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Soapmakers & Apothecaries

Plate M-40 · 60 stores · curated ORBIS register

Jebeili Family Soap makes traditional Ghar soap in Aleppo, using laurel within a family craft passed between generations. Sharabati Aleppo Soap also produces laurel-oil soap, distributing the Aleppo family's products internationally through its own website. Amman's Beauty Secrets for Dead Sea Products offers soaps alongside mineral salts and mud masks, producing its range at a local factory.

What makes great soapmakers & apothecaries?

This plate lists 60 shops in 27 countries. Marseille has the most with 5, followed by Aleppo with 3. Among these shops, 5 sell online, going by their own descriptions.

Ask for the ingredients list: read the full list before buying, especially for sensitive skin or strong fragrance.

Ask how the soap was made: ask whether it is cold-process, hot-process or milled, and how long it was cured.

Ask how to store it: ask how long the bar keeps and how it should be stored once it is opened.

Explore soapmakers & apothecaries

Use the city plates when they appear below, or open any store for its official door and related ORBIS city and craft links.

Marseille · 5
Soleky — Abidjan · Côte d'Ivoire
Jebeili Family Soap — Aleppo · Syria
Sharabati Aleppo Soap — Aleppo · Syria
La Cure — Amman · Jordan
Trinitae — Amman · Jordan
Rocky Mountain Soap Company — Banff · Canada
Tick Tacks Lieblinge — Dresden · Germany
The Camel Soap Factory — Dubai · United Arab Emirates
Edmis (Edirne Meyve Sabunu) — Edirne Merkez · Türkiye
Arifoğlu — Istanbul · Türkiye
Sagarmatha Felt Creation — Kathmandu · Nepal
La Boutik à — Lille · France
Artuklu Halil Amca — Mardin · Türkiye
Comme Avant — Marseille · France
Fer à Cheval — Marseille · France
La Corvette — Marseille · France
Marius Fabre (Arles boutique) — Marseille · France
Savonnerie du Midi — Marseille · France
Fairy Mom Soap — Melaka · Malaysia
Goto no Tsubaki — Nagasaki · Japan
Naples Soap Company — Naples, Florida · United States
Ortigia — Paris · France
Ach. Brito / Confiança — Porto · Portugal
Mercado Loft Store — Porto · Portugal
Manufaktura — Prague · Czechia
La Savonnerie de Provence — Saint-Rémy-de-Provence · France
Marius Fabre — Salon-de-Provence · France
Rampal Latour — Salon-de-Provence · France
Laline Tel Aviv flagship — Tel Aviv · Israel
Tofino Soap Company — Vancouver · Canada
StArt Art Gallery — Windhoek · Namibia
Mwani Zanzibar — Zanzibar · Tanzania
3 Trees — Canada
Dachun Soap (大春煉皂) — Global / Online
De la Irina — Global / Online
From the Heart of Ojai — United States
Graine de Pastel — Global / Online
Island Craft — Global / Online
Lavender By The Bay — United States
Patounis Soap — Greece
Pelindaba Lavender — United States
Punto Fino — Mexico
Quintessentially English — United Kingdom
Samuicoco — Thailand
Starfish Oils — Jamaica
The Oxford Soap Company — Global / Online