ALEPEO - LA SAVONNERIE ARTISANALE D'ALEP

From Engineer to Master Soapmaker of Aleppo. In 1989, Riad BASMAJI (RB), "originally from Aleppo, his hometown," completed his higher education to obtain his Doctorate in Earth Sciences from the Paris Observatory. He applied his knowledge to several French companies. His discovery of the virtues of Aleppo soap was a pure coincidence. In 1993, during a stay in Cannes, RB developed a fungal infection between his thighs. For 4 years, this skin condition would disappear and reappear periodically. In 1997, his sister, who had come from Aleppo in Syria, visited him in France. She gave her brother a gift: an Aleppo soap. At that time, this soap did not yet exist in France or Europe. RB used the Aleppo soap for his body hygiene. To his pleasant surprise, after 3 months, the fungal issue had completely disappeared. This personal story was the trigger for him to study this miraculous soap in depth and ensure that everyone could benefit from its virtues. A great love and passion for Aleppo soap were born. In 2001, in collaboration with two friends, he created a company to distribute Aleppo soap in France. The imprecision of the percentage of laurel berry oil practiced by the majority of Aleppo soap makers led him in 2003 to open his first soap factory in the Aleppo region (Kafar Naha). The goal was to master the production of his Aleppo soap from start to finish.