Where to buy real Marseille soap in France?
Finding Savon de Marseille in France isn't always easy. Here's our guide to certified authentic Savon de Marseille:
A
Aigues-Mortes
Aix-en-Provence
Ajaccio
Angers
Arcachon
Avignon
B
Bastia
Bayonne
Besançon
Bourg-en-Bresse
C
Carcassonne
Clermont-Ferrand
Collioure
Colmar
D
E
F
G
Grande Motte (La)
Grenoble
H
Haguenau
Le Havre
I
J
K
L
La Grande Motte
Lannion
L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue
La Rochelle
La Roche-sur-Yon
Le Havre
Lyon
M
Menton
Montpellier
N
P
Pezenas
Q
R
Rochelle (La)
Roche-sur-Yon (La)
Reims
Rouen
S
T
Toulon
Toulouse
Troyes
U
V
Valence
Valencienne
Valras Plage
Vias Plage
Villefranche-sur-Saône
W
Wissembourg
* If you can't find your city and would like some advice, contact us!
How to recognize real Marseille soap?
Marseille Soap certified by the Union des Professionnels du Savon de Marseille meets several strict criteria:
Maximum of 4 ingredients
At least 72% vegetable oils: This is the basis of the soap and the unique effectiveness for which it is renowned worldwide. These oils are mainly olive or copra pomace oil.
Natural soda: Extracted from sea salt, soda triggers the saponification process of oils when heated with the rest of the ingredients.
Water: To complete the soap base, but also to wash the soap at the end of the manufacturing process.
Sea salt: Cleans soap paste of impurities, restoring its "Extra Pure" quality.
The Marseilles manufacturing process in 5 steps
A unique process involving two phases of cooking the ingredients in a cauldron, followed by several washes to make the soap smooth and pure. Marseille soap is said to be hot-saponified, and this (along with its formula) is what gives it its unique characteristics.
The place of manufacture
To be certified, the soap must have been made in Bouches-du-Rhône (13). This corresponds to its original manufacturing origins and the cradle of its invention.
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