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Marseille natural-care brand for simple skincare, soap, cosmetics, detergents, and family-friendly products.
Best for Natural skincare, soap, and family-friendly cosmetics from Marseille
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The Soapmakers & Apothecaries in Marseille Issue
ORBISSOAPMAKERS & APOTHECARIES IN MARSEILLE5 shops in the atlas.Illustration
Soapmakers & Apothecaries in Marseille
5 stores · curated ORBIS register
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A working Marseille soap factory (1856) — the horseshoe-stamped olive cube of tradition.
Best for Horseshoe-stamped olive-oil soap cubes from Marseille's oldest working soap factory, since 1856.
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Marseille soap factory brand for traditional savon de Marseille, liquid soaps, body care, and Provence-made household staples.
Best for Traditional savon de Marseille and Provence-made household soaps
Visit official site ↗Arles, Bouches-du-Rhone, France
Founded in Salon-de-Provence in 1900, Marius Fabre cooks genuine savon de Marseille in traditional cauldrons from olive oil. The soap house now runs a dedicated boutique in Arles.
Best for Authentic savon de Marseille and Provencal soaps
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Marseille soap factory operating since 1894 in the Aygalades district, maker of the La Corvette brand of traditional savon de Marseille; opened a public soap museum and factory shop in 2018.
Best for Traditional savon de Marseille and household soap from this Marseille factory
Savonnerie du Midi was founded in Marseille in 1894, one of the city's surviving historical soap manufacturers still using the traditional recipe and process for savon de Marseille. The company originally sold three brands - Aubepine, Aigle Blanc and La Corvette - of which only La Corvette, identifiable by its navy-blue sailing-ship logo, is still produced today. Production moved to its current site in the Aygalades district of Marseille's 15th arrondissement in 1970, on a site whose building dates to 1870 and previously operated as a flour mill and then a semolina factory. In 2018, after two years of renovation work, the company opened its industrial site to the public, adding the Marseille Soap Museum and a factory shop.