Savon de Marseille Specialists - Since 2012

Proper Soap - Packed and Dispatched from North Yorkshire

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FER A CHEVAL
Traditional Savon de Marseille – Olive Oil – 240g Soap on a Rope
Fragrance Free, natural Olive Pumice Scent
Hands • Face • Hair • Body • Laundry • Household
FER A CHEVAL

Traditional Savon de Marseille – Olive Oil – 240g Soap on a Rope

Fragrance Free, natural Olive Pumice Scent
Hands • Face • Hair • Body • Laundry • Household
Regular price £7.25
Made in Marseille
100% Natural Origin Ingredients
4.9
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
351 Reviews
Our Soap Standards

Genuine Savon de Marseille — vegetable oil soap slowly cooked in traditional cauldrons and naturally cured in the southern French climate.

Held in stock in North Yorkshire
Free Next Day Delivery over £50, standard delivery from £3.95
Telephone orders and product advice: 01423 803080
Composition & Ingredients
Olive Oil
Olive oil defines the structural framework of this bar. Saponified in cauldrons via the traditional method, olive oil establishes fatty balance, hardness, and solubility that are foundational to a proper Marseille vegetable soap. Extended cooking and drying stabilise the internal structure and result in a firm, enduring bar.
The Formulation
Olive Oil
Olive oil forms the historic foundation of Marseille soap. Naturally rich in oleic acid, it produces a mild, stable lather and contributes to a firm, long-wearing bar with notable skin tolerance. In traditional olive-based formulations, it defines both the structure and the character of the finished soap.
INCI: Sodium Olivate
Ingredients
Sodium Olivate (Olive Oil), Aqua (Water), Glycerin, Sodium Chloride, Sodium Hydroxide

Fer a Cheval Marseille soaps contain traces of glycerin resulting from Natural process; glycerin is not added to the soap. After cooking and numerous rinses, only a tiny amount remains. New cosmetics regulations require that all ingredients, even in trace amounts, be listed in the ingredients list.

This soap may undergo colour variations depending on exposure to light and humidity.
This soap may incur variations of colour when exposed to light and humidity.
Fragrance Classification

Fragrance-Free
No fragrance, essential oils or fragrance-derived components are used.

Individuals with sensitivities should review the full ingredient list before use.

Use & Suitability

Use in the shower or around your home., indoors or outside.

Delivery & Service

Call us old fashioned if you want. We are real humans who love our landline telephone.

If you have any questions about our products or your order, please call us T.01423 803080 or email bonjour@frenchsoaps.co.uk.

DELIVERY

All orders are sent from North Yorkshire without any additional taxes or charges.


We believe in transparent pricing.

Rather than increasing the price of every product to include "free" delivery, we keep our product prices as low as we can for every customer, every day.

Delivery charges help towards the cost of carefully packing and sending your order. Some parcels cost us less, others considerably more, particularly larger or heavier orders. We simply ask customers to make a fair contribution, rather than hiding those costs in the products themselves.

ORDERS OVER £50

FREE Priority Delivery with Royal Mail 24hr* or DHL Next Working Day.
Order by 1pm Mon - Fri for DHL.
Order by 4pm Mon- Fri or 11am Saturday for Royal Mail

Royal Mail: Saturday is a standard working day. Sunday delivery: They deliver in most areas on a Sunday for orders collected Saturday lunchtime and sent on 24hr tracked.

DHL deliver Monday - Friday, at peak seasonal times and in some areas they deliver Saturday, this is not something in our control and do not advise you to rely on this. Use Royal Mail for weekend delivery.

Signed for - this is the same as Royal Mail tracked 24hr with the inclusion of a signature on delivery. These parcels will not be left if you are out.

ORDERS UNDER £50
STANDARD DELIVERY Royal Mail, 3-5 working days: £3.95
PRIORITY DELIVERY Royal Mail tracked 24hr or DHL Next Working Day: £4.95

LOCAL DELIVERY
FREE - We delivery locally on a Thursday. Order value above £15 for free delivery. If you shipping postcode is within our catchment this will be offered to you at the checkout.

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*ISLANDS & HIGHLANDS & NI Tracked Royal Mail 24hr or 48hr: Deliveries may take longer, this is beyond our control.

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COLLECTION
FREE
from our warehouse in North Yorskhire.
Monday - Friday 8:30- 4:30pm and Saturday morning 8:30 - 11:30am.

Savon de Marseille is proper soap.

The same bar can be used for washing, laundry and household cleaning in the way soap has been used for generations. Its versatility is not an added feature; it is the natural consequence of its simplicity. Savon de Marseille is made by saponifying vegetable oils with soda and water, without fragrance, colour or cosmetic additives. Most modern products are designed for a single task. Savon de Marseille is precisely the opposite — it was never specialised.

Its usefulness extends far beyond basic washing. Marseille soap has long been relied upon for practical tasks ranging from stain removal and fabric care to soothing insect bites, easing bruising, deterring moths in wardrobes and even preventing night cramps when placed in bedding.

