We’re wallowing in dry triple digits here in Los Angeles, and even my hardiest cacti need a sip of water. To cope, I’m running in the mornings, taking walks at night, and pushing my AC to the edge like it’s the war rig in Mad Max. I am also, per the advice of my dear former colleague, managing my temperature and sweat by spritzing twice a day. With all that extra time spent under my shower head, I’ve drilled down on a few ways to make my late-summer/early-apocalypse ablutions especially refreshing. That means finding the coziest, most functional towels to dry off with, the most transportive luxury laundry detergent to wash them in, and the beachiest herbal scented oil to hydrate my sunbattered skin. In between making sure I don’t smell bad, I’ve been mostly laying back with a cold bottle of NA wine and squeezing in my final beach reads of the season (I tore through Susanna Moore’s 1995 skinny erotic-thriller In the Cut, and plan to watch the film adaptation starring Nicole Kidman ASAP). Below, my humble recommendations for the best shower and bathmaxxing products to make it through the rest of summer with dignity.

Orb is a Melbourne-based company that sells bottles of multi-purpose scented oil that can be smeared directly to your skin like a perfume, dripped into a bathtub, placed in an oil diffuser or burner, or worked into your typical body oil. Just yesterday, they launched a collab with pro skateboarder, model, and actor Evan Mock’s Hawaiian-inspired fashion label Wahine, and it’s basically the only thing I want to dab on my neck for the rest of the heatwave. The scent is lightly herbal and beachy in the way that true lovers of the coast would instantly recognize, with notes of surf wax and hibiscus. Beyond that, it really is a fantastically dynamic concoction. It’s strongest if you apply it straight to your body, but I like it best as a bath amplifier. Not only do you leave the tub with softer skin, but also with the faint smell of summer trailing behind. Given that my skin has been perpetually parched all month, it’s been a welcome addition to my bathroom countertop.