Cashmere Bouquet was produced by the Colgate company back in 1872. Back in that era, this was a luxury & fashion bar and only the more influential customers could afford it. Later in the early 1920’s it went into full production for everyone to buy. One can still buy these bars, but only on eBay or Amazon since its long been discontinued, however, this soap is now considered a museum piece. The original scent is both floral and spicy and I was lucky enough to find a very rough written note on the ingredients and scent. This bar was made from Palm Oil, Olive Oil, Tallow, Glycerol & Fragrances...synthetic scent. I’m going to use nearly the original recipe, excluding the palm oil for coconut oil and the scent will be of Jasmine, Clove, Anise, and Thyme essential oils, all which were the original synthetic fragrances used.

The last soap on the list of the Yesteryear line is a French soap called Savon Le Blanc which is a luxury rose soap. This is a tough soap to research since I cannot read French and most of the info is in what, French. I used to offer rose soap last year, but it didn’t sell well. It really was just a one-time offer for Valentines Day; however, the feedback was very good from those who bought it. I found out I was allergic to Rose essential oil, but this company isn’t about me, it’s about what helps my customers. The ingredients in this soap is a bit more daunting merely because it has shea butter which is something I don’t use in soap. But I’m going to run with the original ingredients and see what happens. Every loaf of soap is an experiment at first anyways. From the LeBlanc company itself, they list shea butter, rose water, olive oil, coconut oil, castor oil, kaolin clay with rose essential oil. Pretty simple. This soap that continues to be made today is now available in an assortment of scents, but the one I’m interested in is the very original, rose. LeBlanc’s range of soaps is made by craftsmen in the south of France and contains 100% vegetable oil. Their fragrances, though synthetic, come from Grasse, France which is France’s famous capital of perfume.

From what I can understand, this soap has been made since the mid 1800’s by the company Savon De Marseille, which also makes their flagship soap under the same name.