Have you ever wondered why most bars of soap crack after a few uses? Many people have opted to buy liquid soap because they don't like the look of unsightly cracks that absorb dirt. Many people also opt to have a bar of "display" soap that they don't use because it looks pretty until you use it. Pineapple Home Apothecary soap does not crack. My soap is cold-process soap and it differs from the "triple-milled" or "French milled" soap that cracks after several uses or gets mush

Shakespearean quotations aside, Pineapple Home Apothecary's name references some interesting history that I think is pretty "sweet." In Georgian England and Colonial America, pineapples were so highly prized, rare and expensive, that the wealthy rented them to display for dinner parties. Their place on a table was a symbol of exquisite taste and hospitality as the hostess would go to great lengths to provide them for her guests either to enjoy visually or, on rarer occasions,