Bath additive Wiener Seife

Hand-mixed bath soap with soothing warm orange scent

The bath additive from Wiener Seife is - unusually - of creamy consistency. Like other bath additives, it dissolves quickly in the bath water and then exudes its intense fragrance. Natural plant oils and high-quality edelweiss extract give it its soothing, nourishing effect; they support the skin's natural barrier function and make it silky soft.

The bath additive is made of natural ingredients on a soap basis, the plant raw materials come mostly from controlled organic cultivation. Due to the mild surfactants, the bath soap foams only slightly, but is therefore also suitable for demanding skin. It contains neither emulsifiers nor preservatives and should therefore be removed with a clean spatula or spoon if you bathe only rarely. Otherwise, you can also remove the bath additive by hand, but should store it in a cool place after opening and use it up as soon as possible. For a relaxing full bath, dissolve a handful of the bath additive in running water and whisk it into the bath water by hand. Of course, you can also use the bath soap for hand and foot baths or even in the shower: Simply lather a small amount on a moistened natural sponge and then lather the body.

The Wiener Seifenmanufaktur manufactures soaps on a purely vegetable basis using a cold-stirring process. Although the term suggests otherwise, cold stirring does not do entirely without heat. However, it is not supplied from outside, but is generated naturally during the saponification process with lye and oil - in the case of Wiener Seifen, the well-foaming and particularly compatible coconut oil is used. This gentle but labor-intensive process means that up to 15% of the vegetable oils remain unsaponified and can develop their nourishing effect on the skin and hair. The moisturizing glycerine is also retained during cold stirring. The soaps are enriched with natural oils and plantnextracts, most of which come from controlled organic cultivation.

The "Stadlauer cold-stirred coconut oil soaps" from soap maker Friedrich Weiss were once the last handmade soaps in Vienna. And they were popular beyond the city limits. Although Weiss died unexpectedly in 2006, his idealistic legacy lived on. Sonja Baldauf, who had originally planned to sell the Wiener Seifen in Switzerland, did everything she could to keep Weiss's ideas, standards and recipes alive under the name "Wiener Seife". Today, the Wiener Seifenmanufaktur is once again a pure family business, as Baldauf's partner is now solely responsible for production - after completing his late training as a soap maker. Some soap varieties have been taken over from Weiss, many more have been developed in-house and new ones are constantly being added.