Wholesale & supply
The Forbidden Soup is a small-batch bath goods line in active build-out. We are sourcing ingredients and packaging now, ahead of opening the shop. This page is for suppliers, co-packers, and retailers who want to know exactly where we are before they spend time on us.
We are not accepting retail or wholesale orders today. Formulations, packaging, and supply are being finalised. Everything below is an accurate description of the business as it stands — we would rather be useful than impressive.
What we are sourcing
Seven blends across the opening line, plus clay masks and foot soaks in formulation. These are the categories we are actively looking for supply partners in. Small opening volumes with room to grow — we would rather be honest about our size than over-commit and disappoint a first order.
Botanicals & herbs
Dried flower, leaf, root, and peel at cosmetic quality: chamomile, lavender, yarrow, skullcap, peppermint, calendula, hops, echinacea, blackberry leaf, rooibos, hibiscus, lemongrass, galangal, kaffir lime leaf, ginger, ashwagandha, rose, jasmine. Consistent sift, documented origin.
Resins & gums
Frankincense, myrrh, mastic, gum arabic, and amber. Grade and origin matter to us here more than price — this is the character of our namesake blend, not a filler.
Clays & minerals
Red clay and Dead Sea salt in bath-appropriate grain sizes, plus additional cosmetic clays for the mask line. Bulk sacks preferred; we blend, fill, and pack in-house.
Conifer & forest material
Cedar, pine, juniper and juniper berries, and lichen. Sustainably harvested with a traceable source — we will ask where it came from.
Essential oils & aromatics
Bergamot, clary sage, eucalyptus, peppermint, ylang-ylang, sandalwood. Skin-safe materials with IFRA documentation and full allergen declarations — including phototoxicity data where it applies.
Functional bases
Colloidal oatmeal, aloe, and coconut milk powder. For anything with a water activity or shelf-life constraint we will want to talk about preservation early, not late.
What we will need from you
- Documentation
- Spec sheet, SDS, and CoA per lot. For anything touching skin, we need it on file before a purchase order, not after.
- Lot traceability
- Lot codes we can carry through into our own batch records. Our ERP tracks batches from raw material to finished set.
- Opening volumes
- Small. We are launching a line, not restocking one. Tell us your true minimum and we will tell you honestly whether we can meet it now or need to grow into it.
- Restricted & regulated material
- Several blends use botanicals with jurisdiction-specific rules (blue lotus and ashwagandha among them). We need origin, species confirmation, and any applicable restriction guidance in writing so we can decide where a blend can ship.
- Samples
- We will pay for samples. We would rather test properly than commit to a pallet on a photograph.
- Lead times
- Realistic ones, including your own upstream constraints and any seasonality in the botanicals.
How we operate
Inventory & orders
Run on ERPNext from day one — items, batches, warehouses, purchase orders, and stock ledger. Reorder points and lot history are recorded, not remembered.
Production
Bills of materials and work orders per blend, so every finished set resolves to the specific raw lots that went into it.
Payment
Standard terms; we will work to yours on opening orders. Retail and in-person sales settle through Helcim once we are trading.
Where we are
- Complete
Business structure & systems
Entity, accounting segmentation, and ERP stood up and in use.
- Complete
Brand & storefront
Line defined and this site built. Commerce is deliberately switched off.
- Now
Sourcing & formulation
Talking to ingredient and packaging suppliers, finalising blends and fill formats. This is the step you are reading this page for.
- Next
Pilot production
First real batches, packaging trials, and shelf-life checks.
- Then
Launch
Shop opens, wholesale line sheet published with firm pricing and minimums.
Get in touch
Suppliers, co-packers, and prospective stockists — email us. Tell us what you supply, your true minimums, and your lead times. We answer every enquiry, including the ones where the answer is "not yet".