Soaking your skin in scalding hot water and mystery dyes is a surefire way to dry it out, so Lush's Butterball bath bomb, $4.95, is best enjoyed in mild, warm water over the course of a long bath. This bomb has a gentle vanilla scent and is loaded with chunks of cocoa butter, which melt into the water as the bomb dissolves. Expect to emerge with ridiculously soft skin.

This limited edition tube of three bath bombs, $20, from The Body Shop has a transporting poppy scent that's hard to define. It's part royal harem, part Opium den, part palace garden -- regardless, this is a unique, intoxicating bomb that will transform your bathroom and soften your skin all at once. Each bomb is divided in two, and just one half will take a full hour to dissolve, so grab a bath buddy and prepare to settle in.

Not into the smell of flowers and candy overtaking your bathroom? Fizz Butter's Clean Rain bath bomb, $4.44, gives off an easy, refreshing fragrance that would appeal to a variety of different tastes -- men's included. One of the most palatable and affordable bath bombs out there, if you're new to this stuff, you might want to start here.

Every day is your birthday when you bathe with one of Feeling Smitten's ultra-sweet (but diet-friendly) bath cupcakes, $11. These flamboyant treats overtake your bath with a sugary, baked-good scent. (But try your best not to drink the bath water -- it won't taste like it smells). These are special-occasion bath bombs, for sure. Not to mention a top-notch gift idea.

Lush's Sex Bomb, $6.65, has all the bells and whistles: Vivid pink colors and floating faux flowers that turn your tub into a sexy, girly paradise. Match that with the ambience of a hotel, and you've got yourself one decadent evening. Here's the catch, though: After you're finished, those colors and flowers end up in the form of gloppy residue at the bottom of the tub. But at a hotel, well, that's someone else's problem.