Whitechapel Seasonal Tallow Shaving Soap Phoenix and Beau

What does it smell of? Smoke, leather, sweet and dark, Whitechapel is an accord of six notes. Vetiver accommodates the profiles smokey edge, whilst sandalwood and leather reinforce its deep base with their thick richness. A hint of chocolate traces its way through the profile like a wispy London fog and jasmine and ylang-ylang provide a soft floral contrast to the profiles dark heart.

Why is it called Whitechapel? In December 2016 we held a contest where the prize was the winner got to name and outline the scent profile for our Autumn 2017 seasonal soap; Whitechapel is that soap and was named and proposed by a North American Gentleman called Rodney McAlpin.

His inspiration is as follows:

“At the end of Summer in 1888 England, there were 5 murders that all happened in the same place. They call them The Canonical Five, and their deaths memorialised this place. All were different women, but killed by the same man. His name, Jack the Ripper (Leather Apron), who was never caught. The place, WHITECHAPEL. 

1. Mary Ann Nichols (Mother of 5) – Her body was found on Buck’s Row (Durward St) which is behind the Underground Train Station. The scent: SMOKE. 

2. Annie Chapman (Mother of 3) – Her body was discovered in the backyard of 29 Hanbury St. On the other side of the street was Old Truman Brewery that made Porters. The scent: CHOCOLATE/CARAMEL. 

3. Elizabeth Stride (Long Liz) – Discovered in Dutfield’s Yard off Berner St (Henriques St). A witness saw her with a man that night and said, “Watch out, that’s Leather Apron getting round you”. The Scent: LEATHER. 

4. Catherine Eddowes (Mother of 3) – Murdered in the south corner of Mitre Square. A flower bed and bench now stand near where her body was found. Scent: LILAC.

 
5. Mary Jane Kelly – Discovered in her bed at 13 Miller’s Court off Dorset St. A Rookery of Doss-Houses, a scent you would smell on any given day would be: TOBACCO. The Soap – Leather, Lilac and Tobacco. With a hint of porter (Chocolate and Caramel) and a whiff of Smoke. 

It would be only fitting to name this soap after the place where these women resided and lost their lives: WHITECHAPEL“

Please note Whitechapel is a medium scent strength and we have found it matures with age. 

Attention to detail: Our enterprise is an intimate family operation where we focus on the detail, quality and aesthetic of our products and we focus on you, our customer. An example is how we use our own hands to blend each essential oil accord. These are carefully meted out recipes that are made one batch at a time and added to the just made soap.

N.b. Our soap is a thirsty beast. For a better understanding please take a moment and watch my guide on how to lather.

Ingredients: Potassium stearate, aqua, potassium tallowate (bovine), potassium castorate, cocos lactate, glycerin, potassium safflowerate, potassium shea butterate, lanolin, allantoin, tussah silk and essential oils. Essential oils: vetiver, sandalwood, jasmine absolute, ylang ylang, leather (fragrance oil) and chocolate (fragrance oil).