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…

Top to bottom:Kalabash | Nature Island Spice - Caribbean Bay Rum Artisan Mini Soap Cube - £4.50Byredo | Tulipmania hand soap - £27.00London Bathers | Green Clay Cleansing Bar Soap - £8.00(MALIN+GOETZ) | Rum Bar Soap - £14.00

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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


Top to bottom:Kalabash | Creole Rose - Amyris and Pink Clay Artisan Mini Soap Cube - £4.50Cosmydor | R/3 Handcrafted Soap with Geranium Essential Oil & Chamomile Flowers - £17.00 (with box)Chanel | Coco Mademoiselle soap - £21.00KAIRN | Skin and…

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Kalabash | Creole Rose - Amyris and Pink Clay Artisan Mini Soap Cube - £4.50

Cosmydor | R/3 Handcrafted Soap with Geranium Essential Oil & Chamomile Flowers - £17.00 (with box)

Chanel | Coco Mademoiselle soap - £21.00

KAIRN | Skin and Shave brick soap, as part of a set - £30.00


Top to bottom:KAIRN | Skin and Shave brick soap, as part of a set - £30.00BULY 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 o…

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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


Top to bottom: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 - £30.00Dior | Sauvage black charcoal soap - £40.00L'Occitaine …

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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


Top to bottom:Diptyque | Eau des Sens perfumed soap - £18.00Dior | Miss Dior silky soap - £23.50KAIRN | Skin and Shave brick soap, as part of a set - £30.00Cosmydor | R/1 Handcrafted soap with Olive Oil & Ylang-Ylang Essential Oil (Mature skins)…

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Diptyque | Eau des Sens perfumed soap - £18.00

Dior | Miss Dior silky soap - £23.50

KAIRN | Skin and Shave brick soap, as part of a set - £30.00

Cosmydor | R/1 Handcrafted soap with Olive Oil & Ylang-Ylang Essential Oil (Mature skins) - £17.00 (with box)


Top to bottom:Hermes | Un Jardin apres la Mousson Perfumed soap, as part of a set of three - £48.00Dior | Eau Savuage soap - £20.00L'Occitaine | Bonne Mere rose soap - £6.00Cosmydor | R/3 Handcrafted Soap with Geranium Essiential Oil & Chamomile…

Top to bottom:

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)


Top to bottom:Kalabash | Creole Rose - Amyris and Pink Clay Artisan Mini Soap Cube - £4.50KAIRN | Skin and Shave brick soap, as part of a set - £30.00Diptyque | Eau des Sens perfumed soap - £18.00Cosmydor | R/3 Handcrafted Soap with G…

Top to bottom:

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


DAVID NEWTON