There's a particular kind of morning in the Vietnamese countryside — before the heat settles in, when lemongrass grows heavy with dew and the air carries something sharp and green and alive. You don't find that scent in a bottle very often. It's the kind of thing that disappears the moment you try to hold it.
This soap holds it.
The Vietnamese Lemongrass Soap from NOTE - The Scent Lab is hand-blended from three ingredients chosen for what they do, not for how they look on a label. Lemongrass — the real kind, rooted in Vietnamese soil — delivers that signature brightness: citrusy, herbal, with a clean edge that wakes you up without demanding your attention. Coconut oil and olive oil form the base, working quietly to cleanse without stripping, leaving skin feeling balanced rather than squeaky-tight.
It is, in the best possible way, a simple thing made carefully.
Each bar weighs 85g — dense enough to last, light enough to carry. The scent doesn't perform. It just stays, the way good things do.
At NOTE, we believe the things you use every day deserve the same intention as the things you keep. This soap was made for daily use — morning showers, evening handwashing, the small ritual of lathering up and rinsing off — but it carries something more than function. It carries a particular smell that belongs to this country, to its markets and its kitchens and its open fields.
If you've spent time in Vietnam and you're looking for something to bring that feeling home — something that actually gets used, that earns its place on your bathroom shelf — this is it. And if you're buying for someone else, know that this is the kind of gift that doesn't need explaining. The scent does that work for you.
Ingredients: Lemongrass, Coconut oil, Olive oil
Net weight: 85g
Price: 80,000 ₫
Not for food or drink. Keep out of reach of children and pets.
Find it at our stores: 34 Nguyễn Duy Hiệu, Thảo Điền, Ho Chi Minh City — 42 Nguyễn Huệ, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City — Lotte Mall Westlake, Tây Hồ, Hanoi.
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