Soap Opera
Report and photography by Yamine Daaboul
We’re all washing more than we were, and statistics state that soap sales are going through the roof. There’s something reassuringly old-fashioned about these chunks of creamy cleansing and anything that reassures in these crazy times has to be a good thing, right? So we’ve been watching a lot of soaps and came up with these rocking blocks…
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Kalabash | Nature Island Spice - Caribbean Bay Rum Artisan Mini Soap Cube - £4.50
Byredo | Tulipmania hand soap - £27.00
London Bathers | Green Clay Cleansing Bar Soap - £8.00
(MALIN+GOETZ) | Rum Bar Soap - £14.00
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KAIRN | Skin and Shave brick soap, as part of a set - £30.00
BULY 1803 | Savon Superfin Scottish Lichen - 29.00€
Cosmydor | Savon Du Cycliste Edition 2020 - Handcrafted soap with black cumin seed oil, clove leaf oil & cinnamon Leaf oil - £17.00
Hermes | Un Jardin apres la Mousson Perfumed soap, as part of a set of three - £48.00
London Bathers | Pink Clay Cleansing Bar Soap - £8.00
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Cosmydor | R/3 Handcrafted Soap with Geranium Essiential Oil & Chamomile Flowers (Fragile skins) - £17.00 (with box)
KAIRN | Skin and Shave brick soap, as part of a set - £30.00
Dior | Sauvage black charcoal soap - £40.00
L'Occitaine | Bonne Mere rose soap - £6.00
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Hermes | Un Jardin apres la Mousson Perfumed soap, as part of a set of three - £48.00
Dior | Eau Savuage soap - £20.00
L'Occitaine | Bonne Mere rose soap - £6.00
Cosmydor | R/3 Handcrafted Soap with Geranium Essiential Oil & Chamomile Flowers (Fragile skins) - £17.00 (with box)
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Kalabash | Creole Rose - Amyris and Pink Clay Artisan Mini Soap Cube - £4.50
KAIRN | Skin and Shave brick soap, as part of a set - £30.00
Diptyque | Eau des Sens perfumed soap - £18.00
Cosmydor | R/3 Handcrafted Soap with Geranium Essiential Oil & Chamomile Flowers (Fragile skins) - £17.00 (with box)
Kalabash | Shea Paradise - Lavender and Organic Shea Butter Artisan Bar Soap - £8.50