Or simply, those big blocks of French soap. On a soap kick today, we stumbled across a few sources for these Euro treats that have been made for one thousand years in the South of France.
Made by special method that requires a soapmaster (Maitre de Savon) to work for two weeks with a delicate mixture of olive and vegetable oils, alkaline ash from sea plants and Mediterranean Sea salted water, these puppies end up as rough blocks, cut from open pits where they dry...

The basic mixture is olive oil or palm oil, but we also found them with crushed flowers that gives them a colorful hue. Oh, and you can also forgo the block altogether and use this soap in a bottle with a dispenser cap.
marseillesoap.com
frenchsoaps.com
savon-de-marseille.com
tmcnet.com
Amazon.com


Comments (4)
Hello,
I have just found a site specailized in Aleppo soap.
There is a lot of information in there!
http://savon-alep-royal.com/
there is also an online shop linked to this site, they sell allepo liquid and all kinds of marseille soaps as well!
Hello,
I have just found a site specailized in Marseille soap as well.
There is a lot of information in there!
http://savons-de-provence.com/
There is also an online shop linked to this site, they sell pume stones and alum stones as well!
I have ordered through them and I am very satisfied.
You can also find these soaps on www.leserail.com.
Savon De Marseille...the real thing in the glass pump jar with the graphic in vivid colors is available at Maison 140 in Chelsea. This is the original produced by Compagnie de Provence. 212.255.0022/www.Maison140NYC.com