La Compagnie de Provence Marseile Palm Oil Soap Cube

This is one of those wonderfully old-world products that makes modern life feel a little less disposable. La Compagnie de Provence’s Marseille soap cube is traditionally cooked in a cauldron and formulated with 72% oil — a simple, fragrance-free bar designed to clean hands and body and to handle practical household jobs as well.

Use it at the sink, keep one in the laundry room for hand-washing and pretreating appropriate textiles, or give it with beautiful linens as a thoughtful house gift. There is something very satisfying about an object this unfussy doing so many things well.

• Traditional Marseille soap cube
• 72% oil
• Fragrance free
• Suitable for hands, body, and manufacturer-recommended household/laundry uses

The Cove Edit: Beautiful utility is its own kind of luxury — especially when the thing on the sink has a story behind it.