Product Overview

Foret is GROOM’s forest bar. Balsam fir needle oil and Scots pine leaf oil carry the scent, with lemon and lavandin behind them, and ground fir needles give the bar a light texture as it works.

It is made by traditional cold-process saponification and superfatted with shea butter. Fir resin is added to the formula to harden the bar, which is what stops a natural soap turning to mush in a wet dish. 140 g.

Key Features

• ✓ Cold-process saponification, which keeps the glycerine in the bar
• ✓ Superfatted with shea butter, so it does not strip
• ✓ Balsam fir and Scots pine oils, with lemon and lavandin behind them
• ✓ Ground fir needles for light exfoliation
• ✓ Fir resin added to harden the bar and make it last
• ✓ 140 g / 4.9 oz., handmade in GROOM’s Montreal workshop

What GROOM Publishes

Scent and method as published by GROOM.

Product Specifications

What This Soap Does

Cold-process saponification is the slow way to make soap, and the reason to bother is glycerine. Glycerine draws water to the skin, and it is naturally produced during saponification. Industrial processes strip it out and sell it separately; cold process leaves it in the bar.

GROOM then superfats the bars with shea butter, which means adding more fat than the lye can convert. What is left over stays in the finished soap as free oil, and that is what stops a hard bar feeling stripping.

Who This Is Best For

How To Use It

Wet the bar and work it into a lather in the hands or straight onto damp skin. Rinse and leave the bar somewhere it can drain rather than sitting in water.

A cold-process bar lasts far longer if it dries between uses. A draining dish is the single thing that makes the difference.

Care and Storage

Keep the bar out of standing water and let it dry between uses. Stored dry, an unused bar keeps for a long time.

Shipping and Returns

Ships fast from Montreal, Canada. Free shipping in Canada on orders $49+.

See our Shipping Policy and Return & Refund Policy for full details.

Frequently Asked Questions