) and post about Bellmira Herbaflor, and twenty people would pop up with information about possible old stock, why they also loved it, who makes stuff similar, why this bubble bath feels nicer on my skin than others, what sources of really nice rosemary scented bubblebath existed, and an in-depth discussion of the various ecological hazards of baths and bath bubbles.  

Instead, I am reduced to whining on my DW that my favorite bubble bath has gone the way of all flesh, and I know of no comparable replacement for it.   

Comments

[lydy]

They do have a lot of very nice looking items. Including Kniepp products, and that is a name that often comes up when I search for Bellmira Herbaflor, which leads me to wonder if they bought Bellmira, especially since they both use the subtitle Aromatherapy, which, yeah, I don't believe in, but it sure smells nice. Thanks for the link!