Botanical Laundry Soap with Essential Oil

These botanical soap flakes are a traditional laundry soap made from cold-saponified vegetable oils, lightly fragranced with fresh bergamot essential oil.

Produced from organic sunflower and coconut oils, the soap cleans fabrics effectively while remaining gentle on fibres and skin. The flakes dissolve easily in warm water and are suitable for both machine washing and hand washing.

Because the formulation is based on true soap rather than synthetic detergents, it washes clothing thoroughly while avoiding optical brighteners, enzymes and artificial fragrance blends.

The Character of Bergamot

Bergamot essential oil is known for its bright citrus fragrance, widely used in fine perfumery and traditional soaps.

In laundry it leaves fabrics with a clean, uplifting scent that feels fresh rather than strongly perfumed. The citrus character makes it particularly suitable for garments that benefit from a light, revitalising wash.

Bergamot-scented soap flakes work especially well for:

• everyday clothing
• shirts and lightweight fabrics
• bed linen and towels
• garments stored in wardrobes and drawers

Cold-Saponified Vegetable Soap

These flakes are produced by cold saponification, where vegetable oils react with alkali to form soap and naturally occurring glycerin.

The formulation combines:

• sunflower oil soap – supports fabric care and fibre softness
• coconut oil soap – provides effective cleansing power
• naturally retained glycerin – helps prevent fabrics becoming dry or brittle

The soap cleans by binding to dirt and oils so they can rinse away naturally in water.

Suitable for Everyday Laundry

These flakes can be used for:

• everyday clothing and household textiles
• delicate fabrics
• hand washing garments
• preparing traditional homemade liquid laundry soap

They dissolve easily in warm water and work well in both machine washing and hand washing.

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.