Marius FabreMarseille Soap with Olive Oil 200 gCompact by Design (Certified by Amazon)

This is wonderful, natural soap made with olive oil and a total of just seven natural ingredients - no perfume, no animal fat.

Yes it has the distinctive smell, but I've got used to it fairly quickly. Gentle for body, gentle for face, gentle for my child's skin too. We feel very clean after use.We started using this instead for shampoo and the effect is outstanding. My child has very fine and long long hair and they get tangled very very badly all the time. This soap significantly reduced the tangles, and her hair is becoming supple and does not feel dry at all. My hair has been dry for a good couple of years and couldn't brush it through to the tip without tugging and pulling. Now there is no problem brushing, plus the embarrassing smell of scalp (and body) is completely gone after less than a week of use this.I am very happy and I definitely keep buying this soap from now on.Update: I stopped to use this as shampoo everyday but 1-2 times a week since I start feeling the hair is getting bit heavier than I like. Still working like magic.

This is very nice soap apart from the smell which is not entirely unpleasant but slightly unusual. I am used to using French soap which is much better quality than UK soap but generally I buy perfumed soap direct from the factory. However having said that I would not hesitate to recommend this soap as it is lovely on the skin and lathers very well.

Personally, I am very happy with this soap. It's great and really good for my skin. Specifically, after the first bath, my skin became noticeably softer and I love it. The smell... well.. it smells a bit like diesel to me, but you know..don't smell it, use it. :) Really really really perfect for the skin and this is what is important. I can only recommend it to everyone. I love this soap.

Simply gets rid of dirt from collars and cuffs on shirts (which is what I use it for). Happy. Brilliant.

I was really excited to try this soap due to the outstanding reviews, no only on Amazon but across the internet. First off, let me say that the shipping was fast and I felt, for the size of the soap, the price was fair. The soap lathers well and rinses beautifully clean without leaving that "stretched skin" feeling of dryness. A definite plus! I use this for my face as well as my body and, for someone who has the most sensitive of skin and has suffered from acne and allergic reactions my entire adult life, it is rare that I am able to find a product that is this multipurpose. Now for why I only gave this soap 3 stars. Unfortunately, I can't get past the smell. Perhaps the bar I received was wrong or had gone off somehow because I don't see others mentioning this smell that often but I just can't deal with it. My husband grew up on a farm and was quick to agree with my observation that this soap smells like a barnyard. Not like animal excrement but the earthy, pungent, aroma of dirt, wet straw, animals. It is not a smell that bothers me when I am on the farm but it is NOT something I want to smell in my shower and certainly not something I want to smell like AFTER I've cleaned myself! As I said, perhaps the soap I got was from a bad batch, but, if this is what the soap usually smells like I will not be ordering it again. A shame seeing as otherwise, this is a lovely soap.

It arrived quickly and packaged in plastic inside the biggest box ever. I was expecting it to be in a smaller card soap box as it was on the picture but it didn't really matter. A 400g block of soap is quite big bar to hold, so I have chopped it into 6 smaller chunks which I have stored away to use as and when needed. I have used Olive soap before in the past and was really happy when I found this online as it's identical to one which I had years ago. If your expecting a sweet smelling soap then this is not for you, it's smells as you expect of Olive oil, it lathers well in the palm of your hand after rubbing it back and forth ( a bit longer than normal soap). I then rub it on my body and I don't use a sponge. I have seen an improvment in my skin as it's not as drying as other soaps and during the winter months my skin get's very dry and almost painful. I also have sensitive skin and find fragranced soaps really irritate my skin, around my ears I suffer from eczema which flairs up only certain times of the year. I also have very oily skin on my face and one would assume this would be the worst soap to use but I actually think it helps keep that under control.I bought one for my stepfather as he suffers with his skin too during the winter months but I bought him the 600g version. I will buy this again but I think a 400g bar is going to last a very long time :)

Massive bar of soap and lack of pleasant perfume !