I’m really impressed with the VIORI Rice Water Protein solid shampoo. I wasn’t sure what to expect at first, but it turned out to be a great find. It lathers beautifully, cleanses the scalp gently without drying out my hair, and leaves it feeling fresh and light. What I love most is how my hair looks after using it—more voluminous, soft, and it stays clean longer, which is a big plus for oily hair. The compact solid format is also super convenient and lasts a long time, making it perfect for travel. Overall, it’s a great balance of effective care, natural ingredients, and practicality. Definitely something I’ll keep using!
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Men's Citron Ginger Shampoo Bar – Oily Scalp
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$11.75
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- Cuts grease without sulfates citrus peel oils dissolve sebum so the scalp is not stripped bare
- Clean holds longer nothing left behind means nothing to feed the rebound
- Dries with volume, not flatness no silicone, no wax, no coating at the root
- Whisky antioxidants polyphenols and amino acids from oak-aged single malt
- 100+ washes per bar replaces two to three bottles of liquid shampoo
Description
A whisky-infused shampoo bar for men with oily scalps — citrus and ginger cut through grease.
If your hair gets greasy fast, this is the bar for you. Citron and ginger cut through excess oil while the Scotch whisky delivers antioxidants and amino acids that strengthen the hair fiber. Longsheng rice water adds structural repair. No sulfates needed to get a deep clean.
Designed for oily scalps specifically. Removes buildup without over-drying. Hair stays clean longer and dries with volume instead of flatness.
Scent: Citron & Ginger — refreshing mandarin peel and lime zest with undertones of cactus water, tuberose, and red tea. Energizing and clean.
What it feels like: Light, cutting lather that strips oil on contact. Rinses completely. Hair dries with lift at the roots and a clean feeling that lasts past noon.
Oily hair may over-produce oil for the first few washes as it adjusts from sulfate shampoos. This normalizes within a week.
Sulfate-free · Paraben-free · Phthalate-free · pH-balanced · Vegan · Cruelty-free · Plastic-free.
Ingredients
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How To Use
1. Wet hair thoroughly with warm water.
2. Rub the bar between your palms or directly onto your scalp to build a lather.
3. Work the lather through roots and mid-lengths, then smooth down to ends.
4. Rinse completely with cool water to seal the cuticle.
5. Follow with the matching conditioner bar on mid-lengths and ends.
6. Store on a bamboo holder or dry surface between uses.
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Customer Reviews
Overall rating: 4.7 / 5 from 1224 reviews.
Just WOW. Incredibly rich lather. it suds up so well! im hooked after just one use! instant customer for life!!!! I've never experienced a shampoo that requires so little yet does so much! thank you for such an amazing product! <3 love
This soap-shampoo is amazing! 😍 It smells absolutely delicious, and after washing, hair feels so light and soft. Such a wonderful feeling of cleanliness and smoothness — hair looks great and is easy to comb. I will definitely buy it again!
I believe this charred patchouli is my favorite so far!!! I’ve tried the hidden waterfall and sandalwood. But this one I LOVE LOVE LOVE! This is my hair today right after getting out of the shower. This is definitely not for men only! Love the scent, the leather and softness of the conditioner💜 If you love the patchouli scent with a softer added scent, you will LOVE THIS!
I originally bought this for my to try and he liked ok. My son ended up with it and he says it’s great for his hair. Left it soft(he has long hair). Could use the conditioner though. So I’ll have to purchase that next. The scent is not over powering either.
Love how my hair feels so light and healthy :)
My scalp feels so refreshed after used this bar. And my hair has become softer and more glowing.
I get so many compliments on my hair since I started using this shampoo
Shampoo Bar for Men | Longsheng Rice Water + Scottish Islay Whisky Infused
I've been using viori products for a few years now! I love it! Don't be afraid to mix up the shampoos and conditioners. My hair is sooooo shinny! I'm loving the new whiskey bars. I wasn't sure what it would smell like and I think it's my favorite so far!!! Just enough sent.
In love! Customer service was so nice when my package didn’t arrive also. I really love this company and these products!
I ordered the aged sandalwood shampoo & conditioner for my husband's beard. He loved it! I also tried it on my hair and I loved it too! The smell was amazing and it was long lasting. Very nice!
I love this scent. It’s subtle but so refreshing and it’s great for oily hair but doesn’t strip too much.
O bought it for my grandson as he has longer hair. We have tried other conditioners and shampoos but he says this one makes his tangles after showering go away. Will definitely buy again
My boyfriend loves Viori since I had gotten a bar for xmas. He has a history of dry scalp and with work he is in an extremely dry environment, but using this bar (even daily), he has not had any issues!
Absolutely amazing and you know what I noticed no hair ever get stuck on the actual bar. I gave a review already on the conditioner side, so I’m just obsessed with this product.
