Dupes for (long-discontinued) Swiss Lactopine

January 10, 2023 1:58 PM

As a child, my mother used Swiss Lactopine bath oil and it's seared on my memory as the greatest-smelling bath of all time. Swiss Lactopine has long been discontinued, and I'm looking for similar bath scents, either in oil or bath salt form. There was something about Swiss Lactopine that reduced the "Christmas tree" aspect of the scent—though it still smelled strongly of pine. It reminded me of hiking in the Sierra Nevadas or the CA coastal redwoods, not just Christmas. This is an aspect of the scent I'd like to find again. I am familiar with (and like!) Kneipp's.
posted by branca to Shopping (6 answers total)

I was recently gifted some Frasier Fir fragrant liquid soap and absolutely love it! It may not be quite the same as your pine scents, but it does have a certain pine-like aroma. It is from Thymes.
posted by itsflyable at 3:18 PM on January 10, 2023 [1 favorite]

Might get good results asking on fragrance discussion forums such as Basenotes, Makeup Alley, and Now Smell This. Links to those and much more on this page.
posted by conrad53 at 5:38 PM on January 10, 2023 [1 favorite]

Maybe try something with Piñon as the base, since it smells pine-adjacent but sweeter and more complex and very dreamy.
posted by asimplemouse at 12:59 AM on January 11, 2023 [1 favorite]

Best answer: You may want to look at products from Juniper Ridge. I have only purchased their incense but I am extremely happy with it. It's very clean/authentic-smelling and ethically produced. They have multiple pine scents: Coastal Pine, Cascade Forest, and Sierra Forest, as well as other woody/herbal notes.
posted by emkelley at 9:29 AM on January 11, 2023 [2 favorites]

Best answer: Swiss stone pine oil is available from this seller on Etsy. That might be the scent you're looking for.
posted by oneirodynia at 2:13 PM on January 11, 2023 [1 favorite]

Best answer: Oh wow, you just took me back to a 1980s memory of using green Vitabath as teenager, and loving that pine scent. It seems to still be available, if that might be a close-enough match.
posted by amusebuche at 6:11 PM on January 11, 2023