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Handmade almond-scented soap,  enriched with organic shea butter for soft skin.

Fun fact
The almond tree is one of the first fruit trees to flower at the end of winter frost.
The almond tree can live to more than 100 years. The almond is toxic in its wild form and is known as bitter almond. Sweet almonds are delicious and edible and have been produced following centuries of rigorous domestication and cross-breeding.
Popular during the first millennium BC, sweet almonds were widely used by the Egyptians, in the form of oil and offerings to the pharaohs.

Ingredients
sodium palmate, sodium palm kernelate, aqua (water), perfume (fragrance), Butyrospermum parkii (shea) butter *, glycerin, sodium chloride, tetrasodium EDTA, tetrasodium etidronate, butyl phenyl methylpropional * Organic product

Handcrafted soap scented with apricot and enriched with organic shea butter. 

Fun facts
The apricot is a fruit that was originally found in the wild on the Tian Shan mountain range in Central Asia and then spread to other regions of China, Japan and Korea. It entered the Middle East in the first century before being transported by the Greeks and the Romans to Europe. At the time, it was used for its medicinal properties and was called Apple of Armenia by the Greek Doctor Dioscorides. The introduction of apricots in France started in the Loire Valley, before passing through Italian territory. Other apricots arrived from Spain during the Saracen occupation of Narbonne.

Ingredients
sodium palmate, sodium palm kernelate, aqua (water), perfume (fragrance), butyrospermum parkii (shea) butter *, glycerin, sodium chloride, tetrasodium EDTA, tetrasodium etidronate, triticum vulgare (wheat) bran limonene, geraniol, linalool, CI 11680 , CI 12085 (red36) * product from organic farming

Handmade soap perfumed with basil and enriched with organic shea butter

Fun fact
Native to India, basil has been eaten as a herb for centuries. During the time of the Romans and Gauls, basil was used as a pharmaceutical to heal superficial wounds. They called it the sacred plant. In the Mediterranean islands, the basil grew wild and in the past, children would welcome foreigners who came to visit the islands, by offering them a nice bouquet of basil.

Ingredients
sodium palmate, sodium palm kernelate, aqua (water), perfume (fragrance), butyrospermum parkii (shea) butter *, glycerin, sodium chloride, tetrasodium EDTA, tetrasodium etidronate, linalool, butylphenyl methylpropional, CI 77288 (chromium oxide green) * Product from organic farming

Handmade surgras soap with Calendula. Ideal for dry and fragile skin and enriched with organic shea butter.

Fun fact
Calendula, which is native to the Mediterranean region and Micronesia, is a plant that is nicknamed "Marigold". There are about twenty different species. This plant, which grows profusely in gardens, is used for its medicinal and dermatological properties. Anecdotally, calendula is a plant that could potentially reduce hair problems.

Ingredients
sodium palmate, sodium palm kernelate, aqua (water), perfume (fragrance), butyrospermum parkii (shea) butter *, glycerin, sodium chloride, tetrasodium EDTA, tetrasodium etidronate, calendula officinalis extract, helianthius annus seed oil, hexyl cinnamal, benzyl benzoate , alpha-isomethyl-ionone, perfume, hexyl cinnamal, benzyl benzoate, alpha-isomethyl-ionone, limonene, coumarin, CI 77499 (iron oxide), CI 12085 (red36), CI 12490 * Product from organic farming

Handmade soap fragranced with blackcurrant scents and enriched with organic shea butter

Handmade soap fragranced with cherry and enriched with organic shea butter

Known and appreciated since the Neolithic period, cherries gained popularity in the Middle Ages thanks to Louis XV. And for good reason, he was extremely fond of it. He allowed its cultivation on a very large scale. It's the second favourite red fruit of the French, several centuries later!

Ingredients 
sodium palmate, sodium palm kernelate, aqua (water), perfume (fragrance), butyrospermum parkii (shea) butter *, glycerin, sodium chloride, tetrasodium EDTA, tetrasodium etidronate, CI 12490 * Product from organic farming

Handmade soap scented with cinnamon, enriched with organic shea butter.

Fun facts
Marketed in the well-known form of cinnamon stick or powder, cinnamon comes from the inner bark of the Ceylon Cinnamon tree. Although it has been known and used since ancient times by many people such as the Egyptians, who used it in particular, in their embalming technique.
This fragrant spice with its characteristic warm taste only arrived in France around the Middle Ages.

