Last week we went to Edirne in order to take advantage of the excellent weathers. Edirne is the westernmost city of Turkey which has borders with Bulgaria and Greece. It was the capital city of the Ottoman Empire before Istanbul.
We visited lots of monuments and did some shopping. Above are the soaps that I bought from Edirne. They are special to this city and produced for centuries. Starting from 1600 these fruit shaped soaps loved and used by the lovely ladies of the Ottoman Harem..In those days these soaps were only produced for the palace, but now decorating my bathroom.
Have a great week and more photos from Edirne trip soon....
So pretty. Hard to believe they are soap. Must smell good.
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to your trip photos.
At first glance I thought those are fruits:) Lovely!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous photos, as days are very wet and grey over hear these colors felt as a treat.
ReplyDeleteImpressive collection of colors and good scents...harem soaps? How lovely now that everyone has the privilege of using these fruity delights!
ReplyDeleteI had to put my glasses on and still I am not sure .Lovely
ReplyDeleteWhat beautiful little soaps!
ReplyDeleteThose are great! Jennifer:)
ReplyDeleteDo I see little white soaps shaped liked heads of garlic? Not sure I would want to wash in that scent!!
ReplyDeleteYou create a beautiful vignette with the soaps.
I could eat all of them! :)
ReplyDeletethese are so colourful!! the smell must be intoxicating.
ReplyDelete~laura x
The soaps are beautiful. At first, I was looking for the soaps amid the fruit until I got down to the second picture. Lovely! Do they smell as delicious as they look? Works of art.
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I could pick a basketful of them and pretend I'm in the market!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely amazing. I can only imagine the smell. Wonderful, thank you so much. You continue to inspire on cold foggy days !
ReplyDeleteI have never seen soap that looks like fruit.
ReplyDeleteAlmost everything else it feels like, but not fruit. They look gorgeous and very realistic. :)
How lovely!
ReplyDeleteThe pictures are so pretty and colorful!
xoxo
Aysegul,
ReplyDeleteThe soaps and your pictures are so vivid and stunning! I love them
xx
These are absolutely gorgeous. Wow.
ReplyDeletewhat lovely soaps! I would want a big bowl on my kitchen table too!
ReplyDeleteLovely! :) XO
ReplyDeleteIf you are in Toronto we have a fruit soap store in Scarborough Town Centre our website is www.soapway.ca Thanks
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