BOTANICAL CLEANING

Presented in a hand-sewn muslin bag,  Cavallini & Co.'s 100% natural cotton apron is a perfect gift for the food lover, vege gardener or budding master chef. It features a delightful selection of colourful vintage botanical illustrations of garden vegetables, each labelled by name. 

Presented in a hand-sewn muslin bag,  Cavallini & Co.'s 100% cotton apron is a perfect gift for the flower and plant lover. It features a delightful selection of colourful vintage botanical illustrations.

Brush it off

Aah, that satisfaction of something that so performs its task perfectly. A simple yet specialised tool that does a job and does it well. Get right to the bottom of planters, bottles, carafes, vases and jars with this artisanal brush that’s still crafted the same way it was produced a hundred years ago.

The flexible stainless steel frame bend to get into every nook and cranny, while the long bristles protect delicate glassware and ceramics as they scrub. Hang it by the loop and it’s ready for action. Sling a linen tea towel over your shoulder and pretend you’re a worldly-wise proprietor of a 1940s French bistro who’s seen it all. Minus the cigarette smoke.

This the perfect gift to give with a set of glassware or a beautiful flower arrangement, or to celebrate a new kitchen. Tie a gift tag to the loop and you’re all set to impress.

Materials: Stainless steel, natural fibres 

Brush up

In 1947, from a workshop on the banks of the Erdre River, George Julio and his family transformed local timbers and fibres into what was known as ‘Parisian wares’, hardworking brushes that would become staples of French households for decades.

Sure, doing the dishes is not most people’s idea of a good time, but it’s a lot more enjoyable if you have at the help of faithful companion that will share the job for years.

The elegant simplicity of this scrubbing brush proves that form followed function long before Modernism.

These days this family-owned company consciously use timbers sourced from sustainably managed forests that are then thermally treated for resistance to moisture. Meaning you won't have to replace it for a long time. 

The Tradition line is still crafted as it was more than 70 years ago, in varnished beechwood with natural fibres. Even the simple act of washing dishes can be a chance to admire the beauty of the materials and the simplicity the form, a small moment of grace and beauty in an ordinary day.

Material: Beech, mixed vegetable fibres

Made in France

Normally open to visitors, peek inside the Andrée Jardin workshop via our brand showcase and see the time-honoured the craft in action.

Soap Opera Trio 

Sometimes in our eagerness to get our plant friends potted, we forget to wear gloves, or, we may just love the feel of the earth in our hands. Any French grandmother worth her coq au vin would have an Andree Jardin artisanal nail cleaning brush on hand for that purpose.

Whether you’re pottering about in the garden, kneading dough, doing some down ’n dirty DIY, or getting your craft on, you need this Marseille trio in your bathroom, kitchen, or laundry. 

Complementing the ever-reliable nail brush is a tray and the timeless Fer a Cheval ("Horseshoe") Marseille soap made especially for Andree Jardin. These bar soaps have been a familiar green sight in French bathrooms and made in Marseille tradition for over 150 years.

Made from pure vegetable oils and kind to sensitive skin,  In the 17th century, King Louis XIV decreed that only soap made from pure olive oil could be branded as Marseille — that’s how seriously the French love this soap. Learn more about the iconic brand here.

This set’s simplicity of form makes it worthy of a place on the vanity, making it second nature to use every day. Even the simple act of washing and grooming your hands can be a small moment of grace in an ordinary day.

The sustainably sourced French beech timber undergoes a thermal treatment that gives it extremely high resistance to moisture, perfect for the bathroom environment.

A  thoughtful gift for anyone who gets their hands dirty in the soil or the workshop loves cooking, or just likes to feel pampered.

Materials: Heat-treated beech wood, mixed natural, fibres, olive oil soap

Marseille organic olive oil soap, soap holder + nail brush supplied in a gift box.

Dimensions: 13cm x 10cm x 9cm

Handmade in France

Helping Hands

Keep both your hands and your environment consciously clean with this delightfully aromatic and powerfully antiseptic blend. This ph-balanced recipe uses zingy lemon, healing rosemary and purifying eucalyptus essential oils to sanitise without the need for toxic chemical compounds. Even the bottle is recycled, recyclable and refillable, breaking the plastic waste cycle.

