Pearl Soap is a company based in Syria, it has been making Aleppo soap since 1945. The soaps are made primarily of natural olive oil which is boiled in a large vat with water, lye, and laurel oil.

Ezgi Aslan, 21, said she believed the ancient beauty rituals strengthened the skin itself, more so than modern products.

Castile soap is one of the older soaps of human civilization; it dates back to the time of the crusades, when Spanish crusaders learned of the much more ancient Aleppo soap. Traditionally, authentic ...