Exfoliating Goat Milk Soap extra large Orange Grease Monkey No.13XL Bespoke Blend
Greasemonkey BESPOKE Goat Milk Soap is Bogue's extra-large scrub bar for hands that spend their days working with engines, tools, materials, and stubborn grime. Weighing more than 6 oz, this substantial cold-process soap combines activated charcoal, pumice, crushed walnut shell, and cornmeal with fresh goat milk and a complex foundation of organic plant oils and butters.
Its distinctive dual-texture construction gives you a rugged exfoliating surface for loosening workshop dirt and a smoother soap surface for creamy cleansing. Pure Orange, Petitgrain, and Vetiver essential oils bring a fresh citrus-green aroma with an earthy finish—no synthetic fragrance oils or artificial dyes.
Made for the workshop sink, utility basin, or shower after a long day of hands-on work, Greasemonkey is a purpose-built soap with a serious scrub and the rich lather of traditional handmade goat milk soap.
Heavy-Duty Hand Soap for Grease, Grime & Workshop Cleanup
Working hands encounter a different kind of dirt. Engine grease, oily residue, sawdust, soil, and workshop debris can cling to fingertips, knuckles, and the creases of the palms long after the job is finished.
Greasemonkey was formulated for those moments when a smooth everyday bath bar doesn't provide enough physical scrubbing action. Its combination of mineral and botanical exfoliants creates a deliberately coarse texture, helping dislodge stubborn surface buildup as the soap lathers.
Unlike a typical hand scrub that must be scooped from a container, Greasemonkey combines textured exfoliation and soap in one substantial bar. The oversized format also gives it a satisfying grip for washing up at the end of a project.
Three Exfoliants, Three Different Textures
Pumice provides a gritty mineral texture, crushed walnut shell contributes firm botanical exfoliation, and cornmeal adds another dimension of physical scrubbing.
These materials work alongside the soap's cleansing lather to help lift soil, grease, and accumulated surface debris. The combination is intentionally more assertive than the exfoliation found in Bogue's gentler botanical bars.
This is a soap for hardworking hands and rougher areas such as elbows and heels—not a facial exfoliant or a product intended for irritated or broken skin. Use light pressure and let the texture do the work.
Activated Charcoal: Function and Natural Color
Activated charcoal gives Greasemonkey its dark, rugged appearance without artificial black dyes. Its porous structure can adsorb certain oily substances, making it a fitting addition to a formula designed around greasy, dirty hands.
The charcoal complements the soap and physical exfoliants; it isn't a substitute for them. The cleansing action comes from the complete formulation working together.
That combination of visible mineral and botanical ingredients is central to Greasemonkey's character. Its appearance reflects what is actually in the bar rather than an artificially colored workshop-soap aesthetic.
A Two-Texture Scrub Bar with Creamy Goat Milk Lather
Greasemonkey's textured portion is designed for concentrated scrubbing, while its smoother portion offers a less abrasive cleansing surface. That gives you a practical choice during the same wash.
Begin with the textured side on heavily soiled areas, using gentle circular motions over wet skin. Then use the smoother side to build a creamy lather and finish rinsing away loosened dirt.
Because the bar contains substantial physical exfoliants, there's no need to scrub aggressively or use the roughest surface every time you wash. The smoother portion is useful when hands need ordinary cleansing rather than another heavy scrub.
Why the Soap Base Matters
Heavy exfoliation is only part of a useful working-hand soap. Greasemonkey also needs to produce a satisfying lather, rinse cleanly, and leave hands feeling comfortable after washing.
Fresh goat milk and Bogue's broad blend of organic plant oils and butters form the foundation of this traditional cold-process bar. The oils are selected for their contributions to cleansing, lather, hardness, and the conditioned feel of the finished soap.
For hands washed frequently throughout a workday, that formulation balance matters. A scrub can be effective without treating an excessively tight or stripped after-feel as proof of cleanliness.
Explore more about the role of milk and botanical oils in our goat milk soap benefits guide.
Orange, Petitgrain & Vetiver: A Workshop-Worthy Botanical Aroma
Greasemonkey's essential-oil blend was designed to feel fresh and grounded rather than sweet or heavily perfumed. Orange brings bright citrus character, Petitgrain introduces green, leafy complexity, and Vetiver provides an earthy, root-like finish.
The resulting aroma is particularly well suited to a soap used after mechanical work, woodworking, gardening, or other hands-on projects. It adds a botanical dimension to cleanup without turning the bar into a conventional fragranced body wash.
As with every Bogue essential-oil blend, the aromatic ingredients come from real botanical materials rather than synthetic fragrance oils. Read more about why that distinction matters in our Botanical Journal guide to essential oils and fragrance oils.
More Than 6 Ounces of Purpose-Built Soapmaking
Greasemonkey's extra-large size is part of its practical design. A substantial bar is easier to handle with wet hands, offers plenty of surface for scrubbing, and feels at home beside a utility sink or workshop basin.
Each bar is made in small cold-process batches in Bogue's Ojai workshop, hand cut, and allowed time to cure. That traditional process develops the firm structure expected from a substantial handmade soap.
To help the bar last, keep it on a well-draining soap dish and allow it to dry between uses.
Formulated for the Job, Made by Hand
Greasemonkey reflects the practical side of Bogue's soapmaking heritage: begin with what the bar needs to accomplish, then build the formula around that purpose.
Here, that means combining a serious mineral-and-botanical scrub with activated charcoal, a creamy goat milk soap foundation, and an essential-oil blend that suits the character of the finished bar.
Greasemonkey BESPOKE Goat Milk Soap is an oversized, heavy-duty exfoliating bar for people who make, build, repair, and work with their hands. Serious scrub where it's needed, creamy lather to finish, and genuine botanical ingredients throughout.
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Exfoliating Goat Milk Soap extra large Orange Grease Monkey No.13XL Bespoke Blend
Key highlights
Super exfoliating soap, cornmeal and pumice through out to remove grease and odors.
Key Benefits of Activated Charcoal for Skin:
1. Deep Pore Cleansing: Its porous structure acts like a magnet, binding to dirt, toxins, and environmental pollutants, removing them from pores.
2. Oil Regulation & Mattifying: It absorbs excess sebum, making it effective for treating oily skin and reducing shine.
3. Acne Reduction: By removing pore-clogging impurities and excess oil, it can help prevent breakouts and reduce the appearance of acne.
4. Gentle Exfoliation: Charcoal-based cleansers and masks help remove dead skin cells, leading to smoother skin and reduced dullness.
Ingredients
Raw goat milk, organic coconut (cocos nucifera), olive pomace (olea europaea husk oil), sustainable palm (elaeis guineensis), rice bran (oryza sativa), jojoba (simmondsia chinesis), pumpkinseed (cucurbita pepo seed oil), castor (ricinus communis), oils & cocoa butter (theobroma cacao), pure essential oils of orange (citrus sinensis dulcis), petitgrain (citrus aurantium dulcis wood oil) & vetiver (vetivera zizanoides), walnut shell (juglans regia), fine pumice (pumice/volcanic ash), cornmeal (zea mays kernel meal), clove powder (eugenia caryophyllus powder)