Soap Black Edition

Castelbel Porto – Portus Cale Black Edition Soap

The Portus Cale Black Edition Soap by Castelbel Porto is Castelbel's first true soap for men. Warm notes of cedar, amber, and musk are complemented by a fresh citrus top note. The black color of the Black Edition soap is a particular eye-catcher. The 150g bar of soap is just the right size for washing hands, stays fragrant down to the last piece, and produces a creamy, aromatic lather.

Portus Cale – Tradition and craftsmanship from Portugal

The production of natural soaps has a 300-year-old tradition in Portugal – Castelbel's own history began in 1999, when Aquiles Barros, a respected professor of chemistry and former employee of the soap manufacturer Ach Brito, decided to start something new and unique.

Not far from the port city of Porto in northern Portugal lies the small village of Castêlo da Maia, which served as both the company headquarters and the namesake: Castelbel – beautiful castle.

At the beginning, Castelbel produced private labels for a New York department store, and later for Galeries Lafayette in Paris. The name Castelbel remained hidden. The Castelbel Ambiente series (lavender, rose, verbena) was launched in 2006, and the success story began. A major contribution to this has been the wonderful room fragrances in magnificent glass diffusers, which are exported from Portugal all over the world.

A year later, the exclusive Portus Cale series followed, which has found enthusiasts with its Portuguese product design here as well as in Dubai, South Africa, and Japan, and delights museum guests in the restrooms of the Louvre in Paris.