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.  

  • Cypress, Pine and Cedar Soap

    Cypress, Pine and Cedar Soap

    A perfect blend of woodsy scents from essential oils of the cypress tree, pine tree and cedar--all trees which still grow in the Holy Land. The mention of these woods in Isaiah is seen as a prefiguring of the True Cross. The swirl of forest colors is...

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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Ouzo Charcoal Soap

    Ouzo Charcoal Soap

    Loaded with organic activated charcoal, this soap soothes, smells fresh and invigorating. Without making any medical claims about our soap, it is believed by many to help with oily skin, and help relieve the effects of insect bites and stings, psoriasis,...

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