Soap is a truely amazing, beautiful invention. My father; who travels the world; recently gave me the gift of a bar of soap from Bath, England. It seemed to have a vibrant sheen which absorbed and attracted the light. The scent was pure heaven. It makes me ponder the times before soap existed. It was acceptable to smell. I am quite sure the lands of people who could not really clean themselves; were accustomed to the potent scent of the unclean human body. I cannot bear to imagine how my fiance and I would wreak.