Papoutsanis – Greek Pure Olive Oil Soap

“The Last Soap”

Comes in a cute cardboard box with a lemon-shaped hole in it, to reveal the soap—which is exactly the same color as the box—ha! Most of the lettering is in excellent looking Greek. You have to be a detective to even find the brand name in English. (Been in business since 1870!) A really nice, pure, olive oil soap—almost no fragrance (smells like olive oil soap)—though it doesn’t float, like the crazy Aleppo soaps. I bought this at the cash register at the legendary Omega Restaurant, on South 27th Street in Milwaukee, on a rare, these days, visit. It used to be my favorite diner in town, but I don’t get out there much lately. I’m all for stuff like this—selling Greek soap at a Greek family restaurant—why not? And especially because it’s only a couple of dollars—and it’s fine soap. Olive oil soap is the best—especially for people with sensitive skin. If I lived out there, and didn’t need to keep exploring a new soap variety every couple of weeks, this place might once again be my hangout, and this the last soap I’d need to buy.

Soap Review No. 207