The simple act of handwashing is a powerful tool for personal and public safety, and with this delicious scent, it can also be a private moment of Zen-like beauty

Volume: 500ml

Safe Spaces

Bring the calming, therapeutic benefits of natural oils to every corner of your home while also keeping insects at bay. An eco-sensitive formulation packaged in recycled plastic, Koala Eco’s Natural Room Spray uses nature’s own aromatic super-performers. Pink grapefruit (Citrus paradisi) essential oil contributes a tangy, invigorating scent that makes you feel reinvigorated, while peppermint (Mentha piperita) adds a sharp, cool fragrance that’s refreshing and relaxing. No synthetics, perfumes or dyes here — just Australian-sourced essential oils in a non-toxic base of purified water and biodegradable alcohol. Whether you’re working from home, cleaning house or just hanging out, it’ll make you feel like you’re chilling in a day spa.

Volume: 250ml

Black Magic

La Corvette Marseille's 1 Litre Almond Liquid Black Soap is a natural, heavy-duty cleaner that can be used around the house and garden. It banishes grime and grease and leaves behind a sweet, subtle fragrance of almond.

Like all La Corvette’s soap product, black soap is made the old-fashioned, artisanal way, which involves cooking naturally derived vegetable oil and essences in a cauldron. In this case, the time-tested recipe calls for olive oil, linseed oil and pomace oil (sourced from the remains of pressed grapes). Combined together, it creates a little black magic in the cauldron.

Used as it is, liquid black soap cleans dishes, scours greasy surfaces like ovens and range hoods, and treats stains in the laundry. Diluted, it will deep-clean and protect all sorts of floors, from timber to tiles. Out in the garden, it’s brilliant for heavy-duty cleaning. It really shines when it comes to scrubbing terracotta and ceramic pots, without leaving any chemical residue.

This product is certified as an EcoDetergent by Ecocert Greenlife according to the Ecocert standard, with 99.8% of its ingredients being natural origin. Find out more about ECOCERT certification here.

• Made in France
• Delicately scented with sweet almond

How do I replace other cleaners with liquid black soap?

While it’s well known in Europe, Australians are not so familiar with black soap and its many uses. Here are a few FAQs:

For fabric stain removal: Place about a teaspoon on your fabric, rub lightly and leave for a few minutes. Launder in your washing machine as usual.

As black soap is very concentrated, for light coloured fabrics (such as white linens and cottons) we recommend testing it on a small, inconspicuous area prior to use.

For deep cleaning: Dilute 40ml in 5 litres of warm water.

For cleaning and conditioning leather: Dilute 15ml in 1.5 litres of warm water. Dampen a cloth or rag and pat the leather clean (rather than rubbing). The shine on the leather will be restored.

To clean and degrease surfaces (countertops, bathtubs, timber, ovens, copper, silver), patios and interior floors: Dilute 15ml in 5 litres of warm water. Does not require rinsing.

Can I use black soap paste on my pet?

Yes. Start by rinsing your pet’s coat and massage about 40ml of black soap paste on their coat. Rinse and wipe dry.

• 100 % vegetable oils
• No colouring, no added fragrance, no preservatives
• No chemical additives

Ingredients: potassium soap made with linseed oil/ olive oil, pomace oil, water

Based on natural olive oil, black soap is an effective ecological cleaner used for generations in France. It’s made the old-fashioned way in a cauldron, just like La Corvette’s bathroom soaps, but the addition of linseed oil and pomace oil (sourced from the remains of crushed grapes) gives it heavy-duty power.

La Corvette has been making cauldron-cooked olive oil black soap at its factory in Marseille using traditional expertise for over 125 years. Black soap is a very effective natural cleaner for the whole house, Ecological, 100% natural and biodegradable, it can easily replace about a dozen specific householder cleaning products, and eliminate the packaging that goes along with them.

FAQs

Here are a few frequently asked questions about black soap:

How do you use black soap paste in the garden?

Black soap is used in France as a natural insectide. To protect plants and roses against aphids, whiteflies and mealybugs, thoroughly mix about 1 tablespoon of black soap paste with 1 litre of water and spray the mixture on the plants, not forgetting under leaves, Repeat after two days.

Doing this at cooler times of the day avoids any risk of leaves getting burnt by the hot midday sun.

Can I use it for household cleaning?

Of course! It’s a very fuss-free, versatile cleanser, so therefore economical. No more nasty chemicals and no fainting spells from strong chemicals.

For flooring, surfaces, wood, ovens, copper, silver: Dilute about 1 tablespoon in 3 litres of hot water. No rinsing required.

For extra-deep cleaning: Dilute about 3 tablespoons in 3 litres of hot water. No rinsing required,

For maintaining silverware or DIY and garden tools: In your laundry, kitchen, garden sink or bucket, dilute about 3-4 tablespoons in 3 litres of hot water. Soak items for 5 minutes. Dry with a soft cloth.

For fabric stain removal:  Place a hazelnut-sized portion of paste on your fabric, rub lightly and leave for a few minutes. Launder the item in your washing machine as usual.

