Savon de Marseille

[biarine]

I keep looking for the recipe of famous Savon de Marseille but I can't find any except melt & pour soap by Martha Stewart that she dip the soap on the brine solution and let it dry when it dries she wash them in cleaning water, back to drying rack. Does Anyone knows?

 

[Saponista]

I thought savon de Marseille was just Castile soap, but called savon de Marseille as it originates from Marseille. I think it has 72% olive content? Could you not make a Castile bar?

I did a bit more research and it seems it's made with salt water, it basically sounds like an olive soleseife. You could have a go at that and see how it turns out.

 

[Susie]

It looks like 72% Olive Oil, then the rest Coconut Oil and Palm Oil with French Green Clay for bar soap, and salt in the water.

There is also liquid soap labelled as Savon de Marseilles. I wonder if this is legitimately Savon de Marseilles, or just jumping on the liquid soap bandwagon. It should thicken some using salt in the water....hmm....

 

[Obsidian]

This site has some good info http://savondemarseille.com/ I actually made some castile soleseife a few weeks ago, hoping the salt doesn't reduce the lather too much.

 

[abc]

http://www.soapmakingforum.com/showthread.php?t=10934

 

[Saponista]

I had assumed it was a true Castille and that the 72% meant that it was all olive oil and the rest of the % was the water and lye.

 

[Obsidian]

I had assumed it was a true Castille and that the 72% meant that it was all olive oil and the rest of the % was the water and lye.

Thats what I always understood too.

 

[biarine]

I think so it's olive oil like castile as I heard It been boiled them in Mediterranean Sea water similar to salting out