Marius Fabre Marseille Soap with Olive Oil 200 g

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Its soap is made using only vegetable oils, especially olive oil. No colorants or synthetic substances are added. This exceptional purity renders it beneficial for the skin and environmental-friendly.

For over 110 years and through four generations, the Marius Fabre family has been trying to keep its ever threatened know-how alive: making true Marseilles soap by conserving the techniques of saponification in cauldrons. For 110 years and four generations, our family has been making Marseille soap exclusively from a rigorous selection of vegetable oils. It contains no colouring and no synthetic additives. It is free of petroleum-based products and animal fats, unlike most of the other soaps and shower gels on the market.In 1927, Fabre moved the ever-expanding business to a larger premises in the centre of town, where it remains today, and acquired three enormous open-air cauldrons to use for the soap’s ten-day cooking process. These cauldrons, which are still in use at Marius Fabre, distinguish the real Savon de Marseille from those brands which would claim to be genuine. The traditional Marseille soap manufacturing process is a guarantee of "Extra Pure" soap with no impurities. It is gentle on all types of skin, even the most sensitive ones (babies, people with allergies, etc.). Thanks to the nourishing properties of olive oil, Marius Fabre Marseille olive oil soap helps your skin keep a more natural moisture balance*. Jean-Pierre Denne of Marius Fabre is one of only three soap-makers in France who has the right to call himself a maître de savon, and the title took him 15 years to earn. At Fabre, this know-how is shared from one generation to the next – Denne studied under another master and in turn is training his own apprentice, who must also earn his title. Following the advent of petroleum-based soaps during the 1970s, the majority of the traditional savonneries in Salon-de-Provence and Marseille went out of business. Tours are still given of the graceful Belle Époque mansions in Salon’s Quartier des Savonniers, which were once owned by prosperous soap manufacturers but now house a variety of municipal offices.

Ideal for transporting your bar of soap, the Marius Fabre aluminum box is resistant to humidity and water. Light and compact, it will accompany you on all your trips by slipping very easily into your suitcase or your travel bag. The Marius Fabre soap factory is one of the four founding members of the “Union des Professionnels du Savon de Marseille”, an association created in 2011 to defend and promote authentic Marseille soap. The fight isn’t over yet, but if Marius Fabre and the other savonneries prevail, it’ll be a major victory in the struggle to protect a unique example of French savoir-faire.Marius Fabre Marseille soap is "Extra pure", that is to say that it is free of all impurities and takes care of all skin types, in particular the most sensitive (eczema, psoriasis, etc.). Marseille soap with olive oil brings its nourishing properties and thus helps to reduce the dryness of the skin.