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Summary
Overview
Virgilio Valobra founded his soap factory in Genoa (Liguria), Italy in 1903, aiming to preserve the technique of the 18th-century soap masters that had developed along the coast from Portofino to Marseille.
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Timeline
History
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Range
Signature products
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Formulation & philosophy
Ingredients & philosophy
A heritage Italian soap house founded in Genoa in 1903 that preserves 18th-century Ligurian/Marseille soap-making traditions, producing triple-milled bath and shaving soaps by slow artisanal methods (six-month seasoning, six-fold milling, hand-wrapping).
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Group
Ownership & group
2018
Valobra (historic Genoan toilet-soap brand) acquired by Ludovico Martelli S.r.l.↗
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See also
Related brands
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References
Sources
T1 primary · T2 secondary · T3 note- [1]T3it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludovico_Martelliwikipedia
- [2]T4valley-beauty.com/valobra/external_other
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- [4]T4heldenlounge.de/en/Valobra/external_other
- [5]T4classicshaving.com/blogs/shaving101-com/193-valobra-soft-shaving-soapexternal_other
- [6]T4pharmacyloreto.com/valobra-absolute-soap-45gexternal_other