Authentic Savon de Marseille is recognised by the 72% oils mark stamped into the soap. This refers to the minimum proportion of oils present in the finished soap and has long served as the historic benchmark of proper Marseille soapmaking. In practice, many heritage savonneries consistently produce soaps exceeding this traditional standard, giving Marseille soap its characteristically high oil content. The soap is slowly cooked in large cauldrons over many days before being poured, cut and left to mature. In the warm, dry climate of southern France the bars continue to cure naturally, forming the dense, long-lasting structure that defines Savon de Marseille.

For many people, using Savon de Marseille for the first time is simply a rediscovery of what soap was always meant to be.

4.9
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
Based on 351 reviews
Total 5 star reviews: 326
Total 4 star reviews: 20
Total 3 star reviews: 2
Total 2 star reviews: 3
Total 1 star reviews: 0
99%would recommend these products
351 reviews
  • AB
    Angela B.
    Verified Buyer
    Reviewing
    Savonnette de Marseille – Olive Oil – 100g 4 Pack
    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    6 minutes ago
    Olive oil pack

    Excellent value and great for using on stains....

  • GL
    Gillian L.
    Verified Buyer
    Reviewing
    Savonnette de Marseille – Olive Oil – 250g Twin Pack
    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    2 days ago
    Always excellent

    I love this soap. I have the huge 600gm cube on my bath tub but this is handy for the sink. It doesn't even irritate my very sensitive face. You can use it for washing face, body, hair, clothes, teeth, dishes, leather, just about anything you can think of. It has an almost tarry smell which I really like. I prefer this 100% olive oil soap to the 72% olive oil soap Fer a Cheval makes. Lasts a long time too. Use it every day.

  • CI
    Claire I.
    Verified Buyer
    Reviewing
    Traditional Savon de Marseille – Olive Oil – 2kg Block
    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    5 days ago
    I can’t believe I haven’t made the switch sooner!

    This is a lovely all-rounder soap. So far, I’ve used it to wash surfaces, wash hands, in the shower and bath, washing up, laundry… it doesn’t froth up when in the washing up water like ready made liquids - I grate it in - but it melts though stubborn baked on food and leaves ceramics and glassware sparkling. The scent is quite neutral (it reminds me of gift shops in Greece) and having used it over the last week, I’m feeling the house smells better too - far less chemically and more natural. My laundry feels and smells so much better and there’s been no residue. I’ve been using alongside the soda crystals (I use these anyway to help break down soap residue in my washing machine) - they definitely work better together. I have quite sensitive skin and can only use two types of laundry detergent but haven’t found this to be a trigger at all (I used a small bar first to try out before taking the leap to replacing all my cleaning products to this. The biggest difference I’ve found though is that my hands and skin are so much softer - it’s making me think twice about using anything else! Can’t recommend highly enough.

  • MA
    Mary A. F.
    Verified Buyer
    Reviewing
    Traditional Savon de Marseille – Olive Oil – 240g Soap on a Rope
    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    6 days ago
    Lovely soap. Will be ordering again. Excellent products and service.

    Lovely soap

  • RH
    Rosalyn H.
    Verified Buyer
    Reviewing
    Traditional Savon de Marseille – Olive Oil – 750g Soap Flakes
    I do not recommend this product
    Rated 2 out of 5 stars
    1 week ago
    Did no gel

    I made up this as a laundry detergent as instructed but the liquid has not turned to a gel. It has been 4 days now and I can see what looks like flakes at bottom half of litre jar. I used very hot water from a tap.......was this the problem rather than boiling water?

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    FrenchSoaps
    1 week ago

    Good morning Rosalyn
    Sorry to read you have had issues with the flakes. Yes, you do need boiling water and to stir vigorously initially then keep stirring until they are fully discolved. It doesn't take long if the water is boiling.
    You can still use the solution you have made, stir first though. Next time use water from the kettle or saucepan.

  • CM
    Cora M.
    Verified Buyer
    Reviewing
    Traditional Savon de Marseille – Olive Oil – 600g Cube
    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    1 week ago
    I love this soap

    Pure , soft and can use it for everything !

  • CM
    Cora M.
    Verified Buyer
    Reviewing
    Traditional Savon de Marseille – Olive Oil – 750g Soap Flakes
    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    1 week ago
    Laundry soap

    Followed the directions on using this as laundry soap and was please with how easy it was. Love this real soap.

  • WS
    Warren S.
    Verified Buyer
    Reviewing
    Traditional Savon de Marseille – Olive Oil – 2kg Block
    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    3 weeks ago
    Versatile Household & Personal Soap

    Used a robust wire cheese cutter to cut up into a 500 gram block which I grated up about 50 grams to dissolve in 1 litre of hot water to make a laundry detergent solution which I have now used on both cotton whites and synthetics to very good effect. Using the remainder of the off cut for hand washing and cleaning counter tops. This 2 kg block should last 2-3 years.