The moment I tore open the heavy paper bag (admittedly, that tab was a struggle with my dry winter hands), the earthy rosemary scent hit me—not overpowering, but like walking through a Mediterranean herb garden. These aren’t your drugstore Epsom salts; you can *feel* the mineral grit between your fingers, coarse and unrefined, exactly how I remember the Dead Sea shores from my travels.

I dumped two cups into my bath (yes, it eats up half the bag—but trust me, it’s worth it). The water turned silky within minutes, clinging to my skin like liquid velvet. My post-workout muscle aches? Gone. The weird dry patches on my elbows? Softened without needing lotion. Even my tub stayed residue-free (unlike that neon-green salt disaster of 2022).

Pro tip: I stole a reviewer’s DIY scrub recipe—1 cup salt, ¼ cup avocado oil, 20 drops lavender oil—and now my shower smells like a spa. The coarse grains exfoliate without shredding my skin. Downsides? At $15 for 2-3 baths, I save this for ‘I-survived-Monday’ treats. But when I sink into that mineral-rich water and inhale that rosemary-earth scent? Priceless.