As black soap is very concentrated, for light coloured fabrics (such as white linens and cotton) we recommend testing it on a small, inconspicuous area prior to use.

For standard machine washing: Add 3 tablespoons of black soap paste for every 5 kilos of laundry. Add 100ml of white vinegar as a natural softener. Add natural essential oils for fragrance, if you like.

Can I use black soap paste on my pet?

Yes. Start by rinsing your pet’s coat and massage in 1 tablespoon of black soap paste. Rinse and wipe dry.

Is black soap paste safe?

La Corvette Marseille Black Soap Paste is certified as an Ecodetergent by Ecocert Greenlife according to the Ecocert standard, with 100% of the ingredients being of natural origin.

Find out more about Ecocert here.

NO COLOURING 
NO FRAGRANCE
NO PRESERVATIVES
NO CHEMICAL ADDITIVES

Ingredients: <30% soap. Also contains water, carbonate salts, glycine, potassium hydroxide, linseed oil

Nothing Short of a miracle

This handy 250 ml tube is a perfect introduction to the magic that is La Corvette Marseille’s range of olive oil-based black soap. It’s an excellent multipurpose cleaner, degreaser and stain remover with applications around the house.

Use it straight from the tube as a stain remover for laundry. Dilute it to wash dishes or clean greasy surfaces like ovens and range hoods. In fact, it can clean just about anything from pots to pets, so it easily replaces a dozen specific cleaning products and eliminate the packaging that comes with them.

La Corvette’s black soap is made the old-fashioned way, cooked in a cauldron in the company’s French workshop. A combination of olive oil, linseed oil and pomace oil (sourced from the remains of crushed grapes) give it superior stain-busting properties while making it environmentally sensitive.

FAQs

Here are a few frequently asked questions about black soap:

How do you use black soap paste in the garden?

Black soap is used in France as a natural insectide. To protect plants and roses against aphids, whiteflies and mealybugs, thoroughly mix about 1 tablespoon of black soap paste with 1 litre of water and spray the mixture on the plants, not forgetting under leaves, Repeat after two days.

Doing this at cooler times of the day avoids any risk of leaves getting burnt by the hot midday sun.

Can I use it for household cleaning?

Of course! It’s a very fuss-free, versatile cleanser, so therefore economical. No more nasty chemicals and no fainting spells from strong chemicals.

For flooring, surfaces, wood, ovens, copper, silver: Dilute about 1 tablespoon in 3 litres of hot water. No rinsing required.

For extra-deep cleaning: Dilute about 3 tablespoons in 3 litres of hot water. No rinsing required,

For maintaining silverware or DIY and garden tools: In your laundry, kitchen, garden sink or bucket, dilute about 3-4 tablespoons in 3 litres of hot water. Soak items for 5 minutes. Dry with a soft cloth.

For fabric stain removal:  Place a hazelnut-sized portion of paste on your fabric, rub lightly and leave for a few minutes. Launder the item in your washing machine as usual.

As black soap is very concentrated, for light coloured fabrics (such as white linens and cotton) we recommend testing it on a small, inconspicuous area prior to use.

For standard machine washing: Add 3 tablespoons of black soap paste for every 5 kilos of laundry. Add 100ml of white vinegar as a natural softener. Add natural essential oils for fragrance, if you like.

Can I use black soap paste on my pet?

Yes. Start by rinsing your pet’s coat and massage in 1 tablespoon of black soap paste. Rinse and wipe dry.

Is black soap paste safe?

La Corvette Marseille Black Soap Paste is certified as an Ecodetergent by Ecocert Greenlife according to the Ecocert standard, with 100% of the ingredients being of natural origin.

Find out more about Ecocert here.

NO COLOURING 
NO FRAGRANCE
NO PRESERVATIVES
NO CHEMICAL ADDITIVES

Ingredients: 70% Soap. Also contains water, carbonate salts, glycine, potassium hydroxide, linseed oil.

Made in France

Volume: 250 ml

Blue Chip Investment

A must in many European households, La Corvette Marseille’s soap flakes are a safe and sensitive alternative to laundry powder, both eco-friendly and hypoallergenic.

Made the same way as the company’s traditional Marseille bathroom soap, using all-natural vegetable oils cooked in a cauldron, these soap flakes offer the same degree of gentleness. That makes them an ideal option for washing woollies and other delicates, laundering babywear and cleaning clothes for any member of the family with sensitive skin.

Styling hint: decant the contents of the bag into glass jars and even the laundry can look Insta-perfect.

La Corvette Marseille's Olive Laundry Soap Flakes are certified as an Ecodetergent by Ecocert Greenlife according to the Ecocert standard, with 100% of the ingredients being of natural origin.

