Behind every ingredient there's a reason.
It started with wedding favours.
A friend asked Lucia for handmade soap for her wedding favours. That was in 2016. Today the workshop stands in Prievidza and the portfolio holds over 260 recipes — and Lucia named every one herself.
Lucia Kaplánová studied environmental chemistry. You can feel it in the soapery — not sterile, but precise. She knows why castor oil helps eczema, why olive oil penetrates deep and why soap has to wait three weeks before it's allowed to reach you.
For us chemistry isn't a necessary evil. It's part of the story. The saponification equation is our declared motif — because a customer who understands doesn't have to believe blindly.
2016
268
21 days
Milestones
Step by step. No shortcuts.
| 2016 | The first soaps — wedding favours for a friend. A beginning nobody planned. |
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| 2018 | Our own workshop in Prievidza. A hobby becomes a craft. |
| 2024 | The portfolio passes 260 recipes — each with a name, an origin and a reason. |
| 2026 | Rebrand with monokel.sk and a new online store. Soap with an origin gets its face. |
Years indicative — exact milestones to be confirmed.
(WHAT WE CARE ABOUT)
Four things we won't change.
Every ingredient has a name.No pig in a poke. For every soap we tell you what's in it and why.
Hand-cut, not perfect.Every bar is different, cures and has character. Handwork isn't marketing, it's how we make it.
From Prievidza, unashamed.We're a Slovak product that isn't ashamed to be small and handmade. Local as pride, not folklore.
Beauty and responsibility don't conflict.Poetic names, no palm oil, recycled packaging, minimal waste.
“You can feel it in the soapery. Not sterile, but precise.”
