Handcrafted for the Curious · Small Batch

Decay&Dew

Lather · Rinse · Resurrect

A one-cauldron melt-and-pour apothecary. We raise our bases from the dead with raw, 100% natural botanicals and oils — no preservatives, no animal testing, nothing toxic. Lather, Rinse, Resurrect.

100% Vegan Natural Fragrance 100% Raw Botanicals No Preservatives Cruelty-Free & Non-Toxic
Skull, crescent moon, and poison bottles from the Decay & Dew crest
The Apothecary's Note

Soap, raised
from the dead.

Born in a single kitchen cauldron, we never outgrew it. Every bar is poured by hand, handcrafted with intention, and wrapped in small, suspicious batches. No factory shortcuts, no mass production — each pour is singular. Everything else is raw: cold-pressed oils, wild botanicals, the occasional drop of agave nectar. The skulls are theater. The lather is real. The names are where we let the darkness play.

Every soap is vegan, honest, and handcrafted.

The Wares

Specimens currently in stock

Three specimens off the workbench. Handcrafted with raw oils and 100% natural botanicals, no preservatives, ever.

Parlor & Powder

The Heirloom

Colloidal oatmeal and agave nectar, softened with vanilla. Gentle, creamy, and quietly old-fashioned.

Made withOatmilk base, colloidal oatmeal, agave nectar, vanilla.

Gentle Exfoliating · Soothing · Moisturizing

≈ 4.5 oz bar · Oatmilk base

Soothing · Dry skin$11
Forbidden Chamber

The Departed

Activated charcoal drawn through patchouli and vetiver, softened with chamomile and lavender — earthy, grounding, and quietly at rest.

Made withShea butter base, activated charcoal, patchouli oil, vetiver oil, chamomile, lavender.

Grounding · Calming · Clarifying

≈ 4.5 oz bar · Shea butter base

Exfoliating · Oily skin$11
Emerald Elixir

The Alchemist's Tonic

Stone-ground matcha and green tea, drawn into a shea-and-oatmilk elixir. Earthy, verdant, and quietly reviving.

Made withShea butter & oatmilk bases, matcha powder, green-black mica, green tea.

Antioxidant · Reviving · Gently Exfoliating

≈ 4.5 oz bar · Shea & oatmilk blend

Reviving · All skin types$11

Handcrafted in small batches—each bar requires time to cure in our apothecary. Allow 1-2 weeks before your order leaves the apothecary, depending on volume.

The Ritual

Four steps from base to bar

Melt-and-pour, said plainly — though we prefer to say it the long way.

I
Render

A base — oatmilk or shea butter — is melted low and slow until it runs like dark glass.

II
Bewitch

Raw oils, botanical infusions, and natural clays are folded in by hand — one small cauldron at a time. No synthetics, no preservatives.

III
Pour

Cast into the mould and spritzed to banish the bubbles. Each bar sets beneath a paper moon.

IV
Resurrect

Cured, cut, and wrapped. What was raw base rises again as something worth keeping.

The Cabinet

What's actually
in the bottle

Every bar starts from one of two wells — oatmilk or shea butter, sometimes both — and diverges from there: raw oils, natural botanicals, chosen recipe by recipe. Never twice the same. The skulls are costume; the ingredients are the craft.

  • Oatmilk BaseCreamy and mild, for bars meant to soothe rather than strip. Colloidal oats and agave nectar belong here.
  • Shea Butter BaseRicher, and deeply moisturizing. The foundation for our darker, oil-forward pours.
  • Botanicals & InfusionsMatcha, green tea, patchouli, lavender, chamomile & vetiver, the odd drop of agave nectar — 100% natural, and different bar to bar.
  • Essential Oils & ClaysScent and colour from pure essential oils, mineral clays, and activated charcoal — never a synthetic fragrance.
  • NeverNo preservatives, no synthetic fragrance, no animal testing — non-toxic from lather to label, and nothing actually deadly.
Contact

Macabre Correspondence

Orders, ingredients, or idle curiosity. Send it down — someone's always awake down here.

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Lather. Rinse. Resurrect.

The Fine Print

Ingredients & Allergens

Every bar begins with a melt-and-pour base (vegetable glycerin, coconut oil, sodium hydroxide, sorbitol, and natural oatmilk or shea butter extract), then takes on its own botanicals, oils, and colorants. Full ingredients are listed on each specimen above and on the card tucked into your order.

Known allergens & sensitivities: Contains coconut oil, oat, and essential oils (including patchouli, vetiver, chamomile, lavender, vanilla, and green tea). The Heirloom contains oat; The Departed and The Alchemist’s Tonic contain shea butter. Essential oils and botanicals may cause sensitivity in some skin.

For external use only. Patch-test before first use and discontinue if irritation occurs. Keep out of eyes and out of reach of small children. Not intended to diagnose, treat, or cure any condition. Handmade in small batches — slight variations in color, scent, and shape are natural.