BIG BAR - CUT YOURSELF AT HOME
Oliva olive oil soap (600g mega bar) (Big bar)
makes a mess
THE VERDICT
“The value is good for the size but there is added steps involve - cutting your own soap...”
7.2
/ 10
RANK
4th of 8 in soaps
THIS BAR DOES
1
wash
B
PRICE
£7.77
WEIGHT
600g
£ / GRAM
£0.013
THE SHAPE OF IT
Five lines, one fingerprint.
AXIS BREAKDOWN
LATHER
7.0
SCENT
7.7
VALUE
7.0
LASTS
9.0
SKIN
6.0
DNA FINGERPRINT
BAGGED
One stripe per sub-score, height = score. Same scores yield the same fingerprint.
BAGGED, SCORE INFERRED
AXIS BY AXIS
01 · LATHER
7.0
The lather collapses more than I like in a soap, and drags fast
02 · SCENT
7.7
The scent holds up and isn't strange, nice olive
03 · VALUE
7.0
The soap is an artisan soap, not handmade, cut at home is not premium
04 · LASTS
9.0
This scores badly as it was bagged
05 · SKIN
6.0
This is a shower soap not a hand soap - it is not very long lasting
INGREDIENTS, ABRIDGED
•
Olive oil
•
Water
•
Sea salt
TESTING METHOD
Shower - large bag
VS OTHER SOAPS
Oliva olive oil soap (600g mega bar)
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£9.67
8.5
Garli Orhan Pure olive oil soap
£1.67
6.2
Palmolive Naturals
£1.50
5.8
Imperial Leather Original Soap
£0.93
5.6
Wright's Traditional Coal Tar Soap
£2.24
4.8
THE FULL VERDICT
This is a nice soap - everything you want from an olive oil soap. Not quite the gold standard, the value proposition is good but your time costs as well - so remember than when you're cleaning soap shards off your kitchen cutting board. Requires a bag due to huge fragmentation if cut cold - mitigate by microwaving quickly or cutting with a cheese wire. Minimal ingredients, comes in a box, no plastic.
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