I just found these soaps that my co-worker brought back for me from a trip to France in Summer 2018!!! I had left them in my desk and had packed them away when we had to move our office a few months ago, and I just got into that box. I can't remember where exactly she said she got them; I'll ask her in an email Monday. Bars are 125 g each; marked with a stamp.
I am bilingual (although my grammar is still, as it has always been, terrible) so I understand what is written on the bars.
Packaging is sealed with a sticker that says "fabrication artisanale" = Artisan Made
"Artisanat de provence" = Provincial Artisan
"Savon de Marseille" = Marseille Soap
"pur vegetal" = Pure Vegetable = Pure vegetable oil based soap [Edit: more like vegetarian/vegan oil base meaning no animal fat; not necessarily specifically what we know as "vegetable oil" in the grocery store.]
"Fleur d'oranges" = Orange Blossom
"Monoï" = Monoï oil = Perfume oil made by infusing the Tiaré flower (also called Tahitian Gardenia). Fun fact: the Tiaré flower is the national flower of French Polynesia and the Cooks Islands.
From my very little research, traditional Savon de Marseille is very similar to traditional Castile Soap: HP, Olive oil base, using sea water from the Mediterranean Sea.
I'm quite chuffed that I found this, specially since I only recently started soaping. I feel like I have a much better appreciation for it now than I would have 3 years ago!
I am bilingual (although my grammar is still, as it has always been, terrible) so I understand what is written on the bars.
Packaging is sealed with a sticker that says "fabrication artisanale" = Artisan Made
"Artisanat de provence" = Provincial Artisan
"Savon de Marseille" = Marseille Soap
"pur vegetal" = Pure Vegetable = Pure vegetable oil based soap [Edit: more like vegetarian/vegan oil base meaning no animal fat; not necessarily specifically what we know as "vegetable oil" in the grocery store.]
"Fleur d'oranges" = Orange Blossom
"Monoï" = Monoï oil = Perfume oil made by infusing the Tiaré flower (also called Tahitian Gardenia). Fun fact: the Tiaré flower is the national flower of French Polynesia and the Cooks Islands.
From my very little research, traditional Savon de Marseille is very similar to traditional Castile Soap: HP, Olive oil base, using sea water from the Mediterranean Sea.
I'm quite chuffed that I found this, specially since I only recently started soaping. I feel like I have a much better appreciation for it now than I would have 3 years ago!
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