Review of Space.NK. Laughter Body Balm

My uncle comes up a few times during the year; never empty handed. With each trip, he comes packing a giant bag or box filled with expensive designer goodies. Goodies from designers I'd never heard of, goodies from designer's I have heard of, but couldn't afford. He gets them all for free, and I reap the benefits...sometimes though, I just reek though.

In the box of goods this time I found myself drawn to a plain trial sized aluminum package of body balm by a company I had never heard of before.

Space. NK. Laughter Body Balm was written on the green trial pack. It seemed interesting, even though there was a total lack of description on what it would do, and how it would do it, and what was in it.

Before daring to apply Space. NK. Laughter Body Balm, I first took my research online to see what this stuff had to offer.

According to the official site, and other sites carrying Space. NK. Laughter Body Balm, the balm is used to protect the skin against dehydrating. I can't say my skin has ever downright dehydrated on me, but nonetheless it seemed cool. Especially cool when I learned it contained Asian Plant Extracts *yet they fail to mention which Asian plants?
 
Either way though, it looked cool, sounded cool, and seemed like something I could probably use on my knees and elbows.

I tore open the package and squeezed out some of the lotion. I wouldn't call it balm, because it has a more runny lotion like consistency.

I didn't smell anything initially, but as I began rubbing it into my skin, the smell hit me as if it were heat activated.

Herbs... lots and lots of herbs. I couldn't pin what herbs and fragrances I was smelling right away, but as I inhaled more and more the scent began to break down for me and make more sense.

First and foremost I smelled Guinea Pigs. Yep, I definitely smell cedar chips. Lucky for me, I love cedar scents (Dolce Light Blue for instance uses cedar). Next I smelled something pepper-minty, but at the same time yellow Listerine like. Then I was able to detect some Italian seasoning, leather, new shoe smell, and some very subtle spicy lime undertones.

Overall Space. NK. Laughter Body Balm is the weirdest, most unique scent I have ever smelled...but Holy hell it smells awesome in my opinion. You wouldn't think that it smelled awesome after reading my description of the different scents that came from it; but God it smells good. It really does. I can't stop sniffing my hands.
 
I will say though, that some women may downright be disgusted by this scent, as it has a very woodsy outdoorsy scent to it, a little masculine, but feminine nonetheless.

I consider it to be more of an aromatherapy lotion than I would a moisturizer, because as a moisturizer it didn't do much at all. Nope.

The scent though, oh the glorious strange herbal scent... it sticks with you all day long, and truly I can say Space. NK. Laughter Body Balm is just a very relaxing scent that puts you in a good mood. At least it does for me anyway.


Overall:
 
I'm in love with it. After using it I placed an order for a full sized bottle of Space. NK. Laughter Body Balm.

Recommended:
 
Outdoorsy girls, who love those outdoorsy scents. Space. NK. Laughter Body Balm will also be enjoyed by those who adore the Lush Karma scent. It has a similar hippyish scent to it.