Botania

I love this place! The lady who owns it makes everything herself and the prices are around the same as competitors – why not support a local shop instead?
You can mix and match soaps and bath salts (3 for $ 21) and she usually gives you samples to try. She also opens a stand at marché jean-​talon during the summer and sells basically the same products: soaps, salts, incense, shea butter/​lotion, and infused tea. It’s very impressive that that everything’s home/​handmade.
For the winter, I recommended the whipped lemon meringue lotion and the rose petal bath salt. The texture of the lotion is very light and helps with my dry winter skin; as for the bath salt, it’s surprisingly very moisturizing and nothing beats a hot bath in the winter!

j’adorrreee botania!!! i am not a cosmetics person at all. i don’t wear any and don’t ever seek it out. however, since i was in jean talon marche, botania was one of vendors at the entrance. its heavenly soaps drew me in. i usually don’t care for soaps thinking it’s too fru fru for me.
i loved them at first glance and whiff! and there i was. .sniffing all their soaps from plumeria, lavender & magnolia, IPA beer & citrus + verveine, yogurt + cucumber, grapefruit + white clay… THEY ARE EXPENSIVE! 5 $-8 $ a pop depending on the kind you get.
what i love about them is their subtle but very distinct smells. i ended up with all the ones stated above. hehe *$$$!!* and they smell SO gorgeous and look incredible.
… TIP: go ahead and use the body soap as facial soap … i do it and the cleanse is FANTASTIC! smooth, light, and with a lovely light scent. so pleasant. :)
i will definitely return!!! love love love :)

Great place, great owner… will give you samples to try should you decide you like the product and will buy it later. Tried her cucumber soap… lovely and smells like the real deal, not of chemicals. Her sandalwood smelled so wonderful, I scooped up a few bars immediately! She also graciously gave me a sandalwood incense stick to try at home and told me she only uses natural oils, no fillers (sawdust, resins etc), which is why her sticks don’t look like those you normally see. Tried it that evening, loved the scent. Her products are natural and handmade, she carries a variety of herbs and spices as well as teas. This another of my go– to places.

L is for the way you look at me
O is for the only one I see
V is very, very extraordinary
E is even more than anything that you can adore
This shall resume it all… it’s a girl’s day every time I enter that store. And the lady… totally in LOVE with her. Creates her own beauty products and tea. Few official organic products. She told me she uses many organic ingredients in her products but does not have the official recognition yet, because it is expensive to get approved by the gvt (Which I know it is!). But this is not even the point here… this store is perfect for presents, for yourself or others, and christmas coming soon, I won’t go crazy searching for original presents around town.
TO BE DISCOVERED!!!
PS: am sipping THE CURE tea which is a mix of spices and tea that she makes herself… perfect for this fall season weather!
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La toune LOVE plus haut résume le tout. C’est une expérience de petite fille à chaque fois que j’entre dans ce magasin. Et la proprio… suis totalement en AMOUR avec elle. Elle crée ses propres produits de beauté et thés. Une petite sélection de produits bio seulement, quoiqu’elle me dit qu’elle utilise beaucoup de produits bio dans la plupart de ses fabrications mais n’a pas encore le sceau officiel du gvt (question monétaire et je peux vous dire que c’est cher en effet!). Mais ce n’est même pas le point, ce magasin est parfait pour des cadeaux, pour vous ou pour les autres, et je peux vous dire que je né me rendrai pas folle à chercher des cadeaux autour de la ville cette année.
À DÉCOUVRIR!!!
PS: je déguste LE THÉ CURE, un mélange de thé et d’épices fait par elle… parfait pour cette température automnale!