Omorovicza Gold Sugar Scrub review

Omorovicza has been featured on quite a few blogs I read recently; smartly, the company hasn't sent the same product to everyone so there are product reviews popping up across the range. Omorovicza is a family owned and managed luxury skincare range (the you-need-practice-to-pronounce-it Omorovicza is the family name of the couple behind the brand) and their unique selling point is the mineral-rich hungarian thermal water used in every product. They also use good quality plant-derived ingredients, and avoid petrochemicals, parabens, silicones, Polyethylene Glycol, SLS, artificial colours and fragrances.

I was sent the Gold Sugar Body Scrub to try. This is a cane sugar scrub with a gold polypeptide suspension in it, and is £57 for 200ml. It is currently a gift with purchase on orders over £100 on the www.omorovicza.com website (I've played with a basket, and it is a full size product free).

Gold is a favourite ingredient in the very high end lines at the moment;  the theory behind it is that gold is anti-inflammatory and helps to repair damage. Omorovicza also sells a Gold Rescue Cream for the face (also expensive at £107, but less insane than the £370 that Chantecaille charges for their Nano Gold Energising Cream).

The Gold Sugar Scrub comes packaged in a smart and sturdy box in the Omorovicza white and gold livery.

The scent is lovely; a warm, slightly spicy resinous fragrance with subtle floral undertones. It smells expensive (and so it should!) and indulgent without being overpowering.

This is applied to damp skin and is not a foaming scrub - the sugar particles give a thorough but gentle exfoliation before melting into the skin. The texture of the scrub is perfect - the oil and sugar blend is neither dry nor overly oily, and leaves the skin feeling plump and smoothed but not greasy after rinsing.

The ingredients list is impressive too; as well as sugar, the gold ferment and vegetable oils the scrub contains chilli pepper (capsicum) ferment to help stimulate the circulation, turmeric and acerola extracts (both very good antioxidant sources). It feels very gently warming when applied, and might be of particular interest to anyone with sluggish circulation.

When I occasionally review this kind of product, I usually say that as much as I enjoy a luxury scrub, I wouldn't buy one over my usual independent Etsy favourites. I would definitely put this one on my birthday or Christmas list though - the skin soothing and circulation boosting botanical ingredients go a fair way to justify the price, and I love the texture of it.

Available from www.omorovicza.com, Fenwicks, Harrods, Liberty and Harvey Nichols (Edinburgh, London and Manchester).

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