MAISON BERTHE GUILHEM Patchouli Oil & Sweet Almond Oil | Organic Alpine Goat's Milk | 100g French Soaps UK

MAISON BERTHE GUILHEM

Patchouli Oil & Sweet Almond Oil - Organic Alpine Goat's Milk - 100g

Name: Patchouli Oil & Sweet Almond Oil - Organic Alpine Goat's Milk - 100g
Brand: MAISON BERTHE GUILHEM
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Hand made in the Pyrenees, this is our best selling soap from this range. made with organic goat’s milk and enriched with sweet almond oil then naturally fragranced with patchouli essential oil.

The scent is deep and grounding — warm, earthy, and softly aromatic — making it a long-standing customer favourite. Cold-processed with fresh organic Alpine goat’s milk, it delivers a creamy, comforting lather.

A true, clean and sparkling patchouli.

Why this formula works

A mild base of organic olive oil and coconut oil cleanses effectively without upsetting the skin’s natural balance. Fresh organic goat’s milk adds natural softness and comfort, supporting everyday skin needs.

Sweet almond oil enhances suppleness and skin feel, while patchouli essential oil brings warmth and depth to the bar. Cold-process soapmaking preserves the naturally occurring glycerin formed during saponification, helping the skin retain moisture after washing.

Containing pure Patchouli Oil (rather than fragrance), this is a stunning soap!

If you are into perfumes, o grew up in the 80's, you must know patchouli as an important fragrance in the perfume industry. It boasts woody, earthy and camphoraceous scent and has fixative properties (makes the fragrance long-lasting).

Its composition is pretty unique: it does not contain any of the EU's 26 most common fragrance allergens, but its most important components are patchoulol (30%) and alpha-patchoulene (6%) which are responsible for its aroma and antifungal properties.

Sweet Almond Oil

The emollient plant oil that comes from almonds. Similar to other plant oils, it is loaded with skin-nourishing fatty acids ( oleic acid- 55-86% and linoleum acid 7-35%) and contains several other skin goodies such as antioxidant vitamin E and vitamin B versions.

It's a nice, basic oil that is often used due to its great smoothing, softening and moisturizing properties.

Maison Berthe Guilhem are experts in Organic Alpine Goat’s Milk soap. A family business with Swiss accredited naturopathy training and a desire to source the very best for purpose organic ingredients that are turned into wonderful soap bars on their farm in the Pyrenees.

All their soap bars are made 'cold' and contain minimal ingredients. The core of all the soaps are Organic Olive Oil, Organic Coconut Oil and Organic Alpine Goats Milk. These and any other ingredients are treated minimally to maintain their properties which in turn ensures that each bar of soap is as beneficial as possible to the user.

With 99% Natural Ingredients and a minimum of 70% from Organic farming these are really high quality soaps.

Maison Berthe Guilhem is an artisan family savonnerie that hand make all their soaps.

Berthe Guilhem made her first goat's milk soaps in 1956 alongside ointments and the famous gardener's balm. Initially she made all the products for herself, her children, friends and neighbours.

Today Marc & Jean-Luc, Berthe Guilhem's grandsons, and their families, continue using her original methodology and recipes that adhere to strict and uncompromising respect for their formulations and for the environment.

Their believe "you can work in a human-sized laboratory, maintain an artisanal identity while manufacturing effective, efficient and state-of-the-art organic cosmetic products."

Marc Guilhem, grandson of Berthe Guilhem, is also a former student of the European Center for Applied Naturopathy

Creamy and durable, our soaps are made by hand
Maison Berthe Guilhem use a cold saponification method; The combination of organic vegetable oils and organic goat's milk in an unaltered state gives them exceptional results. Always cold, the formulation is kneaded before being vigorously pressed and molded. The soaps are hand cut and stamped after several weeks of drying. Their lifespan is extended due to their low percentage of humidity (8 to 10%).

100% natural ingredients
They make all their own infusions, decoctions, macerations and mother tinctures ensuring they make the best use of their natural properties.

What is cold saponification?

Cold saponification is the result of a mixture of soda in water, then later in oil. This manufacturing method is called Cold Saponification because it does not use the heat like traditional Savon de Marseille: The heat is naturally induced by the addition of soda to the water and then to the Oil that raises the temperature of the mixture until it blends. Once this process has occurred the ‘soap’ is left to dry for several weeks before Organic Goats Milk and other ingredients for example Avocado Oil, Shea Butter or Essential Oils are added.

Certified organic natural artisanal know-how

The Berthe Guilhem laboratory is certified to the National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products (A.N.S.M.). The majority of products are labeled COSMEBIO and certified organic QUALITÉ FRANCE and COSMECERT. At each stage of their manufacture, they are subject to dermatological tests and quality controls proving their safety. These tests, carried out by an independent laboratory, are done on healthy volunteers.

Berthe Guilhem: highly organic products

Maison Berthe Guilhem ensures the quality of its products and their composition. They all contain between 55% and 100% organic ingredients, which is very important compared to the 20% needed to obtain an organic certification!