Ingredients
sodium palmate, sodium palm kernelate, aqua (water), perfume (fragrance), butyrospermum parkii (shea) butter *, glycerin, sodium chloride, tetrasodium EDTA, tetrasodium etidronate, cinnamal, eugenol, linalool, CI 77499 (iron oxides), CI 77492 (iron oxides), CI 77491 (iron oxides) * Product from organic farming

Handmade soap scented with orange. Enriched with organic shea butter. 4 oz.

By combining the warm sweetness of cinnamon with the fresh spiciness of orange, we obtain an aromatic mixture used since biblical times and then forgotten for centuries. Cinnamon has been known in France since the 13th century, it is then considered as a spice among others. As for the orange that the Portuguese bring back from China, it is first consumed for its sweet taste, before we notice the relaxing properties of its essential oil. It was only much later, towards the end of the 18th century, that Italian perfumers had the idea of associating them again.

Composition
sodium palmate, sodium palm kernelate, aqua (water), perfume (fragrance), butyrospermum parkii (shea) butter *, glycerin, sodium chloride, tetrasodium EDTA, tetrasodium etidronate, cinnamal, limonene CI 77492 (iron oxides), CI 77491 (iron oxides), CI 77499 (iron oxides), CI 12085 (red 36) * Product from organic farming

Handmade soap scented with coconut. Enriched with organic shea butter. 4 oz / 125g bars

Fun facts:
The coconut comes from the coconut palm tree which grows throughout the tropics and subtropics and is said to have been named by 16th-century Portuguese sailors, who thought the three holes on the coconut shell made it looks like the head of a monkey. They named the fruit "coco" meaning head.  Brought back to Europe by Marco Polo, coconut would have been popularized as an anti-wrinkle treatment, before its consumption for its flavour and fragrance in food, especially in pastry. The coconut palm is called the "tree of life" in the tropics.

Ingredients
sodium palmate, sodium palm kernelate, aqua, perfume, butyrospermum parkii, glycerin, sodium chloride, tetrasodium EDTA, tetrasodium editronate, benzyl salicylate, coumarin, CI 77492, CI 77491, CI 77499

This coconut milk scented soap with shea butter has a subtle scent of coconut milk and is perfect for gentle but effective exfoliation without being too drying.

Let yourself be transported on a sensory journey into a tropical paradise, rich with the delicate sweetness of coconut milk fragrance. This soap is a gentle exfoliator and will gently energize and regenerate your skin.

Ingredients
sodium palmate, sodium palm kernelate, aqua (water), perfume (fragrance), palm kernel acid, Triticum Vulgare (Wheat) Bran, Butyrospermum parkii (shea) butter, glycerin, sodium chloride, tetrasodium etidronate, tetrasodium EDTA, cinnamyl alcohol, coumarin, linalool

This Tandem Marseillais soap is delicately scented, and is double-sided. One side is lavender essential oil and lavender flowers - both harvested and distilled in Drôme Provençale.

The other side, contains sweet almond oil, making the soap rich and moisturising.

The lavender side is gently exfoliating and the side enriched with almond oil softens and moisturises creating a perfect combination.

This soap is made up of more than 99% ingredients of natural origin.

Ingredients:  
Lavender side:
sodium palmate, sodium palm kernelate, aqua (water), lavandula hybrida oil, palm kernel acid, glycerin, linalool, sodium chloride, butyrospermum parkii (shea) butter, lavandula hybrida flower extract, limonene, geraniol, tetrasodium etidronate, tetrasodium EDTA

Almond side:
sodium palmate, sodium palm kernelate, aqua (water), prunus amygdalus dulcis (sweet almond) oil, palm kernel acid, glycerin, butyrospermum parkii (shea) butter, sodium chloride, tetrasodium etidronate, tetrasodium EDTA

Handmade soap scented with fig tree. Enriched with organic shea butter. 4 oz

Ancestral tree, native to the Mediterranean basin, the fig tree is a gift from the gods for the Egyptians and the Greeks of antiquity. The fig tree will find a place in the bible as strong as the olive tree, offering itself the luxury of declining the place of king of trees. Cultivated in the Garden of Eden, it is with fig leaves that Adam and Eve will betray each other.


