Ortigia Melograno Soap is made of pure vegetable glycerine; wonderfully translucent, naturally coloured, and richly fragranced with the essence of exotic pomegranate.
Available from Abrahams store as either a single 40g bar or as a gift box of 4 bars of the same size.
Apples with seeds
The Melograno (italian for seeded apple) or pomegranate (old french for many seeded apple) is cultivated in the mediterannean area and has been since ancient times. Harvesting the fruit takes place during the autumn and winter months. The farmers often have to climb more than 20 ft high to reach the top of these huge trees. High in anti-oxidants and at only around 65 calories per 100g, they are a really healthy food possessing rejuvinating properties. Why not have a look at what the Skinny Chef has to say by following this link. His view is that “mystery and myth has surrounded this fruit” and but it’s also fair to say that pomegranates turn up in all sorts of odd places.
An odd place
For example, The Old House in Shrewsbury has some carved pomegranates as part of the Tudor interior. Why ? …. because the pomegranate was a motif used by Catherine of Aragon, daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella and mother of Mary Tudor, who depending on the particular version of the account, spent some of her youth in The Old House in Shrewsbury. Catherine, it seems, also left a legacy to the building’s owner and her one time servant, Anthony Rocke. There are plenty of ghost stories about the Old House and we have our own which certainly spooked us ! But it turned out to be more feline than phantom.
Melograno Perfume
Ortigia Melograno was perhaps inspired by the Melograno perfume originally produced in 1965 by the church based perfumier at Santa Maria Novella in Florence which is open to the public and well worth a visit . The station of the same name is nearby but does not merit a visit other than a great way to get into central Florence or vice versa, to get to Fiesole or the Arno Valley (if you are not after the culture, there’s a significant top brands shopping village near Rignano Sull’Arno).
See the full range of Ortigia Melograno products available at Abrahams Store here. Alternatively see the other fragrances by following the links below.
