Oldest Soap Brands
- Pears Soap
- First produced in 1789 in London
- Became the world’s oldest continuously existing soap brand
- Under Thomas Barratt’s leadership became a globally recognized brand
- Ivory Soap
- Made since 1879
- Emphasized as 99-44/100% pure
- Donated artifacts to the Smithsonian in 2001
- Cashmere Bouquet Soap
- Made since 1872
- Retains a classic scent
First Bar of Soap
- Babylonians and Aleppo Soap
- Babylonians made the first soap around 2800 B.C.
- Aleppo soap from Syria is widely considered the first soap ever made
Soap History
- Early Soap History
- Ancient Babylonians discovered soap-making method
- Aleppo soap from Syria considered one of the first soaps
- Evolution of Soap
- Andrew Pears invented Pears soap in London in 1817
- Ivory soap was ‘pure’ before simple products trend
- Castile soap from Spain was the first hard, white olive oil soap