Zhenobya black cumin oil soap

In addition to saponified olive and laurel oil, this soap contains valuable black cumin oil, which is known for its skin-caring and -soothing properties. The herb-fresh smelling soap is therefore particularly recommended for cleaning dry, sensitive or irritated skin. The black cumin oil soap is not only suitable for hands, face and body, but can also be used - especially for sensitive skin - as a skin-friendly shaving soap. For an optimal care effect, the soap foam should act not only before shaving, but also during cleaning for a short time.

Aleppo, the biblical Helbon located in present-day Syria, is the Arab birthplace of the art of making fine soaps from vegetable oils. However, of the soap boiling factories that still exist today in and around Aleppo, only a few still produce their products in that ancient artisanal process of multiple boiling "on new water", which is completed by the boiling master in a "tasting" to test the finished, "salted out" soap.

From one of these traditional farms come our Aleppo soaps. They are made on a purely vegetable basis. Their basis is olive oil from first cold pressing, which is mixed in large cauldrons with soda ash dissolved in water and saponified at 200 °C. After cooling, dehydration and initial drying, the raw soap can be cut into cubes with a hand cutter and stamped with the company stamp. Finally, the soap bars must rest for at least six months, during which time they lose much of their weight and their olive-green surface changes to the typical ochre-yellow hue, while the interior remains olive-green. The skin-friendly soaps are equally suitable for the care of hands, body and face.