Composition
sodium palmate, sodium palm kernelate, aqua, perfume, butyrospermum parkii, glycerin, sodium chloride, tetrasodium EDTA, tetrasodium editronate, butylphenyl methylpropional, hexyl cinnamal, alpha-isomethyl-ionone, linalool,, CI 77492, CI 77491, CI 77499, CI 77288

Handmade soap with goat milk. Enriched with organic shea butter. 4 oz.

The reputation of goat milk and its benefits have spanned the centuries. Rich in fatty and amino acids, vitamin A and co-enzyme Q10, it is an excellent natural moisturizer.

In dermatology, it is also used to relieve problem skin (dermatoses, eczema, psoriasis).

Excellent for moisturizing and gently nourishing all skin types.


Composition
sodium palmate, sodium palm kernelate, aqua (water), perfume (fragrance), palm kernel acid, glycerin, sodium chloride, butyrospermum parkii (shea) butter, goat milk, benzyl alcohol, citronellol, butylphenyl methylpropional, linalool, coumarin, alpha- isomethyl ionone, tetrasodium EDTA, tetrasodium etidronate, CI 77891 (titanium dioxide)

Handmade soap scented with grapefruit. Enriched with organic shea butter. 4 oz.

The grapefruit is a fruit cultivated in India and which is found only rarely in Europe. It was in Malaysia and China that it first appeared before entering Spain in the 12th century. It is rich in vitamin C and vitamin A and can be classified among citrus fruits as well as lemon and orange.

Composition
sodium palmate, sodium palm kernelate, aqua, perfume, butyrospermum parkii, glycerin, sodium chloride, tetrasodium EDTA, tetrasodium editronate, benzyl salicylate, citral, limonene, linalool, CI 11680, CI 12085

Handmade enriched soap with Grapeseed oil. The oil is added cold to preserve the properties of the oil.

This enriched soap is known as 'sugras' it's rich in oils and is ideal for dry and fragile skin. It is also enriched with organic shea butter. 

Fun facts
Grapeseed oil is very rich in essential fatty acids, including omega-3. It also contains many vitamins and trace elements. Grapeseed oil has a reputation for resulting in a "peachy" skin complexion when used regularly. Grape juice was already used by the courtiers of Louis XVI, but it wasn't until much later that the virtues of the oil were discovered, first in cooking and then, for cosmetics, because of its hydrating and anti-wrinkle effects

Ingredients
sodium palmate, sodium palm kernelate, aqua, perfume, Butyrospermum parkii, glycerin, sodium chloride, tetrasodium EDTA, tetrasodium etidronate, Vitis vinifera seed oil, hexyl cinnamal, citral, citronellol, limonene, hydroxyisohexyl 3-cyclohexene carboxaldehyde, linalool, CI 77492

Handmade soap scented with green apple. Enriched with organic shea butter. 4 oz.

The green apple is native to the Central Asian plateaus. It is a fruit consumed in China for more than three thousand years. It was carried by the Arabs who followed the Silk Road. This is how the apple entered Greece and then Rome. The culture of the green apple was developed by the monasteries of the Middle Ages. The apple was used to make ointment, explaining the origin of its name.


Composition
sodium palmate, sodium palm kernelate, aqua, perfume, butyrospermum parkii, glycerin, sodium chloride, tetrasodium EDTA, tetrasodium editronate, hydroxycitronellal, CI 77288

Handmade soap scented with green clay. Enriched with organic shea butter. 4 oz.

Green clay, also known as illite, has been used since ancient times. The pharaohs of Egypt already appreciated the multiple benefits of volcanic earth, which is taken from quarries and which is then dried in the sun. Its richness in minerals is its greatest health and beauty asset. It has multiple virtues: it softens the skin, hydrates it and tightens pores. It also has an antiseptic and antibacterial action. It is also credited with detoxifying and regenerating qualities.

Ingredients
sodium palmate, sodium palm kernelate, aqua (water), perfume (fragrance), bentonite, butyrospermum parkii (shea) butter *, glycerin, sodium chloride, tetrasodium EDTA, tetrasodium etidronate, butylphenyl methylpropional, amyl cinnamal, hexyl cinnamal, benzyl salicylate, alpha-isomethyl ionone, citronellol, limonene, linalool * Product from organic farming