I recently had the pleasure of going to visit my family in France, where I spent some time strolling around French supermarkets and garden centers where I kept seeing Savon de Marseille everywhere. I had never considered using it for cleaning but I am forever excited by a French-inspired method, especially one that was endorsed by my late grandma, whose home was kept pristine and fresh-smelling at all times.
I asked my mother one day whether she remembered her using Savon de Marseille around the home in her childhood and in a few words of happy recollection: 'Yes, I do actually.' My mother shared with me how it was, in fact, an integral part of my grandma's laundry routine, which was done by hand at this time, but that she has also used it to clean floors (beautiful tile), and other areas in the home using this heritage ingredient too.
