Christmas Gift Guide 2025

Name: Hostess Gifts — £10–£30
Brand: Soap Poetry
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Handmade Literary Soaps & Luxury Bath Gifts

Jump to: Secret Santa & Stocking Fillers Up to £10 | Secret Santa & Stocking Fillers Up to £30 | Luxury Gifts | Gifts For Him | Hostess Gifts

We’re here to simplify your Christmas shopping with our luxurious handmade soaps, bath gifts, and body goods. Whether you’re looking for Secret Santa gifts, stocking fillers, teacher gifts, or luxurious festive presents for someone special, we have thoughtful literary gifts across all price points.

If you have any questions or need help choosing, don’t hesitate to get in touch — we’re always happy to help.

Secret Santa & Stocking Fillers — Handmade Soaps up to £10

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Perfect for Secret Santa gifts, small gestures of kindness, or stocking fillers, our mini soaps and single bars make ideal Christmas gifts. Thoughtful, beautifully wrapped, and luxurious.

Shop our handmade bar soaps — perfect literary Christmas gifts for teachers, book lovers, or anyone who loves a little luxury. Pick their favourite title from our range, or if you’re unsure, Little Women is a perennial favourite — the 1990s Winona Ryder adaptation makes it a classic Christmas choice. Rich in avocado oil and cocoa butter, this soap leaves skin comfortable and nourished.

Our Travel Trios of mini soaps make a dainty little bundle — perfect as stocking fillers or Secret Santa gifts.

Three different soaps tied together with red string, like a miniature book bundle. Impossibly cute.

Secret Santa & Stocking Fillers for Book Lovers — Up to £30

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Discover luxurious stocking fillers and festive gifts that won’t break the budget. Sampler sets, Collections, and ready-wrapped trios are all perfect holiday gifts.

Sampler Set – A miniature soap library for book lovers. Wrapped in dark green Kraft paper with wine-red cotton string, perfect for Christmas gifting.

Collections of Three Full-Size Bars – A luxury handmade soap set — ideal as a Secret Santa gift, stocking filler, or festive treat for book lovers. Includes a literary bookmark; ideal as a teacher gift or thoughtful present for friends, family, or colleagues. Wrapped in dark green Kraft paper and tied with wine-red cotton string.

Mineral Salt Soak– Indulge in a luxurious soak with rose geranium essential oil and damask rose petals — a pampering gift for Christmas.

Luxury Gifts — £30–£40+ | Gifts For Her | Pampering Gifts

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Treat someone special with our luxury literary gift sets. Perfect for book lovers, romantics and lovers of fine soaps.

Treasury of Soaps– All eight full-size bars from our range: a complete literary soap library, practical and beautiful. Wrapped in dark green Kraft paper and tied with wine-red cotton string.

At-Home Spa Bundle– Pride and Prejudice Body Oil, Bath Salts, and a full-size soap: a pampering Christmas gift for relaxation and self-care. ARRIVING SOON

Pride and Prejudice Guest Soap Box + Body Oil A heavenly duo for anyone who loves classic literature and indulgent bath & body gifts. ARRIVING SOON

Three Month Pre-Paid Gift Subscription

Surprise someone special with a gift that’s as practical as it is beautiful. Each month, your recipient will receive a beautifully curated parcel. Perfect for lovers of luxury and practicality. We have three-tiers of gift subscription for every budget.

🎁 Free Gift Wrap Offer – For Christmas, we offer free gift wrap on any 4 full-size bars. Select your 4 bars and we’ll wrap them beautifully and tie together as a lovely bundle, ready to gift.

Sending Directly to a Loved One?
Include their details in the Notes at Checkout, and we can handwrite a card with your personal message — thoughtful, effortless gifting that makes Christmas extra special.

Gifts For Him | Secret Santa & Stocking Fillers — Up to £30

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For soaps that lean more traditionally masculine or neutral, we recommend:

Wuthering Heights Lime & Black Pepper

The Secret Garden Cypress & Petitgrain

To The Lighthouse Peppermint & Spearmint- ideal for gardeners.

Persuasion - May Chang & Eucalyptus

All £10 each — perfect Secret Santa gifts, stocking fillers, or holiday gifts for him. Or, if you choose all 4 we’ll wrap them beautifully and tie them together as a lovely bundle, all ready for you to gift.

