Most persimmon soaps use so little actual persimmon you'd never notice a difference — diluted extract, padded out with fillers and heavy fragrance to cover for it. Kakidō uses concentrated persimmon tannin at full strength.

Persimmon has been used in Japanese cleansing for centuries for exactly this purpose — long before deodorant existed. We didn't invent it. We just didn't water it down. Image: Persimmon orchard at golden hour, ripe orange fruit on the branches, warm hazy light.

No heavy synthetic fragrance. No perfume masking. Just persimmon and green tea — so you're left smelling like nothing at all, which is exactly the point.