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One kilogram in six bars; the best price per dollar option for Marseille soap that we know of on the internet.
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Marseille soap descends from the ancient soap-making techniques of Palestine and the broader Arab world, after Nablus soap was taxed during the Crusades and the taxes were used to create a European soap industry based on the cauldron-cooked and olive-oil-based process. Because of a government edict in 1688, soap makers in Marseille have been obligated to continue using the same cooking process discovered in the Arab world.
Fer à Cheval, founded in 1856, is the finest contemporary example of this pan-Mediterranean soap making tradition. Since France's imperial era, when it conquered tropical countries, most Marseille olive soaps began to include 28% coconut oil. Fer à Cheval recently became the first manufacturer remove any coconut (copra) oil and reverting to a pure olive oil recipe that increases the soap's sustainability and regional economic benefits.
Marseille soaps are green and have an earthy scent because they are made of olive pit oil, a kind of molasses-consistency oil made from crushing the olive seeds and skins left over from the pressing of edible olive oil.
It has a scent something like a grassy field after it rains.
Made in Marseille, Provence, France, of olive pit oil, water, and sodium hydroxide.