Spicy, herbaceous, woodsy or musky

Soaps in this category have been chosen for their appeal for those who like homemade soap but don't want to smell like their mother's soap. Featured are soaps with fragrances that are spicy, citrusy, musky, earthy and any combination thereof. Most are made with essential oils, some with fragrances that imitate popular colognes.  

  • Bay Rum Soap

    Bay Rum Soap

    This fragrance is a Caribbean classic. We've tweaked this recipe to be the warmest and yummiest bay rums around. The fragrance of the bay trees native to that region is matched with spices of the indies, rum, lime and vanilla to make a familiar cologne,...

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  • Christmas Cheer Soap Christmas Cheer Soap

    Christmas Cheer Soap

    **SEASONAL SOAP** Christmas is coming! Celebrate the Feast of Nativity with this fine soap as a gift for your loved ones. The colors red, white and green mixed in a festive swirl of color. The fragrance is a perfect combination of Christmas trees and...

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  • Basil Milk Soap

    Basil Milk Soap

    This is a whole milk soap made with all vegetable oils. It is very mild, gentle and nourishing to the skin. Full-fat cow's milk adds natural alpha-hydroxy acids which help clean away dead skin while providing vitamins, minerals and cream to your skin...

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  • Spiced Apple Cider Soap

    Spiced Apple Cider Soap

    Give the pumpkins a rest this autumn and bring back the apples! This delightfully fruity soap with spice notes will fill the air with the smell of autumn and apple presses. Topped with cinnamon for good measure. Soap is made from scratch out of Olive,...

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  • Made with calendula petals from the monastery garden.

    Mary's Gold Calendula Soap

    Calendula or "Pot Marigold" gets its name as a tribute to Mary, the Mother of God. The brilliant orange and yellow flowers brighten up the whole corner of our monastery garden each year. Calendula has been used since ancient times as a remedy for skin...

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  • Vanilla Sandalwood Soap

    Vanilla Sandalwood Soap

    The combination of two of our favorite fragrances: sweet, deep, rich Vanilla and the woody, lush and mystical Sandalwood. We arrived at the combination and proportions here at the monastery and assure you you will be pleased with the result. The natural...

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  • Pine Tar Soap

    Pine Tar Soap

    Pine tar has long been used as a remedy for those with sensitive skin issues such as eczema, psoriasis, and rosacea. We don't make any medical claims for this soap, but if pine tar has been recommended for you, give it a try. This soap has no added color...

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  • Three King's Soap

    Three King's Soap

    **SEASONAL SOAP** This is a soap worthy of kings! We finely grind pure myrrh from the "Horn of Africa." This is worked into the soap with pure essential oils of frankincense and other botanicals, the top of the soap is decorated with gold mica. Perfect...

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  • Thieves Oil Soap

    Thieves Oil Soap

    The legendary Thieves Oil blend of essential oils is believed by many to have healing and disinfecting properties. Like all of our soaps, it is rich in natural glycerin that moisturizes as it cleans. The rugged spicy and citrus aroma is very popular with...

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  • Cedar-Orange Soap

    Cedar-Orange Soap

    Now with Atlas Cedar Essential Oil. We have improved our recipe for this soap. It gets its light orange color and strong orange aroma from an Essential Oil that is 10 times distilled in order to concentrate its scent, together with fresh orange zest...

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  • 100% Coconut Oil with Tea Tree soap

    100% Coconut Oil with Tea Tree soap

    Our 100% coconut oil bar is a hard soap, very bubbly, deeply cleansing while still moisturizing.   Tea tree is believed  to have antiseptic and anti-fungal properties. It has been used to help fight infections, soothe sunburns and rashes,...

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  • Salish Sea Men's Soap

    Salish Sea Men's Soap

    Swirling colors of blue, aqua and gold create an aquatic design reminiscent of our Salish Sea. To this is matched with one of our most popular men's fragrances. This fragrance combines notes of lemon, bergamot, cool mint, lavender, green accord,...

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