Peppermint Goat Milk Soap- Surf Rider Bespoke No.18 Blend with healing oils

No.18 Surf Rider Goat Milk Soap brings the unmistakable cooling sensation of Peppermint to the shower after a long day outdoors. Created for surf sessions, beach days, swimming, and warm-weather adventures, this BESPOKE bar combines Peppermint, Tea Tree, Carrot Seed, and Rose Geranium essential oils with fresh goat milk, colloidal oatmeal, and more than twelve plant oils and butters.

After hot sand, salt water, sunscreen, sweat, or a day on the trail, few things feel as refreshing as a cool, minty shower. Surf Rider was formulated around that experience: invigorating peppermint freshness followed by a creamy, comfortable goat milk cleanse.

It's a distinctive summer body soap for people who spend their days outside and want their shower to feel as good as the adventure that came before it.

Menthol interacts with cold-sensitive receptors in the skin, creating a perception of coolness even without substantially lowering skin temperature. It's a distinctive sensory effect: the contrast between a hot summer day and the fresh sensation of peppermint during a shower.

For Surf Rider, that cooling character isn't simply a fragrance choice. It's the starting point for the entire product experience.

Whether you're rinsing off after surfing, returning from a long bike ride, or stepping into an outdoor shower after a day at the beach, Peppermint gives No.18 its recognizable refreshing character.

Explore more warm-weather essentials in our Summer Supplies Collection.

Why Peppermint Feels So Refreshing After Activity

The appeal of peppermint soap is unusually immediate. Unlike ingredients whose benefits are mainly described through technical skincare language, peppermint offers a sensory experience you can recognize during the shower itself.

Its crisp botanical aroma and menthol's cooling sensation make a compelling combination after exercise, outdoor work, or time spent in summer heat.

That doesn't mean peppermint lowers body temperature or replaces proper cooling and hydration after strenuous activity. It means a peppermint shower can provide a distinctly refreshing sensory contrast when you're ready to wash off the day.

Surf Rider builds on that familiar experience while giving the rest of the formula equal attention: fresh goat milk, colloidal oatmeal, and a broad botanical oil-and-butter base.

Post-Beach Body Cleansing: Salt, Sweat, Sand & Sunscreen

A day around the ocean or pool creates a different cleansing experience from an ordinary morning shower. Salt can dry on the skin, sand collects around the body, and water-resistant sunscreen mixes with sweat and natural surface oils.

Surf Rider was developed for that moment when you finally come in from the water and want to feel clean and refreshed again.

Its creamy lather helps wash away everyday surface buildup, sweat, salt residue, and loosened sunscreen. Thorough washing and rinsing are especially useful after water-resistant products, which may require additional attention to remove completely.

The formula is equally practical away from the coast. Hiking, cycling, camping, outdoor work, and warm-weather exercise can all leave skin ready for a satisfying cleanse.

But Surf Rider isn't intended to be an aggressively abrasive scrub. Its defining experience is cooling freshness paired with a comfortable, conditioning cleanse.

Carrot Seed essential oil introduces an earthier botanical note, while Rose Geranium softens the composition with a subtle floral-green dimension.

These supporting aromatics matter because they make Surf Rider more than a one-note peppermint soap. Peppermint provides the recognizable cooling sensation, while the other essential oils give the bar its distinctive botanical character.

Bogue uses pure essential oils rather than synthetic fragrance oils to develop these compositions. Our Botanical Journal explores that distinction in Essential Oils vs. Fragrance Oils in Soap.

Colloidal Oatmeal Instead of an Aggressive Scrub

Surf Rider includes finely milled colloidal oatmeal dispersed throughout the soap. Its soft, fine texture is a deliberate contrast to the invigorating sensation of Peppermint.

After a day involving sun, wind, sand, or repeated swimming, the last thing every shower needs is coarse physical exfoliation.

Rather than making Surf Rider a gritty scrub bar, Bogue uses oatmeal as part of the broader cleansing formula, contributing to the soap's comforting texture and character.

That balance is central to No.18: the shower can feel wonderfully refreshing without needing to feel harsh.

That makes the finished soap's skin feel particularly important.

Surf Rider combines fresh goat milk with more than twelve plant oils and butters to create a creamy, substantial lather around its peppermint and botanical ingredients.

Goat milk naturally contains lactic acid, fats, proteins, and other constituents, but the finished cold-process bar should be understood as a cleanser rather than a leave-on exfoliating treatment.

For Bogue, barrier-conscious cleansing means considering how a soap cleans and how skin feels afterward—not simply pursuing the strongest possible oil-removing sensation.

That's especially relevant when showers become more frequent during summer. Surf Rider aims to wash away accumulated surface residue without making an excessively tight or stripped feeling the goal.

Learn more about the formulation principles behind our soaps in our guide to the benefits of goat milk soap.

The Cooling Shower as a Summer Ritual

Some of the most memorable body-care experiences are also the simplest: a shower after a surf session, rinsing off after a hike, or washing away the heat of an afternoon spent working outdoors.

Surf Rider belongs to that kind of everyday ritual.

The fresh aroma of Peppermint, the sensation of menthol on the skin, the creamy lather of goat milk soap, and the feeling of washing away the day's buildup come together in a sensory experience that feels distinctly associated with summer.

This is where modern interest in sensory body care meets an old-fashioned handmade bar of soap. The experience doesn't require a complicated routine or a collection of additional products.

It begins with a familiar ingredient—Peppermint—and a formula designed to make the entire shower feel refreshing.

One Purposeful Bar for the Outdoor Shower

Travel, camping, beach bags, and outdoor showers tend to favor simple body-care routines. Surf Rider fits naturally into that approach without needing to promise an unrealistic number of uses.

It's a body-cleansing bar designed for people who spend time outside. Its formulation brings together refreshing botanical aroma, fresh goat milk, colloidal oatmeal, and plant oils and butters in one practical product.

That makes it easy to keep beside the shower, pack for a summer trip, or reach for after a particularly active day.

For best longevity, allow the bar to drain and dry between uses rather than leaving it sitting in water.

For No.18, the formulation begins with the refreshing sensation of Peppermint after heat and activity. Tea Tree, Carrot Seed, and Rose Geranium shape the botanical aroma, while colloidal oatmeal, fresh goat milk, and a broad oil-and-butter base establish the cleansing character.

Made in small cold-process batches, Surf Rider connects Bogue's soapmaking experience with the outdoor rhythm of California summers—from Ojai trails to the coast.

The result is not simply a beach-themed fragrance in a generic soap base. It is a purpose-built botanical formula with a clear sensory identity and a practical place in an active summer routine.

Cool Down. Wash Off the Day.

No.18 Surf Rider BESPOKE Goat Milk Soap brings cooling Peppermint, crisp Tea Tree, Carrot Seed, Rose Geranium, colloidal oatmeal, fresh goat milk, and botanical oils and butters together in a refreshing summer cleansing bar.

From surf sessions and pool days to hiking trails and outdoor workouts, Surf Rider is made for the shower that comes after the adventure—when cool peppermint freshness and a creamy goat milk lather feel especially welcome.