Savon de Marseille (Marseille Soap) pure olive oil soap from the South of France (Original Method, All Hand-Made)
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Savon de Marseille (Marseille Soap) pure olive oil soap from the South of France (Original Method, All Hand-Made) Details
Manufacturer: French SoapsBrand: Savon de Marseille
Product features:
- Hand-crafted in Marseille, France
- Extremely gentle and moisturizing
- World-famous, authentic "Savon de Marseille"
- Environmentally friendly, long-lasting and economical
- Made with pure olive oil, trusted for generations
Product reviews of Savon de Marseille (Marseille Soap) pure olive oil soap from the South of France (Original Method, All Hand-Made)
Review: very nice soap
Beauty product: 5 Stars
I found out about this soap after my girlfriend and I got into a discussion about how soap was made historically, a few clicks around Wikipedia and I had found out about this soap. I ordered the 1000 gram block as well as a verbena flower one. After reading the reviews here I decided to come up with a way to successfully cut the soap into block from the 4 X 4 X 4 cube it came in. Most soap cutting tools are narrow wires, so with this in mind and only kitchen knives on hand I laid my block on the cutting board and got out a serrated blade and traced a line around the block on all four sides and then began cutting at the corners holding the knife at a 45 degree angle with respect to the block. after I had made some good cuts I rotated the block and repeated. I got a large knife with a narrow blade and laid it in my traced lines and cut back and forth putting some weight on top of the blade until the block was cut. I repeated this process until I had turned the block into 6 small bars, and had no issues. You want the blade to be very narrow, otherwise you risk the block crumbling into many pieces.
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Description of Savon de Marseille (Marseille Soap) pure olive oil soap from the South of France (Original Method, All Hand-Made)
In the Middle Ages, big blocks of gentle soap were first crafted in the Mediterranean port city of Marseille with olive oil from local groves, marine ash and sea salted water. The quality of these soaps were immediately famous throughout Europe and in 1688 French law declared that only soaps made according to certain ancient methods could bear the important mark Savon de Marseille. Now the most prized of all soaps in the world, our Savon de Marseille is still crafted by hand, in Marseille, just as it has been for hundreds of years. It takes the Maitre de Savon (soapmaster) two weeks to make Marseille Soap. The purest ingredients (mentioned above) are heated for ten days in antique cauldrons. Know-how passed down through the generations will reveal to the soapmaster the right moment to pour the mixture into open pits where it slowly hardens. Cut into cubes and stamped, without machines of any kind, the soaps are then set out to dry in the sun and cool winds. Savon de Marseille (also known as "Marseille Soap") is once again being rediscovered for its extraordinary purity, gentle skin care and ecological value. Savon de Marseille is recommended by dermatologists throughout the world for dry or sensitive skin, eczema and other ailments. In France it has been trusted for generations to cleanse everything from linens to little faces. Marseille Soap is totally biodegradable, requires little packaging and its manufacture is environmentally friendly. Authentic Marseille Soap is stamped with its weight in grams - a practice left over from years ago which allowed households to compare prices and plan their inventories. No soap is "greener." In France they are sold piled high on open-air market tables like produce, wrapped in craft paper. Your Savon de Marseille will be delivered without plastic packaging, carefully wrapped in paper stamped with the famous marks to prove its authenticity.Bath & Shower
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