I've just bought a bottle of cleansing lotion from Tesco and, upon examining the list of ingredients, find that its main constituents are 'aqua' and 'paraffinum liquidum'.

Wow! With such exotic-sounding ingredients, it must be gre-e-e-e-e-at!

Don't knock aqua - it's also the principal ingredient of beer, wine and spirits. Not so sure about paraffinum liquidum though, but obviously it is a top-notch product with such classical constituents. You sure it's only cleansing lotion? Sounds good enough to drink. And it might have some interesting effects with all that paraffinum liquidum around

Sounds like it is well past its sell-by date....

<Si latinitatis modicum quaeris, inspice in> -- oops, beggin yer parn, if you're looking for a bit of latinity, check out the 37th posting (assuming it makes it past the propriety Cerberus)in the "Poetry Corner" anthology above. (<Qui autem doctus videri vult, necesse est illo tubam propriam personare> [He who would appear learned must needs toot his own horn].)

Translation

Parafinum Liquidum is liquid parafin is parafin.

Aqua is an old 90s pop group from scandinavia.