In this photo taken Tuesday, March 17, 2020 Melanie Dinot, a retail worker at the Savonnerie de la Licorne poses for a portrait hours before nationwide confinement measures were in effect in Marseille, southern France. Amid the rapid outbreak of the new coronavirus across Europe, the hallmark Marseille tradition of soap-making is enjoying a renaissance, as the French public rediscovers this essential local product. As French shops were ordered closed this week in a bid to co…
March 19, 2020
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March 19, 2020 12:27 a.m.
AP PHOTOS: Virus revives demand for traditional French soap
MARSEILLE, France (AP) — Amid the rapid spread of the new coronavirus across Europe, the hallmark Marseille tradition of soap-making is enjoying a renaissance, as the French rediscover an essential local product.