| Savon de Marseille (Marseille Soap) with Pure Crushed Local Flowers | 
| Brand: Savon de Marseille
Category: Beauty
Buy New: $12.00
as of 3/17/2010 14:01 MDT details
French Source  255 reviews
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Rating: 22 reviews
Media: Misc.
MPN: FS-P300MR
ASIN: B000FPYY7K
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| Features:
| • | Hand made in Marseille, France | | • | World-famous "Savon de Marseille" | | • | Pure fragrances of lavender, orange, verbena, rose | | • | Gentle and moisturizing | | • | Large 300 gram size, long-lasting and economical |
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Product Description
Absolute bliss. Pure, moisturizing Savon de Marseille soaps with the regional flowers of lavender, orange, rose and verbena. 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 - allowing 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. © FSL
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Great French soap March 15, 2010
Cleancutguy (Phoenix, Arizona)
I heard a lot of good things about this soap, so I decided to buy it, and I was glad that I did. It doesn't dry my skin and it makes my bathroom smell very nice.
 Savon de Marseille Soap November 3, 2009
KD (San Diego, California United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This soap is pretty good. It lathers well for a good cleaning and keeps the skin moisturized. One thing I really noticed about it is that it rinsed completely off the skin. Some soaps can leave the skin itchy feeling. This soap did not do this at all.
Beautiful Soap June 25, 2009
D. Lewis
I love this soap, I have it in all scents, Grape, Orange, Verbena, Lavendar and Rose. The Lavender and Grape are the best smelling. Although the Lavender, Grape and Verbena are the strongest scent. This soap lathers, moisturizes, and rinses well. I have noticed that you can tell how fresh (the latest date it has been created) it is by how dry it is once unwrapped from the stamped paper. I have noticed that the soap that cumbles some will have a lighter scent. If you have a small bathroom and normally keep the door closed, assuming you receive a fresh soap cube, this makes a fine natural deodorizer. I am a french soap product junkie and tried all on the market and think this is the best of all "bar" soft and hard milled soaps.
Great soap June 13, 2009
P. Kulkarni (Albany, NY)
This soap is very gentle on the soap; the skin feels moistureized and soft after using it. Its smells great too!
Best Soap Ever! April 17, 2009
Christina Batten (Rochester, NY USA)
I have decided that this is my new 'must have' soap. I purchased the Savon De Marseille in Rose and the scent is heavenly (not at all like the 'rose scented' bath products you might find in cheap holiday gift baskets).
Bathing with a big block of soap is a little awkward and clumsy but I found that if I swipe it a few times on my shower pouf, it creates a nice thick lather with very little product (bye bye shower gels). Skin feels clean, not dry, tight or itchy. In my opinion, the only con was that this soap had such a 'strong' scent out of the box (I think it could be 'headache inducing' for certain individuals). I was happy to find that the fragrance was toned down significantly after using it in the shower.
P.S. There is a fifth scent not listed on Amazon called 'Grape Vine', but you can find it by going directly to the Frenchsoaps website. I wish I had gone to their site prior to making my purchase because I would have taken advantage of their special pricing to purchase all 5 varieties (then I'd know which ones are my favorite, though I am very happy with the Rose). Also, don't throw out your 'Order Receipt' without checking the bottom right hand corner of the printout. Mine came with a promotion code for Free Shipping with my next order over $45.
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