I got this as a bridal shower gift with a few other "gag gifts." Its intended use is as a shower type massager, but I wasn't very happy with the feel of it straight out of the bag. I set it aside and never really thought about it until my SO pulled it out of the bag one night. Needless to say, I wasn't excited to use it just by the feel, but did anyways.

The texture of the sponge was terrible scratchy and hard. It doesn't really stay on the hard plastic basing either. Even with a silky soap on it, it stayed hard and rough. Dried out quickly after use though.

Smelled like plastic out of the package, but that seemed to wash away after putting scented soap on it. It wasn't a strong smell or anything, it just smelled like anything that came from a store. Reminded me of a sponge that you would get from Walmart or Target.

Soap washed out easily enough and dried out quickly enough, but didn't hold water well enough to make suds. Though I wasn't very happy with the vibrations, they did help the soap lather a bit easier. The sponge seemed to kind of separate from the plastic basing.

Comes in a simple plastic bag with instructions on how to insert the batteries.