Our Elements Collection is perfect for men who love literature and luxury soaps.

One of the best parts of Christmas is new festive toiletries for the morning shower, leaving you feeling all zzushed up and special. Comes wrapped in dark green paper, tied with red cotton string, and ready to gift.

Hostess Gifts — £10–£30

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Show your appreciation for the host or hostess this festive season with small, thoughtful gifts. Perfect for Christmas parties, dinner invitations, or afternoon teas, our luxury handmade soaps make a charming and elegant gesture.

Handmade bar soaps or Travel Trios of mini soaps – Choose any title from our literary range - or a little Trio. Beautiful and practical, they make a thoughtful and memorable gift.

Sampler Set – Mini soaps tied together like a little book bundle — a delightful gift for any hostess who loves pampering gifts.

Collections of Three Full-Size Bars – Includes a literary bookmark and comes ready to gift. Perfect for friends, family, or colleagues hosting holiday gatherings. The collections are a heroine gift of the season - unique, luxurious and affordable.

Thoughtful, elegant, and perfectly sized — a practical and utterly luxurious Hostess Gift that will be remembered long after the festive season.

Christmas wrapping starts 6th November 2025 unless requested in notes.

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Let customers speak for us

from 17 reviews

Bought as a stocking filler - love the book connection

Kathryn J.

11/14/2025

Little Women

Bought as a stocking filler, smells amazing

The Secret Garden

I purchased this after a recommendation for my sister in law as a gift.This which smells like being in the Mediterranean full of citrus fruits. The lime definitely compliments the ingredients. I love the thought of a soap being named after a book which is what attracted me to this one soap. Packed with care and fast delivery. Thank you.

Hayley P.

11/07/2025

Wuthering Heights

I purchased the travel trio for a friend who travels a lot. Thank you for sending my choices, I know she will love these. They smell amazing. Great price and fantastic delivery times. I was recommended your company from Ruth and I have to agree they are fantastic. May have to buy some for myself, Thank you!

Travel Trio — A Perfect Little Escape

I loved my miniature soaps they smelled lovely and came beautifully wrapped also hadn't long to wait for delivery.I will definitely be placing another order as they would make a lovely Xmas present especially for book lovers like myself.

Pauline M.

11/04/2025

Soap Sampler

My friend was delighted with her surprise gift of Little Woman soap.

Patricia M.

10/28/2025

I got this as part of a Christmas gift for my niece, smells amazing. what a great idea naming them after books. I have got her a special addition the book The secret garden, now to find PJ'S to match

sandra h.

10/26/2025

Absolutely love this soap and everything about it, the ingredients and the story, perfect :)

julia w.

10/22/2025

Jane Eyre

I bought this as a gift but have kept for myself as it’s a great way of sampling a wide range of these beautiful soaps. The smells are amazing but not in a false perfumed way. They look lovely on the bathroom shelf and the covers are just so unusual. I’ll be buying more for myself, as gifts, and of course to replace the set for original recipient.

Gaynor

10/13/2025

The choice and detailed description of scents and ingredients are excellent. The idea of beautiful soaps wrapped in ‘book covers’ is such a unique idea and beautiful gifts for any book lovers or people trying to lessen plastic in their bathrooms. I’ll be a regular buyer from now onwards.

Soap Poetry

I bought 2 of these bars for myself and my niece. We both have eczema so have to be careful but these are perfect. They smell wonderful but not in a fake perfume way and have not caused any reaction to my skin. I’m a bibliophile so the whole idea of Soap Poetry appeals to me. I’ve bought samplers as another gift and I’ll be buying more as Christmas extras.

I am really enjoying using this soap. The nice soft lather is lovely on my skin and the scent is so comforting. Altogether very therapeutic.

10/08/2025

Pride And Prejudice

these products are just gorgeous
they smell amazing feel lovely on the skin
beautiful packaging
They make a lovely gift for others and a lovely treat for me
I highly recommend!!!

Laura H.

10/07/2025

Lovely clean fresh smell

Claire M.

10/05/2025

Absolutely love this soap! The lime and black pepper scent is so good! It’s creamy and luxurious. Love that it’s 100% organic. I know exactly what I’m getting my friends for Christmas.

Ruth M.

09/30/2025