With Luxurious Gifts From Baudelaire

Swanzey, NH - July 2003   Whether you're staying a week at a friend's timeshare, visiting family out-of-town or spending a few days at your cousin's lake house, Baudelaire, a leading importer of fine soaps and body care products from Europe and Canada, has the perfect way to thank your gracious host.

• What better way to help your hostess relax after endless entertaining than with Hübner Bath Oils Calming Gift Set?   Containing no artificial colors or fragrances, each gift set features three vials of wonderfully aromatherapeutic essential (40%) bath oils in a pure vegetable oil base.   Also, available in Energizing and Refreshing, the Calming gift set includes: Hops, with geranium, melisse and valerian-all common herbs for insomnia; Juniper, a familiar wintergreen fragrance used to help soothe strained muscles; and Melisse , an intense Indian aromatic used for relaxation and sleep. (SRP: $11.00)

• The lady of the house will flip for Provence Santé Big Bars . These 12 oz., triple-milled soaps have a vegetable base and are rich in shea better.   Perfect for bathing, you may even want to buy an extra for her linen drawer - it will put those scrawy sachets to shame.   Available in 12 to-die-for fragrances: Apricot, Bergamot, Honeysuckle, Lavender, Linden, Magnolia, Orchid, Sweet Almond, Vervain, Vetiver, Wilderness and Wild Rose . (SRP: $9.00 each) .

Is it your turn to host?   Look no further.   Baudelaire has just what you need to make your houseguests feel right at home.

• With the Provence Santé Guest Soap Gift Box , you can leave guest soaps in every nook and cranny of the guest room and bathroom.   These .7 oz. soaps come six to a box and are available in Lavender , Linden and Vervain fragrances.   Can't decide? They are also offered in an assortment with 2 bars each of the above fragrances.   Leave a few by the bathroom sink and sneak the rest in the closet and linen drawers, your guests will enjoy this lovely surprise. (SRP: $9.00 per set)  

• Treat them to a bath and shower treat with Apiana Gardner's Bath Gel . This traditional European bath and shower gel combines Apiana's exclusive Alpine honey with soothing comfrey and calendula, to create a bubbly all-body moisturizing cleanser. They can follow up with Apiana Gardner's Lotion , a soothing hand lotion and all-body moisturizer featuring honey and lanolin (SRP: $12.50 each)

All Baudelaire products are available to consumers at thousands of retailers nationwide, including gift shops, boutiques, spas, natural foods stores and other specialty retailers. Baudelaire products are also available via the company's mail order catalog, web site (www.baudelairesoaps.com) or toll-free number (800.327.2324).

Baudelaire imports hundreds of different bath products from France , Switzerland , Germany, Canada , and the exotic foreign country of Florida .   Its suppliers tend to be small, family-owned companies located in rather out-of-the-way places.   And the products tend to look a little more distinctive, be a little more natural, last a little bit longer, and smell a whole lot better than those pseudo-imported products.   Best of all, they don't even cost more!