The Savon de Marseille landed !

[roaduck]

My Savon de Marseille 72% olive oil soap arrived from France today - the smell and quality is outstanding and I got a little bar of rose soap which smells heavenly - so got 2100 grams of traditional old-fashioned stuff that is good for a multitude of applications and conditions.
It is moisturising without being greasy and lathers well.
The horseshoe soap is World famous like Nablus or Aleppo soap from Palestine and Syria respectively - all made the same way for millennia.

Reasonable 2 day postage and 300 types of soap - I`ll be shopping there for friends and family for Christmas - I don`t need fancy soap - I`m a simple man.

 

[Roy]

I love these French soaps. They do large cubes if soap which are superb laundry soaps good for cleaning shirt collars and cleaning stainless steel sinks.

 

[Roy]

You can get oval soaps for a wall mounted bar. Great for washing your hands. Mine is at the kitchen sink.

 

[BigJ]

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My Savon de Marseille 72% olive oil soap arrived from France today - the smell and quality is outstanding and I got a little bar of rose soap which smells heavenly - so got 2100 grams of traditional old-fashioned stuff that is good for a multitude of applications and conditions.
It is moisturising without being greasy and lathers well.
The horseshoe soap is World famous like Nablus or Aleppo soap from Palestine and Syria respectively - all made the same way for millennia.

Reasonable 2 day postage and 300 types of soap - I`ll be shopping there for friends and family for Christmas - I don`t need fancy soap - I`m a simple man.

Great soap!! Not ‘simple,‘ I would suggest elegant and effective!!

 

[roaduck]

Great soap!! Not ‘simple,‘ I would suggest elegant and effective!!

Thanks Roy and BigJ - No I`m simple BigJ - I`ve had enough of complications haha !
The soap is not simple - it`s mega !

I`m a herbalist so I should be on the ball about this lol !

 

[malocchio]

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My Savon de Marseille 72% olive oil soap arrived from France today - the smell and quality is outstanding and I got a little bar of rose soap which smells heavenly - so got 2100 grams of traditional old-fashioned stuff that is good for a multitude of applications and conditions.
It is moisturising without being greasy and lathers well.
The horseshoe soap is World famous like Nablus or Aleppo soap from Palestine and Syria respectively - all made the same way for millennia.

Reasonable 2 day postage and 300 types of soap - I`ll be shopping there for friends and family for Christmas - I don`t need fancy soap - I`m a simple man.

What vendor ?.. frenchsoaps.com ?

 

[roaduck]

What vendor ?.. frenchsoaps.com ?

Yep malocchio - they`re brilliant - a pleasure to do biz with - very well packed with rapido courier dispatch.

 

[malocchio]

Yep malocchio - they`re brilliant - a pleasure to do biz with - very well packed with rapido courier dispatch.

Good to hear .... some vendors ship rancid olive oil soaps that have been sitting around way too long .

 

[roaduck]

Good to hear .... some vendors ship rancid olive oil soaps that have been sitting around way too long .

Yeah got you malocchio I totally agree but very high oil content soaps up to 100% can take a year to mature - like a good cheese - they`re expensive like the Aleppo bay laurel soaps - they can be £40 a kilo - easy - worth it though.
Some of the vintage soaps are hundreds a kilo and are naturally really powerful with only 3 ingredients in them.
The high essential oils preserve it for decades.
I have a tiny hotel bar of olive soap from Rhodes, Greece and it still smells lovely and lathers well with cold water after nearly 30 years - I used it a couple of days ago - fine - does not go mushy and stays hard - perfecto.
Now I can just slice a little green bar off from the loaf.
They are like chalk and cheese compared to harsh, drying, overpowering industrial fragrance scented ( meant for candles etc ) chemical cocktail commercial soaps with 25 dubious ingredients

 

[malocchio]

Yeah got you malocchio I totally agree but very high oil content soaps up to 100% can take a year to mature - like a good cheese - they`re expensive like the Aleppo bay laurel soaps - they can be £40 a kilo - easy - worth it though.
Some of the vintage soaps are hundreds a kilo and are naturally really powerful with only 3 ingredients in them.
The high essential oils preserve it for decades.
I have a tiny hotel bar of olive soap from Rhodes, Greece and it still smells lovely and lathers well with cold water after nearly 30 years - I used it a couple of days ago - fine - does not go mushy and stays hard - perfecto.
Now I can just slice a little green bar off from the loaf.
They are like chalk and cheese compared to harsh, drying, overpowering industrial fragrance scented ( meant for candles etc ) chemical cocktail commercial soaps with 25 dubious ingredients

I don't see the 2100 bar you bought on their website ( ? ) .... also ... have you tried any of the Palestinian olive oil soaps ? ... A few years back I could buy " Socrates " olive oil soap made in Cyprus at the Greek festivals , missing the last several years . Very mild with good lather .

 

[roaduck]

It`s a 2kg horseshoe with 100g rose bar free sorry I didn`t clarify Malocchio.
Got 50/50 bay % laurel / olive Aleppo on order - obviously Nablus - Palestine is delayed ATM too.

 

[malocchio]

It`s a 2kg horseshoe with 100g rose bar free sorry I didn`t clarify Malocchio.
Got 50/50 bay % laurel / olive Aleppo on order - obviously Nablus - Palestine is delayed ATM too.

I don't see the 2 kilo size on the web page ...only this one and it doesn't look like yours ...

