01/05/2026
A little bit of a looooong read but SO interesting, this soap is brilliant, all natural, beautiful & gentle on the skin & used for all over body, face & hair. It has such a long history & still made in the traditional way by hand. So simple. So nourishing.
I don't like to be without it in-store as it is still so popular!
Ingredients- Saponified Olive Oil ( Sodium Olivate), Bay Laurel Oil, water, salt.
From Sabun-
"Originally from Aleppo but Now Made in Turkey by a Syrian refugee soap master by hand.
Sabun Ghar - An Ancient Tradition
Sabun Olive and Laurel oil soap is a natural soap which has been produced for centuries in the Middle East and is still used in the Hammams (traditional bathhouses) today.
In fact Sabun Olive and Laurel soap from Syria is believed to be the first Olive oil soap which was later introduced to Europe through the trade routes. In French it is known as Savon D'Alep and in Syria as Sabun Ghar.
Sabun Olive and laurel oil soap has endured centuries without change to its ingredients and is still produced by traditional methods.
The soap is only produced once per year in the olive season - It is cooked for 3 days and then allowed to set and then cut and stacked and left for 9 months to dry until it is ready to use. This produces a very hard soap which lasts a long time."
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