Love this smell and works just as well as the other bars I’ve bought. However, may I suggest a girly version of patchouli - with a plum or berry vs the bourbon. I always recommend this brand for shampoo/conditioner.
I don’t recall how I first discovered your bar shampoo/ conditioner…. But ever so glad I did! Rich lather, rinses well (nothing sticky or residue). Bars last a long time. Scent works great with my chemistry. Conditioner, same!!!!
Good scent but not too strong, good lather, hair feels clean.
It works great for my gray hair. I wish the sandalwood smell was a little more prominent. My hair feels clean and soft.
This has been my favorite so far second time buying. I really like the smell as well. I think it is a unisex fragrance the plus side is the hair type or condition it is for the conditioner bar is a plus. I go thru two shampoo bars to on conditioner bar.
I am trying to eliminate toxins put on my hair and skin by using this product. This product does that for me. The quality of the shampoo and conditioner bar is amazing. I have tried other products like this that really stink... but this is luxurious compared to the rest I have tried.
I love the shampoo they smell amazing and my bar lasted me almost a year!
Love love love this product so much!
Love the smell and lather!
I have used Viori products for 3 years now. I love the results. My hair is very healthy and my beautician tells me everytime he cuts my hair how healthy it is. I tell him it's thanks to Viori products!!
It shampoos very clean. Great lather and fragrance
I got samples at their booth. Wanted to get full size after using it. It foaming really good and rinse really well. No sliminess or rinse forever. I have a lot of hair, so I like it if rinse well. Wish it has little stronger smell because smell so good! After dry my hair, stay smooth and hold my hair feel clean longer. Only used for few times but I like it so far.
I am currently growing my hair out after losing it all from chemotherapy. Since I only have about 3 in to work with you'll have to wait for a little bit to get a fuller review. Let me just say it smells lovely. I do find it funny that my favorite scents, the Julie and sandalwood, are in the men's department, as it were.
I've been using Viori Shampoo, conditioner and body wash bars for years and buy the men's products for my son. He loves them as much as I do! They leave hair squeaky clean, shiny and healthy looking for days. Highly recommended!
wonderful shampoo, smells great and makes my hair very soft and shiny
I have been using Viro products for over 2 years. I bought the men combo for my son how has curly hair he looks the smell and the feel after using it
I honestly love Viori and everything it stands for. I’ve been searching for a product that doesn’t make me lose hair, after covid and birth control I’ve been losing it uncontrollably. Now, this is easy on my hair, discrete, easy to bring with me, and smells great. I’m helping the environment and making a better choice for myself. Even my boyfriend, who I got his first bar for Christmas, loves it!
I bought this one for my son after having purchased multiple for myself and loving them. He likes it so much he asked for another one!
Shampoo and conditioner are great and perfect for traveling. Just wish the bars towards the end (but still with a lot left) would not break apart into small pieces, which make it hard to use so you throw away product unnecessarily.
My hair texture, shine and condition has improved so much since using these products. I have found my favorite formula and fragrance in the Sandalwood collection. I look forward to my shower every day! These bars are ideal for travel as well - we traveled in Europe for a month last year, and the bars make the perfect all in one non- liquid travel product. Thank you!!!
The bar does smell strong coming out of the box, but mellows out nicely upon application. A nice lather and gentle clean. I like it.
The bar smells really nice (almost like sprite lol) and lathers easily onto your hair and scalp. Really love that its not full of harmful chemicals or packaged in a plastic bottle.
Wow...great shampoo and conditioner
Wow...great shampoo and conditioner
Wow...great shampoo and conditioner
THE PROBLEM
Washing it more is what keeps it greasy.
A scalp stripped bare overproduces oil to compensate. So you wash again sooner, and the loop tightens.
0 1
Greasy by lunch
You washed this morning. By early afternoon the roots are flat and separating, and you are running a hand through it hoping nobody noticed.
0 2
The strip-and-rebound loop
Sulfates clear the oil aggressively and the scalp reads that as a shortage. It compensates. The grease comes back faster, so you wash sooner, and it gets worse from there.
0 3
Buildup you cannot see
Silicones and waxes from liquid shampoo collect at the scalp over weeks. Hair goes limp, will not hold a style, and no amount of washing fixes it because the residue is the problem.
THE ANSWER
Clean it properly once, not badly twice.
The Men's Citron Ginger Shampoo Bar clears an oily scalp with citrus peel oils instead of sulfates, so the scalp stops overcorrecting.