Find out more about Ecocert here.

La Corvette Marseille is also certified by The Union of SOAP professionals in Marseille, ensuring that the soap is made in a traditional cooking process in the cauldron of the period; is composed of the traditional Marseille soap from raw materials and exclusively vegetable oils, without additives, preservatives or perfumes and is made in a place of manufacture in the department of Bouches-du-Rhône, the historical cradle of the soap of Marseille

Find out more about La Corvette Marseille's historic place in Marseille soap-making by checking out Fora's BRANDS showcase here.

Ingredients: SOAP 30%;  sodium Olivate, sodium cocoate, Aqua (water), sodium chloride, sodium hydroxide

Made in France

750 grams

Mean, Green & Clean

The gentle cleaning properties of Marseille soap, based on pure vegetable oils, get a turbo boost from soap nuts in this stain-zapping bar.

Soapnuts, the dried berries of the Sapindus species, have become the chemical-free alternative to commercial laundry formulas. They contain natural surfactants that break up and remove dirt and grime from fabrics. Dirty gardening gear, aprons and worksheets are all fair game for this hard-working soap. Ridges on the bar allow you to give stained textiles a gentle scrub.

A lot easier and gentler than our great-grandmothers’ scrubbing boards, but a lot more effective!

250g

Ingredients:

Sodium Palmate, Aqua (Water), Sodium Palm Kernelate, Sapindus Mukorossi, Glycerin, Sodium Chloride, Sodium Hydroxide, Tetrasodium EDTA, Tetrasodium Etidronate.

Scrub your grub

Whether you’re preparing fruit and veg carefully cultivated in your own backyard or heroically carried home from a farmers’ market, this is the perfect thing to scrub your grub. A simple tool that does a specific job and does it beautifully. 

The Tradition line is still made as it was more than 70 years ago, in varnished beechwood with natural fibres. Artisan-made in small number using locally grown consciously-sourced wood and natural fibres. 

The two ends give you a choice of bristle suited to the job. Use the soft one for delicate produce like stone fruit or tomatoes, and the harder set to scrub potatoes, ginger and other sturdy stuff like lebanese cucumbers.

Even the simple act of cleaning vegetables can be a chance to admire the beauty of the materials and the simplicity of the form, creating a small moment of grace and beauty in an ordinary day.

Materials: Waxed beech, mixed vegetable fibres

Weight: 4.54 g

Dimensions: 14  (l) x 4 (w) x 5 h (cm)

Made in France

Raise the bar

In the 17th century, King Louis XIV decreed that only soap made from pure olive oil could be branded as Marseille — that’s how seriously the French take their soap.

Complementing the ever-reliable Andree Jardin dishwashing brush is this deliciously fresh-scented Sage & Basil dish bar soap.

If you are ready to switch from plastic packaged liquid soap to bar soap for dishwashing or household cleaning, make sure you choose a good quality one that is a pleasure to work with. It'll take the mundane out of the task and save your hands too.

Use it with your brush in the kitchen or for cleaning plant pots, tools, and the like.

Andrée Jardin has been making French home essentials that are as beautiful as they are useful for over 70 years, and this certified organic bar soap is no exception. It deep cleans and degreases without leaving any residue.

Size: 250 g

Made in  France

Stop and Smell the Basil

As nature lovers, we know some scents in the garden make us happy and we want to bring as much of the beautiful, natural outdoor scents inside.  Andrée Jardin has been making French home essentials that are as beautiful as they are useful for over 70 years, and this organic household soap is no exception.

Not just for dishes, you can use this organic, sweetly scented organic olive oil liquid soap for your plant pots, pot saucers, vases, and craft materials.  It deep cleans and degreases leaving no residue, all thanks to Marseille soap and olive oil which is gentle and lovely on hands.

Volume: 500ml
Made in France

The Final Rinse

We all want the health and planet-saving benefits of eating more plant foods, but the irony is that often means dealing with pesticides, waxes and stray agricultural chemicals, not to mention ordinary dirt and mould spores.

Tuck into fresh produce with total confidence by giving them a gentle yet thorough clean with Koala Eco’s all-natural cleaning wash for fruit and veg, based on essential oils. Inside the recycled packaging you’ll find no phosphates, synthetic dyes or fragrance, palm oil or other environment nasties, just an all-natural formula with powerful antimicrobial and antifungal properties. And it leaves no taste in your produce apart from what nature intended.

Sustainability is front of mind for Koala Eco,  producing a range Australian cleaning products that won't have you fainting with chemical overload, while helping to protect the plant also.

Learn more about Koala Eco's ethos here.

Volume: 500ml