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In France, soap has been used
since Antiquity. Pline
l’ancien reports in its
natural History that the
Gallic people used a product
containing tallow and ashes to
dye their hair into
russet-red. They use as a
bleaching agent for hair.
Marseilles has soap
manufacturers starting from
XIIe century which used as raw
material olive oil produced
locally. Sulphur (at the time
the word “sulphur” indicated
sodium carbonate) is in ashes
coming from the combustion of
a plant, the salicorne. In
1688, the Edict of Colbert,
minister of Louis XIV,
regulated the manufacture of
soap. Soap manufacturers had
to cease their activity during
the summer because heat harmed
the quality of the soap.
According to article III of
this edict: “We are not able
to make use in the Factory of
Soap, with the barrille, soda
or ashes, of any grease,
butters nor other matters; but
only of the pure olive oils,
mixture of fat, confiscation
of the goods. ” This
regulation ensured the quality
of soap which made Marseilles
soap factories famous. At the
same time, soap factories
settled in the area, in Salon
de Provence, Toulon or Arles.
In the XVIIIth century, the
number of soap increased from
20 to 48. After a crisis
during the French revolution,
Marseilles industry continued
to develop until counting 62
soap factories in 1813.
Sulphur was then obtained from
sea water, process invented by
Nicolas Leblanc. Since 1820,
new fat content imported and
arriving by the harbour of
Marseilles. Sesame, coconut,
groundnut and palm oils are
used for the manufacture of
soap. The Marseilles soap
factories underwent the
competition of the soap
factories English or Parisian,
these latter tallow employing
which gives less expensive
soap. Discover our soap
selection of Provence to the
natural perfumes in all the
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