When we stayed at the beautiful Junipine Resort hotel in Sedona AZ a couple of weeks ago,
the amenities left for us in our townhouse bathrooms were from Tarocco, a brand that was unfamiliar to me.
The bath and body products were scented with Sicilian Blood Orange, a scent I love. I found out that Tarocca is a specific type of blood orange that was brought to Florida from the Mediterranean in 1880 and then made its way to California. Tarocco Sicilian Blood Orange products are made by a company called CaliCosmetics.
At any rate, we received sample sizes of the shampoo, conditioner, glycerin bar soap, and a complexion soap. I fell in love!
The hotel has a little shop where they sell groceries, wine and beer, T-shirts and hats, postcards, stuff about Sedona, and some of the Tarocco products. I went in specifically to buy the glycerin bar soap, but unfortunately they didn’t sell that particular product. But they kindly gave me a few deluxe sample size glycerin bars as well as a few bars of the complexion soap. Yes! Both are very gentle, lather well, are not drying and smell like an orange grove. I heartily recommend them for you citrus or orange scent lovers. You won’t be disappointed.
The shop sold a big bottle of Tarocco Nourishing Moisturizer in the Sicilian Blood Orange scent. I don’t know if they forgot or they don’t give out body lotion as part of the amenity package, but I hadn’t tried it. I bought it on faith.
All of the Tarocco products contain olive oil with extracts of Sicilian Blood Orange. The blood orange is rich in vitamin C and other antioxidants. The products I’ve tried from Tarocca smell fabulous, and they do a good job moisturizing.
The lotion is lightweight but hydrating. Even though it appears to be a light moisturizer, you have to work it into your skin till the white cast disappears. Somehow it takes a bit more rubbing on my calves/shins than on the rest of me! I think it’s the olive oil. The lotion smells incredible as I rub it in. It leaves behind a lovely orange scent, but just for a few minutes. The scent disappears and doesn’t interfere with the perfume or fragrance I wear.
The lotion/Nourishing Moisturizer comes in the 8.6 fl. oz./253 ml size that I bought as well as a larger 16.9 oz. size. I paid $12 or was it $18, for the 8.6 oz. bottle of Nourishing Moisturizer, and that’s what the hotel was charging for the full size shampoo and conditioners too. The line is sold on the Calicosmetics website, on a website called Wilson Street, and on Amazon. I got a deal at the hotel shop! And the Tarocca product line includes: body lotion/nourishing moisturizer, shampoo, conditioner, body scrub, shower gel, hand cream, foot cream, foaming body oil, and a facial moisturizer as well as candles and other products. Thinking about all that orange scent is making me swoon!
Are you a fan of orange or citrus scented products?
Yum. Blood orange is one of my favorite scents.
I think you’d like it, Laura. The scent was/is amazing!
Sounds wonderful!! I will always reach for an orange scent when given the chance,absolutely my favorite.
Then, I think you’d love this brand, Laura. Keep it in mind for when you need an orange fix!
Aww, shame that they didn’t sell the glycerin bar soap, that would be the one that I would be most interested in too. Great review on an unknown brand, sometimes it’s really lovely to discover all the different brands that are under our radar.
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Yes, I was sad that I couldn’t buy a big bar soap at the hotel but they gave me enough to last me awhile. Glad to see I can buy the soap through Amazon 🙂 You’re right about the under the radar brands. I often like those best!
I love anything with a citrus or orange scent!
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If you’re an orange scent lover, you’d love this line from Tarocca Sicilian Blood Orange! I think the brand, CaliCosmetics, has other scented lines, but I’m sold with anything orange 🙂
How nice that your hotel offered such nice products! I’ve never heard of the brand, but it sounds wonderful.
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I hadn’t heard of Tarocco either, but once I saw the full size products in the hotel’s shop, they looked familiar to me. At any rate, the orange scent of the entire product line along with the olive oil in the formula sealed the deal for me!
That Blood Orange lotion sounds absolutely delectable! I need this in my life!
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I hope you get to try out something from the line some day, Helen. The orange scent truly is delectable!
I love orange citrus scents so I’d be plenty tempted by this too. I’m glad they gave you the extra soaps. It sounds like a great place to stay.
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It was a win-win all around, Marcia. I wish I could’ve stayed a week at Junipine Resort in Sedona, and I’m so glad I discovered this fabulous orange-scented brand 🙂
I saw your post on Instagram! I’ve never heard of this brand, but was curious. In the mornings I don’t have much time for my lotion to settle in. I wish this product was fast absorbing, but it sounds good otherwise.
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After I wrote that, Kim, I discovered that all my lotions take a few extra rubs on my shins/calves so it’s not unique to this brand. It may be unique to my legs, lol! But if you’re an orange scent lover or you know someone who is, the two soaps from Tarocco, the shampoo, conditioner, shower gel, and the body lotion are the most amazing hit of orange ever. Plus they’re made with olive oil
I love citrus scents! Isn’t Sedona pretty? Did you see slide rock?
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If you love orange scents, you’d love this whole product line. It’s like being in a glass of fresh squeezed OJ! Sedona was fabulous. I had been there about 16 years ago, and I was shocked at the development of the city. Nevertheless, it was still beautiful. Our hotel was on Rte 89A right up the road from slide rock, but the temperature was too cold to go in the water. We also went to Crescent Moon Park and walked on the trails along Oak Creek Canyon and saw Buddha Beach that is similar to Slide Rock. I wish we could’ve stayed longer!
I love citrus/orange scent. It always reminds me of fun summer days
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Nice association! I agree!
Sounds like a really great find and yay for samples, although it’s too bad they didn’t have the full size.
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I got enough samples that it pretty much equals full size. No complaints!
Aww, too bad they didn’t have the stuff you really wanted to try – but at least you got to try this!
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I’m fine with it coz I got a bunch of free deluxe samples of the soaps, and I love the lotion 🙂
I’m obsessed with blood orange scent! I bet these products smell divine 🙂
You betcha!
Which hotels carry these soaps?
As I wrote in the first sentence of my post, I tried Tarocco at a small hotel called Junipine Resort in Sedona AZ, and they sold some of the products in full size at their gift store. I have no idea which other hotels use Tarocca as amenities. I bought Tarocca soap when I ran out of the samples I was given by searching for it online – I think I bought a full size lotion and maybe a full size bar soap on Amazon so you may want to check Amazon CA. Good luck! They are very nice products