Bergamot, orange, lime, lemon and grapefruit peel oils carry limonene, which dissolves sebum and product residue on contact. That is how this bar clears a genuinely oily scalp without a sulfate — and the difference matters, because a sulfate strips past the excess oil into the lipids the scalp needs, which is what triggers the rebound. Single malt Scotch brings polyphenols and amino acids from oak ageing. Longsheng rice water and hydrolyzed rice protein reinforce the fibre so the strand is stronger, not just cleaner. It rinses completely clear — no silicone, no wax — so hair dries with its own texture and holds a style. Most men find they can stretch the gap between washes within two or three weeks.
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WHY IT WORKS
- Citrus Peel Oils Cut Sebum Without Sulfates
Cold-pressed citrus peel oils — bergamot, orange, lime, lemon, grapefruit — contain limonene and related terpenes that dissolve sebum and product residue. That lets the formula clear an oily scalp without reaching for a sulfate, which is the usual shortcut and the reason over-washed scalps rebound greasier by the next day.
- A Bar That Does Not Behave Like Soap
Most bar shampoos are saponified oils — soap — which react with calcium and magnesium in hard water to leave the waxy film that makes men give up on them after a week. This is a syndet bar built on Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate. It does not precipitate in hard water, so it rinses out clean and hair dries with its own texture instead of a coating.
- Why There Is Whisky In It
Single malt Scotch picks up polyphenols and ellagic acid from the oak it ages in — the same class of antioxidant compounds studied for their ability to limit oxidative damage to the hair fibre from UV and pollution. It also contributes amino acids from the malted barley. It is a real functional ingredient at the level it is used, not a marketing story, though it is one input among several rather than the thing doing all the work.
- Protein That Gets Inside
Most rice water proteins are too large to enter the hair shaft — at 13,000–30,000 Daltons they sit on the surface and rinse away. Hydrolyzed Rice Protein is broken down to peptides below ~1,000 Daltons, small enough to reach the cortex, where research indicates they deposit preferentially on compromised areas, improving tensile strength and reducing breakage under combing stress. The result is a strand that bends without snapping — not a coating, but internal reinforcement.
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Build Your Bundle
BAR, DUO, OR THE FULL SYSTEM.
Start with the bar, or take the routine that keeps an oily scalp clean all week.
The Bar
The Men's Citron Ginger Shampoo Bar on its own — a scalp reset.
$11.75
- Men's Citron Ginger Shampoo Bar, 60–80 washes per bar
- Citrus peel oils cut sebum and buildup without sulfates
- Single malt Scotch for antioxidants and amino acids
- Rinses clean in hard water — no wax, no film
- Plastic-free and travel-friendly
Our most-reached-for set
The Duo
Shampoo bar plus the matching conditioner — clean roots, conditioned ends.
$23.50$19.98
- Both bars — the shampoo clears the scalp, the conditioner handles the ends
- Lightweight conditioning that will not put the oil back at the root
- Matched citrus-ginger scent across both steps
- The pairing most men settle into after the first bar
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The Full System
Shampoo bar, conditioner bar and a bamboo holder — the whole routine.
$33.49$29.97
- Shampoo bar, conditioner bar and a bamboo holder
- The holder keeps bars dry, which is most of what makes them last
- One routine, no bottles, no plastic
- Everything in one order
- Best value per wash across the three tiers
FAQ
GOOD TO KNOW BEFORE YOU BUY.
The formula is built for how most men wash — daily or near-daily, fast, often with hard water — and the scent is the main difference beyond that. Hair is hair. Plenty of women buy these bars for the scent, and nothing about the formula makes that a bad idea.
Citron and ginger — mandarin peel and lime zest up front, with cactus water, tuberose and red tea underneath. Energising and clean rather than heavy. It reads fresh, not like cologne.
Sixty to eighty washes for most men, which works out to two to three bottles of liquid shampoo. Short hair gets more. The single biggest factor is whether it dries out between washes — keep it off the shower floor and on a holder.
No. This is a syndet bar, not a soap bar. Soap bars react with hard water to leave a film — that is the experience most people mean when they say shampoo bars did not work for them. This one rinses clean.
Yes, single malt Scotch. It is in there for the polyphenols and amino acids it picks up from oak ageing, not for novelty. It does not make the bar smell like a distillery and there is no alcohol effect on the scalp.
You can, and plenty of guys do. It cleans a beard without stripping it. Follow with the conditioner bar if your beard is coarse — that is where the softening actually happens.
If your hair is short and you have no complaints, probably not. If it feels rough, tangles, or you are colour-treated or thinning, the conditioner is doing real work on the mid-lengths and ends.
That is the most common pattern there is, and it is what the pair is built for. Shampoo at the scalp only, conditioner from the ears down only. Do not let either one meet in the middle and both problems get handled.
Yes. It is sulfate-free, so daily washing does not strip the scalp the way a drugstore shampoo does. That said, most men find that after a few weeks they no longer need to.
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