Product Description

Our products are hand-made and they are all pure soap.For decoration.They are traditional Ottoman soap.All of our products were made as only fruit and vegetables.As fruit we make honeymelon,slice of watermelon,peach,lemon,banana, pomegrenate,apple, strawberry,plum,orange,pineapple,pear,apricot,fig,cherry,grapes.As vegetables we make stuffed pepper,eggplant,tomato,cu- cumber,pumpkin,carrot,rudish. Misk soap is very strong material that if you dont get it wet or crush it lives like **8 years whitout loosing its beauty.Ottomans started making scented soaps in the *7th century. These soaps also played a part in traditional dowry weddings; if the bride-to-be had a soft personality, she would be presented with fruits such as figs, strawberry, or peaches. If the bride-to-be was a tough cookie, she would be presented with fruits such as pear and apple. Recipe For Fruit Soap First,at room temperature, knead the soap �dough� into small pieces.Shape these pieces into small balls,in Turkish these soap balls are called �beze�.Please note that light kneading is needed to prevent cracking on the surface of the xxxxx can be acheived by shaping the pieces into small balls just as the soap ie hardening. Now it is up to the skill of the artist to shape the beze into a variety of different fruits such as apples,pears,bananas and peaches etc. Leave the soap to dry for a minimum of two days. After two days the fruit soap can be painted .Choose the right colours for each different soap,using powder paint and watercolour brushes. Leave the fruit some to dry for a minimum of two hours� Now the fruit soap is ready to use as a wonderfull accessory to your house deceration�. Brief History of Fruit Soap Around ***0 AD ,in Edirne,the first examples of fruit soap where created.In Ottoman period,musk,amber and rose perfumes were introduced to the soap and were then formed into these shapes identical to fruit� These perfumed fruits became very popular,the sultans of the time sent them as gifts to other kingdoms, this lovely smelling soaps first became known as �sweet smelling soaP�. In fact the soap became so popular that mass production was introduced,firstly to supply the palaces,and then for the greater public.The palaces liked it so much the soap then became known as �palace soap�. Much attention was given to hygiene by the otoman emperor�s, that the public renamed the soap �emperor soap� The rooms and harems of the emperor�s daughters were always decorated with perfumed fruit soap�This quality ,sweet smelling,richly coloured gift,for accesorising the house was also perfect gift for visiting goverment officals. One of the reasons for the mass production and popularity is its extra ordinary resembalance to real fruit,incorporated with its wonderful shape and xxxxx This quality fruit soap and quality of production has caused it to become a very valuable hand made item��