French Signature Foret Verte Liquid Handwash

The French Signature Foret Verte Liquid Handwash is a 500ml glycerin-rich handwash in a forest and woodland scent. It comes in a glass bottle with a black stainless steel pump, packed in a grey linen drawstring bag. The formula suits sensitive hands.

Foret Verte is the green, wooded end of the range, closer to damp forest floor than to anything floral or citrus. If you want a bathroom scent that reads calm and slightly cool rather than fresh and sharp, this is the one of the three to reach for.

Glycerin is the practical part of the formula. Hands that get washed often dry out, and a glycerin-rich base leaves them noticeably less tight than a plain foaming soap. The presentation is worth a mention too: glass and black stainless steel rather than moulded plastic, so it can stay out on the basin instead of being hidden away. The linen bag it arrives in is genuinely reusable for odds and ends in a drawer.