No.9 Shangri-La Goat Milk Soap is one of Bogue’s signature Ojai blends, inspired by the valley once associated with the mythical Shangri-La of Lost Horizon. Fresh goat milk, conditioning plant oils and butters, pink kaolin clay, and pure essential oils create a creamy botanical soap with a soft floral-herbal aroma and naturally rosy character.
Lavender, Rosemary, Sage, Holy Basil, and other botanicals reflect the gardens and aromatic landscape of Ojai, while pink kaolin gives the bar its silky mineral feel and sunset-toned color — a quiet nod to the valley’s celebrated Pink Moment.
Shangri-La was formulated as a gentler, more moisturizing expression of Bogue’s botanical soapmaking. Its fresh goat milk and plant-based oil foundation produces a dense, creamy lather, while fine kaolin clay adds balance and refined skin feel without turning the bar into an aggressive exfoliating soap.
The result is an especially approachable everyday bar for dry, delicate, mature, or frequently washed skin — rich enough to feel conditioning, yet clean-rinsing enough for daily bathing and handwashing.
The name reaches directly into Ojai lore. The valley has long been associated with the idyllic Shangri-La portrayed in the classic film Lost Horizon, and generations of locals have embraced the connection between that imagined sanctuary and Ojai’s mountains, gardens, artists, and slower rhythm of life.
Bogue’s No.9 turns that sense of place into soap. Soft herbs and flowers meet creamy goat milk and naturally colored mineral clay, creating a bar that feels less like a manufactured fragrance concept and more like a small piece of Ojai at the bath.
Lavender brings a soft floral opening to Shangri-La, balanced by the greener herbal character of Rosemary and Sage. Holy Basil adds another aromatic layer, giving the blend an earthy botanical depth that keeps it from becoming conventionally floral or overly sweet.
The aroma comes from pure pressed and steam-distilled essential oils rather than synthetic fragrance oil, allowing the herbs themselves to give No.9 its distinctly natural Ojai garden character.
Fresh goat milk is at the heart of Shangri-La’s creamy lather and conditioned after-feel. It naturally contains lactic acid, an alpha hydroxy acid associated with gentle surface exfoliation, helping loosen dull surface buildup without adding a coarse physical scrub.
Combined with naturally retained glycerin and Bogue’s broad blend of botanical oils and butters, the formula cleanses without the aggressively stripped feeling associated with harsher cleansers. That makes No.9 particularly appealing when maintaining comfortable moisture balance and supporting the skin barrier are priorities.
Fine pink kaolin clay gives Shangri-La another layer of function and place. The mineral clay contributes a silky slip to the lather and helps absorb surface oil and impurities while remaining one of the gentler clays used in Bogue soapmaking.
It also provides the bar’s naturally soft blush coloring. No artificial pink dye is needed: the mineral itself creates a muted earth-toned pink reminiscent of Ojai’s famous Pink Moment, when the setting sun illuminates the Topatopa Mountains in shades of rose and coral.
Shangri-La produces a smooth, creamy lather with noticeably soft mineral slip from the kaolin clay. Lavender appears first in the warm water before greener Rosemary, Sage, and Holy Basil give the aroma its garden-like depth.
It is an easy bar to return to every day — morning shower, evening bath, guest bath, or sink — particularly for those who prefer a moisturizing goat milk soap with a botanical aroma that remains gentle and close rather than heavily perfumed.
Dry or delicate skin • Skin-barrier-conscious routines • Gentle daily cleansing • Mature skin • Lavender and herbal aromas • Ojai gifts • Pink kaolin clay soap • Botanical bath rituals • Naturally colored handmade soap
Shangri-La could only really be a Bogue soap. Its name, botanical character, natural pink clay, and connection to the surrounding mountains are rooted in the same Ojai landscape where the Bogue family began its artisan tradition in 1973.
Today, a third generation continues that work in small cold process batches, balancing fresh goat milk, botanical oils, mineral clays, and pure essential oils before each bar is hand cut, finished, and slowly cured. No.9 carries that half-century of hands-on soapmaking into one of Bogue’s most distinctly local blends.
No.9 Shangri-La Goat Milk Soap brings together creamy fresh goat milk, naturally occurring lactic acid, silky pink kaolin clay, botanical oils, and a garden-inspired essential oil blend in a soap unmistakably tied to Ojai. Naturally pink, softly herbal, and made slowly by a third generation of Bogue soapmakers — it is our everyday interpretation of the valley we call home.
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Lavender & Rosemary Goat Milk Soap Moisturizing No.9 Shangri-La Blend with Kaolin Clay
Key highlights
expand_moreKaolin clay often referred to as "white clay" is best known for its gentle detoxification and oil-absorption properties. Kaolin has a neutral pH & a lower absorbency, allowing it to cleanse the skin without stripping essential moisture.
In this all-natural soap with layers of clay to mimic the beautiful colors of a pink moment sunset of Ojai CA. With the uplifting and enlightening essential oils of local flora.
Ingredients
expand_moreRaw goat milk, organic coconut (cocos nucifera), olive pomace (olea europaea husk), sustainable palm (elaeis guineensis), grapeseed (vitis vinifera), rice bran(oryza sativa), castor(ricinus communis) jojoba (simmondsia chinesis), cocoa butter (theobroma cacao), sunflower Hi Oleic (Helianthus Annus), kukui(Aleurites moluccana), infused olive of calendula(Calendula Officinalis), chamomile(Chamomilla recutita) pure essential oils Orange (citrus sinensis dulcis), Lavender (lavandula Angustifolia), Rosemary (Rosmarinus Officinalis), Sage(Salvia Officinalis), Holy Basil(Ocimum sanctum), Clary Sage(salvia sclarea), Vetiver(vetivera Zizanoides)
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