Description

Raspberry Loaf Soap

Raspberry Loaf Soap 1.5 kg, fragranced with sweet raspberry, this loofah soap has a fun fruity scent for a refreshing exfoliating experience.

Our loofah soap, hand made with invigorating fragrances, natural loofah and poppy seeds.

Soap loaves, shrink-wrapped with an outer label containing product information and If in doubt about label requirements please consult your local Trading Standards department.

PLEASE NOTE: Traditional soap cutters may not work with this soap, but a sharp warm knife will do the job. Our soaps, hand-made and the colour or design may slightly vary from the pictures shown.

Take a look also to our Lime & Thyme Loaf Soap 1.5 kg

History

Ancient Middle East

The earliest recorded evidence of the production of soap-like materials dates back to around 2800 BC in ancient Babylon.
A formula for soap consisting of: water, alkali, and cassia oil.
It was written on a Babylonian clay tablet around 2200 BC.
The Ebers papyrus (Egypt, 1550 BC) indicates the ancient Egyptians bathed regularly and combined animal and vegetable oils with alkaline salts to create a soap-like substance. Egyptian documents mention a similar substance used in the preparation of wool for weaving.

Box for Amigo del Obrero (Worker’s Friend) soap from the 20th century, a part of the Museo del Objeto collection

Ancient China

A detergent similar to soap manufactured in ancient China from the seeds of Gleditsia sinensis. In addition, another traditional detergent is a mixture of pig pancreas and plant ash called “Zhu yi zi”. True soap, made of animal fat, did not appear in China until the modern era. After all, soap-like detergents were not as popular as ointments and creams.