Our Great Ingredients

A Route Mandarine soap is made from a precise blend of saponified organic vegetable oils:

  • organic extra virgin OLIVE oil

    32% in our recipes; it is the oil that, once saponified, is most suitable for human skin.

  • organic coconut oil,

    which will ensure abundant foam.

  • organic palm oil

    produced in COLOMBIA and adhering to the RSPO* label for sustainable palm oil, which ensures the soap's consistency.

  • organic virgin rapeseed oil

  • organic Cocoa Butter

  • Organic and fair trade Shea Butter

  • organic CASTOR oil

    for a dense and comfortable foam.

  • Each oil is selected for its qualities in soap making. Its proportion in the mixture is carefully chosen, and after many trials, in order to obtain the best balance between lather, mildness, cleansing power and moisturizing properties.

The increase in demand for palm oil in recent years (10% of which goes to the cosmetics industry) has led to a rapid expansion of its production. Some of this oil is not produced under socially and environmentally sustainable conditions. The RSPO (Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil) was created to ensure that its members implement good operating practices (improvement of land use plans, transparency of production, etc.).

We add very fine organic virgin oils, noble and precious, to enrich and personalize each recipe (5%).

  • Organic virgin SESAME oil

  • Organic virgin AVOCADO oil

    to be found in "Wanderlust" 

  • Organic virgin HAZELNUT oil

  • organic MANGO butter

  • beeswax

  • These are added at the end of manufacturing to make up the unsaponified superfat of our soaps.

And for fun...

  • Fragrances

    High-quality organic essential oil synergies (3% of total ingredients). Or, to create a more complex fragrance, blends of organic essential oils and fragrances. Each fragrance has been meticulously crafted by Tiphaine in our workshop.

  • On the color

    natural colorants like clays or ochres, but also flower petals, mint leaves, seeds, spices, or tea. Not to mention the sensual, playful, or exfoliating aspect that these natural additives add to recipes.

  • From glycerin

    Naturally produced during the saponification reaction of oils, glycerin protects and softens the skin.

  • Water

    the soaps will dry for one month before being packaged, in order to remove excess water and obtain a soap that does not melt too quickly.

Some of the essential oils we use:

  • Organic Madagascar Ylang Ylang

  • Organic Sri Lankan Patchouli

  • Organic Exotic Basil from Madagascar

  • Organic Green Mandarin from Italy

  • Organic lavandin from Spain

  • Organic Atlas Cedar from Morocco

  • Organic Vetiver from Madagascar

  • Organic Cloves from Madagascar

Cold process soap making

The absence of heat in cold-process soap making is much more respectful of the ingredients used, allowing us to work with the best, while preserving their cosmetic properties for your skin.

  • Natural and organic ingredients

  • Respectful of people and the environment

  • Made in Brittany

  • Main avec petit flacon, et quelques gouttent qui illustrent la production en petites quantités, moins de conservateur et plus de fraicheur

    Handmade in small batches