{"product_id":"savon-de-marseille-soap-flakes-olive-oil-750g","title":"Traditional Savon de Marseille – Olive Oil – 750g Soap Flakes","description":"\u003cp\u003eFragrance-free, colour-free and preservative-free, Fer à Cheval's Pure Olive Soap Flakes are made solely from saponified olive oil. A simple, hypoallergenic traditional formulation with nothing added.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey won't bubble and lather in the same way as soap flakes containing coconut or palm oil. Pure olive soap is naturally low-foaming and provides a gentle wash, making these a particularly good choice for delicate laundry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThe biodegradable flakes can be used for both machine and hand washing,\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eincluding in homes with septic tanks. We recommend making them into a liquid in advance and storing it ready to use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSimply dissolve 20–30g of flakes in 2 litres of boiling water and leave to cool. As a starting point, use around 50ml for a standard wash and see how you get on. For particularly dirty laundry or larger loads, you may want to use a little more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUse for everyday clothing, bedding and household linens, as well as more delicate laundry. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eTraditional Savon de Marseille has long been used for washing delicate fabrics including silk and lace, and for the care of antique and heirloom linens too. With no added fragrance, they are also a good choice for baby clothes and anyone who prefers their laundry unfragranced.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor most everyday washing, use the soap liquid on its own. For stains or particularly dirty laundry, we recommend treating the stain before washing rather than simply adding more soap.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou can also combine Marseille soap with traditional laundry ingredients such as bicarbonate of soda or soda crystals, depending on what you're washing. We cover when — and when not — to use these in our Laundry Guide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eAnd they're not just for laundry. Dissolved in water, the flakes make a useful household soap and can also be used to mop your floor, as the base for homemade washing-up liquid and other cleaning products. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThe flakes themselves are the pieces of soap created when the traditional cubes and bars are cut to size, so nothing is wasted. If you buy one of our larger Marseille soap formats to cut at home, keep the crumbles too — they can be dissolved and used in exactly the same way. You can also grate a cube or bar to make your own flakes; plenty of our customers find grating Marseille soap strangely therapeutic, while others would much rather we did the work for them!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMade in Marseille by Fer à Cheval\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFer à Cheval has been making soap in Marseille since 1856 and is one of the city's surviving traditional soap factories. These flakes are made using the traditional Marseille process, cooking the soap in cauldrons under the supervision of the Maître Savonnier, and are certified ECOCERT Ecodetergent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy is our recipe different to the packet?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn France, soap flakes are often made into a more concentrated laundry gel. We prefer a thinner liquid because we find it dissolves and distributes more reliably through a full machine load, particularly with the harder water found in many parts of the UK and the cooler temperatures we tend to wash at day to day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FER A CHEVAL","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57258145448319,"sku":"SFM 750 OLI FAC","price":15.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0227\/8737\/files\/copeaux-750g-olive-packshot_jpg.webp?v=1774975841","url":"https:\/\/www.frenchsoaps.co.uk\/products\/savon-de-marseille-soap-flakes-olive-oil-750g","provider":"FrenchSoaps","version":"1.0","type":"link"}