MAISON BERTHE GUILHEM Pyrenean Soap Flakes for Laundry | Patchouli Essential Oil | 400g French Soaps UK

MAISON BERTHE GUILHEM

Pyrenean Soap Flakes for Laundry | Patchouli Essential Oil | 400g

Name: Pyrenean Soap Flakes for Laundry | Patchouli Essential Oil | 400g
Brand: MAISON BERTHE GUILHEM
Price: 10.0 GBP
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These pure soap flakes contain no unnecessary chemicals and are gentle enough for both hand washing and machine washing, making them a dependable choice for everyday laundry.

Made using cold-saponified Coconut Oil and Sunflower Seed Oil, they form a true vegetable soap that cleans effectively while remaining kind to fabrics and skin. Lightly fragranced with pure Patchouli essential oil (Pogostemon cablin), this is one of the most natural and characterful laundry detergents you can buy.

Patchouli essential oil has a long history of use in textile care. Traditionally, it was used to protect fine Indian shawls during transport, where its distinctive aroma helped repel moths and insects — a property still valued today. It is also known for its natural deodorising, antibacterial, and antifungal qualities, making it particularly suitable for everyday clothing, heavier fabrics, and stored garments.

With its warm, earthy scent, Patchouli leaves laundry subtly fragranced rather than perfumed, offering a grounding, reassuring aroma that feels timeless and comforting.

Produced using the pure artisanal tradition of cold saponification and certified organic by Ecocert, these soap flakes combine traditional knowledge with modern ingredient transparency.

Formulation & How It Works

This laundry soap is based on a true soap formulation, created by cold-saponifying organic vegetable oils with sodium hydroxide. During this traditional process, the alkali is fully transformed, leaving behind a mild yet effective soap enriched with naturally occurring glycerin.

Organic Sunflower Oil supports fabric care and helps preserve fibres
Organic Coconut Oil delivers effective cleansing power for dirt and odours
Naturally retained glycerin helps prevent fabrics from becoming dry or brittle
Patchouli essential oil provides fragrance alongside deodorising and traditionally protective properties

The formula cleans by binding to dirt and allowing it to rinse away naturally, without synthetic detergents, enzymes, or optical brighteners.

Natural Laundry Boosters (Optional)

For whites or heavy-duty cleaning:
Add 1 tablespoon of sodium percarbonate to the detergent drawer along with your soap mixture. This acts as a natural whitener and provides additional deodorising and antibacterial support.
As a natural fabric softener:
Add 100–200ml of white vinegar to the fabric softener compartment. This softens towels and fabrics naturally and, when used regularly, helps prevent limescale build-up in your machine.

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!