HANDMADE* ARTISAN* SOAP FROM TURKEY

Dalan
Turkish olive oil soap

HANDMADE
180G BAR SOAP
9.6OUT OF 10
WORTH IT
*MLM002*
LINE No. 002 · AMAZON

BEST IN THE SHOWER USE IT IN A BAG LEGACY · REVIEWED FROM MEMORY

← ALL SOAPS

Big bars, big smells, big lather, hand made for you (and everyone else)
THE VERDICT
“The gold standard of olive oil soap”
Heavy hitter: 9+ club
Heavy hitter · 9+ club
Manager's choice: Best in bay
Manager's choice · Best in bay
Daily driver: Shower staple
Daily driver · Shower staple
RANK1st OF 11 IN SOAPS
WASHES SO FAR 5 BY THE MAN
COST / WASH39p
TIERS

TYPICAL VALUES

MEASUREPER BAR
£ / BAR£1.93
PACK£9.65
WEIGHT180g
£ / GRAM£0.011
WASHES SO FAR5 WASHES
USED30 BARS

No completed cycle for this bar yet. It has not been tracked from new through to finished, so there is no full wash count for it: anything above is a running total, not how long the bar lasts.

THE SHAPE OF IT
LATHER · 10.0 SCENT · 9.0 VALUE · 9.0 LASTS · 10.0 SKIN · 9.7
Five lines, one fingerprint.
AXIS BREAKDOWN
LATHER
10.0
SCENT
9.0
VALUE
9.0
LASTS
10.0
SKIN
9.7
DNA FINGERPRINT
BAGGED
One stripe per sub-score, height = score. Same scores yield the same fingerprint.
BAGGED, SCORE INFERRED
AXIS BY AXIS
01 · LATHER
10.0

This is the gold standard lather - lathers like no other, in a bag or out of a bag it's eager to foam, robust on the skin and forms dense peaks. This is the one.

02 · SCENT
9.0

Fills the bathroom with a nice aroma which is hightened significantly in use, and remains well into the day. Strong scent performer.

03 · VALUE
9.0

Hand made in turkey - the packaging feels less premium than the soap is

04 · LASTS
10.0

The soap lasts well in a bag but does require keeping hung or outside the shower between washes to increase lifespan. If the soap is allowed to stay went and get soft then the lifespan will be reduced.

05 · SKIN
9.7

Simply the one for my skin - leaves my skin nourished and plump, and very soft.

INGREDIENTS, ABRIDGED
• Olive oil
• Salt
• Citronella oil
• Dipehyl Ether
• Isobornyl Acetate
• Pine Oil
TESTING METHOD
Showered daily in a plastic composite bag - large bag (big bar) fairly abrasive
VS OTHER SOAPS
Dalan Turkish olive oil soap
YOU’RE HERE
£1.93
9.6
Fresh and Fly Men's Soap Bar for Face, Body, Hair (300g mega bar)
£12.90
9.2
Pears Amber Moisturising Soap Bar
£1.21
8.6
Pears Pure and Gentle
£1.61
8.5
Oliva olive oil soap (600g mega bar)
£7.77
7.2
Garli Orhan Pure olive oil soap
£1.67
6.2
Little Soap Company Olive Oil Soap
£2.80
6.1
Palmolive Naturals
£1.50
5.8
Tabac Original Luxury soap
£11.14
5.8
Imperial Leather Original Soap
£0.93
5.6
Wright's Traditional Coal Tar Soap
£1.60
4.8
THE FULL VERDICT

This soap is the best olive oil soap you can get. Big bars, low prices, hand made - the list goes on! the lather is strong, forms peaks, is robust on the skin and leaves the skin nourished and soft. The smell is fantastic, nice bathroom aroma and resides well into the day. There is a few criticisms - there is more ingredients than you would maybe want in an olive oil soap and it comes in a plastic wrap.

Ethical discaimer, it's a shame this is a huge multinational who makes the soap and unsure exactly how hand made it is. Also quite a lot of ingredients, but, still - my grail soap.

BUY ON AMAZON, £9.65 (£1.93/BAR) →
AFFILIATE LINK, AT NO COST TO YOU

There is one of these in the room right now, so it might turn up in a box: four things off the same shelf for £15 plus postage.

← PREVIOUS: OLIVA OLIVE OIL SOAP (600G MEGA BAR) NEXT: GARLI ORHAN PURE OLIVE OIL SOAP → REVIEWED 24 MAY 2026