{"id":12371,"date":"2023-05-07T23:35:14","date_gmt":"2023-05-08T03:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/?p=12371"},"modified":"2023-05-08T10:09:16","modified_gmt":"2023-05-08T14:09:16","slug":"review-ritual-of-sakura-duty-free-kit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/2023\/05\/review-ritual-of-sakura-duty-free-kit\/","title":{"rendered":"Review &#8211; Ritual of Sakura duty free kit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sakura season may be ephemeral, but I&#8217;ve always wished I could enjoy the scent year-round. And so begins my quest for a line of gentle, authentic, lightly sakura-scented bath and body products that are relatively easy to obtain.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rituals.com\/en-us\/home\">Rituals<\/a> is a line of home and personal-care products inspired by scents and, well, rituals of self-care from around the world. I&#8217;d been wanting to try their Ritual of Sakura for a while but never got around to it. Until I passed through the <a href=\"https:\/\/denver.shopdutyfree.com\/en\/rituals-the-ritual-of-sakura-travel-exclusives-230g\">duty-free shop in Denver<\/a> on the way to California last time, and I knew it was fate. They had this lovely little kit that was a duty-free exclusive and I took it as a sign that I had to snag it.<\/p>\n<p>I managed to hold on to it until we got to Las Vegas, where I could take advantage of the huge glass shower and giant two-person bathtub. It made the experience all the more special.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-12371 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/sakura-ritual.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/sakura-ritual-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/sakura-ritual-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/sakura-ritual-850x850.jpg 850w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/sakura-ritual-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/sakura-ritual-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/sakura-ritual-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/sakura-ritual.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/sakura-ritual-3.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/sakura-ritual-3-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/sakura-ritual-3-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/sakura-ritual-3-850x850.jpg 850w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/sakura-ritual-3-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/sakura-ritual-3-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/sakura-ritual-3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/sakura-ritual-3.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/sakura-ritual-2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/sakura-ritual-2-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/sakura-ritual-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/sakura-ritual-2-850x850.jpg 850w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/sakura-ritual-2-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/sakura-ritual-2-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/sakura-ritual-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/sakura-ritual-2.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The products included in this travel-focused kit are a shampoo, rice scrub, foaming shower gel, and a body cream. They all include rice milk and cherry blossom. The products are all lovely to use &#8211; rich and creamy and not drying. The shower gel also makes an incredible shave gel and I&#8217;m always a fan of double-duty products, especially for travel. The rice scrub is very gentle, which my sensitive and eczema-prone skin greatly appreciated. The whole kit comes in an elegant little travel bag that&#8217;s white faux-leather on the outside with a soft pink lining that suits the sakura theme perfectly. There is branding on it, but it&#8217;s a very discreet embossed logo and I would not feel self-conscious carrying other products at all in this. The whole package and experience felt suitably luxurious for a Vegas getaway with a fancy bathtub.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, for me personally, the scent on these missed the mark. It&#8217;s definitely got notes of sakura but it reminds me more of that iconic &#8220;doll&#8221; scent from the early 80s (I know, I&#8217;m likely dating myself here). It&#8217;s a combination of bright florals and a powdery, comforting scent, all undertoned with a very faint whiff of plastic. It was definitely less fresh and herbaceous than a true single-note sakura fragrance should be, which is what I am still on the prowl for.<\/p>\n<p>However, none of of this is to say that it&#8217;s an unpleasant scent! Not by any means! It&#8217;s familiar, but elevated, and unique enough to make it stand out in a line of overly florid and saccharine &#8220;cherry blossom&#8221; scents on the western market. All it means is that my hunt for a true, easily attainable sakura body care line continues. If you like the idea of a softer cherry blossom scent with a more western scent profile in mind, then I highly suggest checking this line out. But if you&#8217;re like me and you&#8217;re on the lookout for a pure sakura experience, maybe give Rituals of Sakura a pass.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"topnote\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"note\">I purchased this item myself and chose to review it.<\/span><span class=\"botnote\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sakura season may be ephemeral, but I&#8217;ve always wished I could enjoy the scent year-round. And so begins my quest for a line of gentle, authentic, lightly sakura-scented bath and body products that are relatively easy to obtain. Rituals is a line of home and personal-care products inspired by scents\u2026<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/2023\/05\/review-ritual-of-sakura-duty-free-kit\/\"><span>Continue reading<\/span><i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12370,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1209,448],"tags":[1262,100,1261,1260,242,1263],"class_list":["post-12371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beauty","category-reviews","tag-personal-care","tag-review","tag-ritual-of-sakura","tag-rituals","tag-sakura","tag-shampoo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12371"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12375,"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12371\/revisions\/12375"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}