FROM ALEPPO, SYRIA TO TURKEY.
This is Najaroglu…
Mid 80’s – Mr. Samir Najar started working in the detergents industry in Aleppo, Syria.
Later on, Mr. Najar decided to go back to his roots by making the famous Aleppo soap, a tradition which he’s inherited from his mother’s family.
He continued working in this industry and improving upon this ancient soap by relying on science and research.
2006 – After a lot of studying, he was finally able to add liquid Aleppo soap and many other products based on laurel and olive oils to his production line.
2013 – Due to the pressure of the Syrian war, Samer fled the country with his family to Gaziantep, located in the south of Turkey near the Syrian borders, where he started from ground-zero all over again.
2018 – Mr. Najar was finally able re-establish his company under the name Najaroglu.
What are the steps for making Aleppo soap?
The process of making Aleppo soap takes about 6 months! crazy right? The steps of making this ancient soap hasn’t changed in centuries.
It all starts by cooking olive and laurel oils in a cauldron, a process that takes around 2 days.
On the 3rd day, we start start filling wide channels with the hot liquid soap we’ve been cooking for the past 48 hours.
After letting the green liquid rest and solidfy for about 12 hours, we start cutting it to the shape of cubes and stamp each cube with our authentic logo in arabic that translates to (Dar Najar).
Later on we start collecting those green cubes and placing them on pallets in the shape of a pyramid to let them rest for the next 6 months!
During this long period of time the soap goes through the cold, spring and hot weathers to rest and lose most of its water, hence the soap ends up looking asymmetric.
Our company takes pride in the fact that we rely on natural ingredients in all our products for your safety, your loved ones, and, of course, our environment. Our non-stop search to replace artificial and manufactured materials with natural and environmentally friendly ones won’t stop.
We’re the manufactures of traditional Aleppo soap in a wide range of laurel oil percentages, including Pure olive oil, and many fragranced Aleppo soaps.
Under the name of our brand DAR NAJAR.
We are also working on our new liquid soap line based on olive and laurel oils, Our production line will include liquid soaps, shampoos, shower gels and more on the way!
Under the name of our brand ROBINA.