On 3rd January I placed my first order with Future Primitive. The site is professional looking and easy to navigate. I am in the UK and yesterday my order arrived! Possibly my speediest indie order to date.

My order came in a cardboard box and inside it was neatly wrapped in paper with their sticker securing it all. The invoice had a hand written “thank you” and there was a free sample!

Onto the products… The packaging is really lovely. Sturdy plastic tubs with easy-to-screw lids. Very neat and clean looking. I like the branding on the labels too.

All pots also had full ingredients lists as well as a scent description which I loved because I could check the label against what my perception of each scent was.

Now, some of my products had this nice hygiene label on the top to protect the product. I think that it adds a really professional touch to an indie brand but it’s kind of negated by the fact some didn’t have one. I’m not sure it Future Primitive are currently phasing them in or out perhaps.

Calling them body whips is very accurate. They look and feel like a whipped product and they go on like a soufflé. Really lovely. They are fairly thick and take a while to sink in, but it doesn’t feel heavy on my skin and it doesn’t feel greasy. They have a really nice formula and the brand should be so proud that they make these from scratch.

Onto the scents…

I am wearing Niu Kaffa at the moment. The smell has stuck around incredibly well for a body product and that’s really exciting as I like to be able to get the odd waft of a scent throughout the day. Twelve hours after applying I could still smell it against my skin in a much less obvious way. It is described as

Wild Niu Kafa coconut meat doused in sugar syrup & Madagascan Vanilla oil, a host of Brazilian spices smuggled from a cargo ship in old Pompey, a trickle of Mexican Cocoa absolute and finally a few droplets of pure Indian Amber oil.

On me it’s rice pudding and spiced coconutty milk. It’s a really weird combination of smells and I’m not sure if I like it or not. Which I guess means I don’t? I will definitely use the pot up but I don’t think I’d repurchase.

Mr Street’s Sweets was the one I was most excited for and I was praying that the liquorice wouldn’t come through on me as it’s one of my least favourite sweets. But it’s sort of the main base of the fragrance on me. I smell like liquorice at the moment and I feel I need to wash my legs ASAP.

Rook and Raven wasn’t what I expected. It is described as

A dark, deeply mystifying blend of Sweet Sicilian Orange with a drydown of aged Patchouli, Sandalwood & Blackened Vanilla

I can smell something darkly citrus-y that dries down to Patchouli and Sandalwood. It’s a really well put together fragrance and despite it not being my favourite scent I like it quite a lot.

Sixpence Pudding is described as

A dimly-lit back alley on Christmas Eve night. Snowfall gently hitting the quiet pavement, smouldering Frankincense smoke creeping out of a church doorway and the aroma of steaming Sixpence Puds graces the cold outside air.

Hmm… I have very mixed feelings about this one. I was expecting to love this but when I swatched it on my wrist is was just really heady in an almost medicinal way. I like it but I don’t think I could use it as an all over body moisturiser – I think it’s be nice just rubbed on my inner wrists as it is really very strong.

The free sample was a cute little bar of Elijah soap. Really interesting looking and pretty, although the scent isn’t for me. It was packaged in a perfectly sized zip lock bag with a neat label on it.

I think my own judgement let me down on this one. I am not in love with any of these fragrances but I do love the base product. These body whips are really lovely and I am looking forward to buying more when new scents come out. It’s great to be able to buy from indie brands in my own country because shipping is so much cheaper and faster as well as helping to support someone’s small business.

Thanks for reading,

Daisy