- The price of each bar of soap is aligned with the total weight of the soap, including the white tissue paper and the matching wrapper. The wrapper is needed to protect the soap, to recognize the name of the soap and to guarantee an hygienical unpacking of the sending at home, and the storage in a drawer or cupboard, before using.
- The price varies per bar of soap, since the price is aligned with the weight per soap. The weight varies because of the manually slicing of the soap loafs. The price per gram is 1.00 NOK. This means that
- an average weight of 125 grams costs 125 NOK.
- The price per gram of Daphne soap is 1.50 NOK which means that an average weight of 125 grams costs 187,50 NOK.
The slicing of the soap loaves – Each soap loaf is cut into bars with a simple soap cutter and a metal mould. There is space between the cutter and the openings in the metal mould. Therefore, accurate results are unfortunately not possible. A batch is a total of two loaves, which can be cut into approximately 16 to 18, sometimes 20 bars. The weight of each bar varies between 115 and 140 grams and therefore the price is calculated per gram. The supplier of the soap cutter and the metal mould is “Soap Queen“. This supplier also sells very precise soap cutting-devices, but they are too expensive for a small quantity.
- All Cretan-Garden soaps, except the Daphne soap, contain essential oils. The price per sort of essential oil differs, but this is not passed on in the price. In total, 20 millilitres of essential oil are used per batch, which is 2 loafs, or 16–20 bars.
- Cretan-Garden soaps are hygienically wrapped in white silk paper, and a cover, which is printed by Hallingtrykk in Gol, Norway. The costs have been passed on in the weight of the soap, while wrapped.
- The rising olive oil prices could have an impact on the price in the near future. Since Cretan-Garden is a small business company, with a low production, there is at this moment no reason yet to pass this on in the price.