The oldest soap factory in Lebanon

Artisanal family soapmakers for five generations.

Pure olive oil soap — slow-cooked, hand-cut, and cured in the same Tripoli stone rooms since 1880. Now shipping across the United States.

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1880

Still made the old way.

The oldest soapmaking factory in Lebanon.

Soapmaking has been a Mediterranean tradition for thousands of years. Long before modern detergent-based soaps flooded western markets, real olive oil soap was crafted by hand, passed down through generations of families who never needed to change a thing. The Awaida family is one of them — the oldest soap-making factory in Lebanon, crafting soap in Tripoli the same way since 1880.

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Traditional Olive Oil Soap

$12.00

Crafted using the original family method unchanged since 1880, this bar is made from pure olive oil slowly cooked in ...

Oud Soap

$12.00

Deep and woody with gentle smoky warmth, refined rather than heavy. Unlike traditional hot-processed soap, this bar ...

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Activated Charcoal Soap

$13.00

Formulated with finely milled activated charcoal, this bar is designed to draw out impurities and excess oil while re...

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Olive Oil, not detergent

Most commercial soaps aren't soap at all — they're synthetic detergents, the same chemistry used in dish soap and industrial cleaners. Olive oil is rich in oleic acid, a fatty acid that mirrors the lipids your skin already produces. It cleanses without disrupting your moisture barrier, leaving skin soft and balanced rather than tight and stripped.

Slow Cooked

Factory soap is produced by continuous-flow methods that compress a days-long process into minutes. We use a traditional hot-process method: oils cooked slowly at low heat until saponification completes fully and naturally. The result is a denser, harder, longer-lasting bar with a creamy lather and a depth of character only time and heat can produce.

Hand Cut & Cured

After cooking, the soap is poured, leveled, hand-cut, and stamped one bar at a time. Then it rests for months in open air, slowly losing excess water as the bar hardens and matures. That curing period gives traditional olive oil soap its weight, longevity, and smooth, creamy finish — a bar made to last, soften, and improve with time.

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