 

[roaduck]

I don't see the 2 kilo size on the web page ...only this one and it doesn't look like yours ...

I`ll send you the direct link malocchio - no worries.

Here you go :-

Pure Olive Savon de Marseille Bar 2kg

To quote from the site :-

"
Marseille Soap is iconic and 'probably the most versatile soap in the world', it's certainly some of the best, traditional and most hypo-allergenic you can buy.

Fer a Cheval's Pure Olive Bar 2kg Bar, is made exclusively with 100% Olive Oil.

Traditionally sliced from a large block to use in various sizes around the home, this is the first time a 2kg bar has been stocked in the UK.

A French family will slice pieces to use in many ways:

as toothpaste
for laundry
for face cleansing
for your shower
to deter moths
for shaving
to clean your mattress
to clean your bathroom
to relieve cramps and night sweats
to clean the floor
to clean your iron
to wash your dog
to sooth wounds
to clean your leather sofa or car seats
to clean your outdoor decking

the list is endless!

A natural and hypoallergenic soap
Formulated with 100% olive oil, without preservatives, colouring, perfume or animal fats. 100% natural ingredients. It does not contain palm oil.

An old-fashioned saponification in cauldrons
10 -14 days are taken to 'bake' the soap in a cauldron according to the Marseille process. This traditional know-how, preciously passed down from generation to generation of Master Soapmakers, and results in a 'living' product that will change as it ages and according to the weather.

A 100% authentic Made in Marseille soap, often copied but never matched!
Presented in their most authentic and refined form, Fer a Cheval's Marseille soap offer you a natural, healthy and effective product for your whole home.

Easily biodegradable and non-polluting, it is environmentally friendly
It is an environmentally friendly alternative for all household cleaning.
"

 

[Frito Ray]

as toothpaste

I double dog dare you.

 

[roaduck]

I double dog dare you.

I already have - I`m a old Russian Scorpio caveman whose lived in the West Bank and all over the Sahara and M.E. !
I`ve lived in tents for months in a war zone as a 17 year old and 18th Century miller`s cottages with no running water or electricity as a six year old.
How do you shave in the dark with no water with an antique cut-throat in Ramallah - easy - you adapt and survive.
Do it by feel - I was a blacksmith, bladesmith and sports remedial masseur - no probs at all.

 

[Frito Ray]

I already have

How was it? I can’t imagine it tasted any good.

 

[roaduck]

How was it? I can’t imagine it tasted any good.

Actually not too bad Frito Ray - it was made of 100% olive oil - it depends on the quality - decent mature soap is not cheap because it has to be stored in stable ideal conditions for 2 years - like a wine or cheese cellar or even a lagering cave underground; like for brewing beers.

 

[malocchio]

I`ll send you the direct link malocchio - no worries.

Here you go :-

Pure Olive Savon de Marseille Bar 2kg

To quote from the site :-

"
Marseille Soap is iconic and 'probably the most versatile soap in the world', it's certainly some of the best, traditional and most hypo-allergenic you can buy.

Fer a Cheval's Pure Olive Bar 2kg Bar, is made exclusively with 100% Olive Oil.

Traditionally sliced from a large block to use in various sizes around the home, this is the first time a 2kg bar has been stocked in the UK.

A French family will slice pieces to use in many ways:

as toothpaste
for laundry
for face cleansing
for your shower
to deter moths
for shaving
to clean your mattress
to clean your bathroom
to relieve cramps and night sweats
to clean the floor
to clean your iron
to wash your dog
to sooth wounds
to clean your leather sofa or car seats
to clean your outdoor decking

the list is endless!

A natural and hypoallergenic soap
Formulated with 100% olive oil, without preservatives, colouring, perfume or animal fats. 100% natural ingredients. It does not contain palm oil.

An old-fashioned saponification in cauldrons
10 -14 days are taken to 'bake' the soap in a cauldron according to the Marseille process. This traditional know-how, preciously passed down from generation to generation of Master Soapmakers, and results in a 'living' product that will change as it ages and according to the weather.

A 100% authentic Made in Marseille soap, often copied but never matched!
Presented in their most authentic and refined form, Fer a Cheval's Marseille soap offer you a natural, healthy and effective product for your whole home.

Easily biodegradable and non-polluting, it is environmentally friendly
It is an environmentally friendly alternative for all household cleaning.
"

I love savon de Marseille but as a "toothpaste " I have to pass !.... Thank you for the link , I could not get that page to pop up . How much did they charge you for shipping ?

 

[roaduck]

Erm about a fiver - it was £30 all inc.

The link opens but you need Google translate - because it`s in French - lemme try French - Fer `a Cheval - horseshoe Marseille soap.

Fer `a Cheval 2kg olive soap

chemical safety data

I`ll fish you another link out malocchio - I think there`s a shop in Harrogate, Yorkshire.

Oh the soapy toothpaste - desperate times - desperate measures - at first - then it grew on me so no need for Colgate anymore but I adore Indian activated charcoal powder for my teeth - I`m crazy man.

 

[roaduck]

Hi malocchio - found a good trad 2.5 kg soap roll that is excellent but different maker called Marius Fabre - don`t know about precise international shipping costs.

Use Google translate buddy.

With soaps - the older and rougher looking ones are the best - handmade and not machine-pressed.

2.5kg soap Marseille soap roll