Marseilles soap

Marseilles soap

[mär′sā ‚sōp]
(materials)
A castile soap to which is added olive oil and soda.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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These Marseillaises make Marseillaise hymns and Marseilles vests and Marseilles soap for all the world, but they never sing their hymns or wear their vests or wash with their soap themselves.
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8 Versailles ceramic shelf, pounds 37.79, Qualitas Bathrooms; perfume decanters, pounds 6 and pounds 7, Homes in Heaven; Marseilles soap, pounds 4.95, L'Occitane.
Interiors: The look: femme fatale; And how to get it: say baroque! to your old bathroom and come over all Marie Antoinette with these extravagant and ornate goodies. Then, soak in your gorge tub and, er, eat some cake..
Shoppers can choose from a host of fresh goods and crafts including cheeses, sweets, meat, olives and Marseilles soap.
Gallic treat in high street; DROITWICH
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