Savon de Marseille is the authentic soap that has been made in the Provencal city of Marseille, following a strict recipe and method, for more than six centuries. The result is a pure, natural soap that is unparalleled for skin care and, paradoxically for such a gentle product, stain removal. In France, it has been trusted for generations to cleanse everything from little faces to linens.

This is the traditional 300-gram green cube, made with olive oil and stamped with the mark signifying its authenticity. Savon de Marseille is totally biodegradable, requires little packaging, and is manufactured using an environmentally friendly process. 

The first documented soap maker in the city lived in the Middle Ages; in 1688, under Louis XIV, it became law that only soaps made according to the ancient method could be labeled “Savon de Marseille.” Traditionally, the soap is made from water from the Mediterranean Sea, olive oil, and alkaline ash from sea plants. (The savon de Marseille that is not green uses other pure vegetable oils, allowed by amended regulations.) Using antique cauldrons, the maître de savon (soap master) heats the mixture for several days, stirring it continually, then pours it into open pits and leaves it to harden, a process that can take from two weeks to a month.

Soap size: 3.5"x3.5"x3.5"