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Ancient Olive Oil Soap is perhaps the oldest and purest soap in the world. It is the original natural soap, hand crafted from 100 percent natural olive oil and laurel oil in Aleppo, Syria. Bathing your body or hair with this luxurious, moist, creamy natural olive oil soap, with its distinctive, earthy aroma will leave your skin and hair so silky and smooth you may never want to use another soap—definitely not another olive oil soap!
Our olive oil soaps come in three generous sizes plus a beautiful gift package which includes two oversized pressed bars (adorned with bay leaves) plus a natural loofah scrub. We also offer the same fine olive oil soap in liquid form for your bath and kitchen (click the liquid soap on the left side of this page). Each bar is enclosed in a beautiful, biodegradable, natural cardboard package. Transform your bathroom into a spa with these ultra special soaps.
Youthful, Healthy, Glowing Skin and Glossy Hair
Discover the beauty secret of the Middle East! Olive oil is renowned for its skin nourishing, wrinkle-fighting vitamins A and E. Laurel oil offers natural antiseptic and antibacterial properties. This high quality natural soap nourishes your skin and the roots of your hair. It helps delay wrinkles and leaves your hair shiny, strong and soft. Never before have you experienced a soap or shampoo that leaves your skin and hair this squeaky clean and soft. Free from chemicals, artificial perfumes and dyes found in other soaps. Recommended for sensitive or problem skin. Never tested on animals.
How Ancient Olive Oil Soap is Crafted
Luxurious olive oil soaps have been made in Syria for thousands of years. Soap-making is traceable all the way back to 2400 B.C. Olive trees were first native in the lands of greater Syria nearly 6,000 years ago prior to being grown in the rest of the Mediterranean.
The Syrian soil and climate remain the best in the world for growing olives and harvesting their oil. Anyone who has tasted an olive from this area will attest that they are far superior in texture and flavor than the ones we normally have access to in the U.S.
Syrian villages still linked to their past are world renowned for the art of olive growing and cultivation. This ancient knowledge has advanced throughout time, but basic methods using natural mechanisms rather than chemical solutions, have remained consistent.
The olives and laurel berries in this unique soap grow naturally in the northern areas of Syria and southeastern Turkey. The soap is produced according to the traditional method, where olive oil, mixed with laurel oil, is boiled at 200 degrees Celsius. Water is then added to convert the oil into a soap (saponification).
The mixture is then poured on clean floors of underground storage areas for a short time, after which it is cut and stacked in cave-like storage areas for 6 to 9 months to dry and cure. During this time the outer portions of each bar take on a soft, naturally green color that develops a golden outer skin as it ages. Only then is it ready for packaging and delivery to you.
Sizes, Shapes and Artistic Packaging
Our soaps come in the following three sizes (and shapes) for olive oil lovers plus a beautiful gift package set. Please select the size(s) you want from the dropdown menu, or select our liquid soap to the left.
One. Pressed round bar, 110 grams (3.88 oz.).This is not a small soap. It is almost 3 inches in diameter (2.88 inch—it covers the entire palm of your hand) and it's a full inch thick. Please select 3, 6 or 12 bars in the dropdown to add to your cart. The cost is $4.25 each for 12 bars, $4.99 each for 6 bars and $5.32 each for 3 bars—a low price for a generous size!
Two. Pressed square bar, 150 grams (5.29 oz.). This soap is a generous 2.75 inches square by 1.25 inches thick. $5.95 (now on sale for $5.25 each) for 2 bars.
Three. Classic oversized pressed bar, 250 grams (8.8 oz.). This soap is larger than any other we've seen on the market (4.75 inches long x 2.5 wide by 1.65 thick). It's great for use in the bath or shower or for eye-pleasing displays for your spa bathroom! $9.35 (now on sale for $8.25 each) for 2 bars.
Four. Beautiful gift package contains 2 oversized bars (each adorned by a real bay leaf) surrounding a natural loofah scrub. Great for gift or display in your own spa bath! $20.45 (now on sale for $18.45) for 1 package of 2 bars.