Our story

From Aleppo.
With care.

Traditional Aleppo soap, made by hand in Syria by selected soap-making families. Olive oil, laurel berry oil and patience.

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Three ALEPO Aleppo soap bars in warm light on a limestone ledge

Made with care. Chosen with confidence.

  • Made in Syria

    Rooted in the home of Aleppo soap.

  • Hand-cut & hand-stamped

    Individual character in every bar.

  • 100% natural

    Made with olive oil and, in our laurel blends, laurel berry oil.

  • Air-dried for 9 months

    Given time before reaching your home.

A soap maker among towers of Aleppo soap stacked to dry in Aleppo, Syria

Our purpose

A craft worth bringing into everyday life.

Aleppo soap has been made the same way for centuries: simple oils, skilled hands and months of patience.

We started ALEPO to bring that craft into everyday life. One honest bar you reach for every morning, made by the people who know it best and clear about what is inside and where it comes from. We work with selected soap-making families in Syria, choose each formula with care and keep the ingredient list short enough to read at a glance.

Ingredients

100% natural. Olive oil at the heart.

Olive oil and laurel berry oil, turned into soap the traditional way. No added fragrance, colourants, preservatives or palm oil.

  • Pure olive oil Aleppo soap beside a dish of olive oil and an olive branch

    Olive oil

    The heart of every ALEPO bar. On its own it makes our gentlest soap, with a soft, clean scent, and it forms the base of every laurel blend.

  • Laurel Aleppo soap beside a dish of laurel berry oil, bay leaves and berries

    Laurel berry oil

    Pressed from the berries of the laurel tree, it gives Aleppo soap its distinctive earthy scent and character. Choose 10%, 20% or 40% laurel berry oil in the blend.

Explore the formulas

The soap-making process at a workshop in Aleppo, Syria.

The craft

Made by hand. Given time.

Every bar goes through the same hands-on steps it has for centuries. Nothing is rushed.

  1. Hot liquid soap being poured across the workshop floor

    Poured

    The hot soap is poured across the workshop floor in one broad, even layer.

  2. A hand-pulled blade cutting the set soap into bars

    Cut

    Once firm, it is cut into individual bars with a hand-pulled blade.

  3. A maker pressing a stamp into a bar by hand

    Stamped

    Each bar is stamped by hand, leaving its own impression.

  4. Soap bars stacked in open towers to dry

    Air-dried for nine months

    Bars are stacked in open towers so air can circulate, and left to dry for nine months.

Every bar we ship has already completed its nine months of drying, so there is no extra wait.