Le Savonnier Marseillais Organic Liquid Soap Review

I recently received a bottle of  Le Savonnier Marseillais Organic Lavender Liquid Soap to review. Le Savonnier Marseillais is an all natural liquid soap. Made with olive oil and other all natural ingredients, it is gentle on everything. From cleaning to laundry to pet care to car washing. The lavender scent is very pleasant, without being overpowering.

Since Le Savonnier Marseillais is an all purpose liquid soap, I was able to use it in a number of different ways. First, I diluted it. The label says to dilute it using 2.5 tablespoons of soap to 1.3 gallons of water. Since I don’t have a container big enough to hold that, I used a one gallon jug with 2 tablespoons of soap.

I used this diluted soap to wash my kitchen trash can. Ok, you know without my having to tell you, how dirty kitchen trash cans can get. This liquid soap cleaned it thoroughly and left it smelling nice, too.

I used this soap to clean my bathroom sink. Kids and husbands who spend a lot of time outside or working on cars can sure do a number on bathroom sinks. This soap cleaned my white fiberglass sink to a shine, with no scrubbing, just washing with the diluted cleaner on a paper towel. Since this cleaner is non-abrasive, it is safe to use on most surfaces.

I also used some of the diluted soap as handsoap in a dispenser. I think I had the hardest time with this, since the soap doesn’t bubble.  The liquid is basically clear, so your scrubbing your hands with what appears to be just water. But the cleaner is in there. My hands were always clean after inspecting them, it’s just hard to get past the no bubbles while your scrubbing. The lavender scent is very, very faint after hand washing, so it is suitable for women or men.

I had great success with washing dishes with it. I put a couple of plops of the undiluted liquid soap into the hot water in the sink. I continued to fill the sink while agitating the soap with my hand, like I normally do with my regular dish soap. I was able to get a decent amount of bubbles, but they started to dissipate right away. I didn’t put any dishes in or disturb the water in any way, as I wanted to see how long the bubbles would last.

In less than 5 minutes, the bubbles were almost totally gone.  After the bubbles were gone, I started washing dishes. I have tried natural soaps in the past to wash dishes with, and I have a hard time with the no bubbles thing.

After washing dishes with the Le Savonnier Marseillais liquid soap, though, I’m on my way to changing my mind. The glasses came out squeaky clean. I washed a glass chocolate chip cookie dough mixing bowl and that came out squeaky clean as well. It did a great job of getting the butter laden dough off the bowl. I was surprised at how easily it cleaned the bowl.

The clincher for me was after I finished and walked out of the kitchen, I realized what it did to my hands. My hands were soft! My hands are never soft after washing dishes. Since I handwash all our dishes for seven people, I often battle very dry, dish pan hands. Even hours later, my hands still felt soft. That really impressed me.  hmmmm….. squeaky clean dishes AND soft hands? I just may have to learn to live without bubbles.

Overall, I was pleased with the cleaning ability of Le Savonnier Marseillais Organic Lavender Liquid Soap.