Things I Love: Morocco

There are a million treasures to choose from throughout your travels in Morocco. Most of ours came from the souk in Marrakech. You can really get addicted to the bargaining process and it's hard to stop. Most nights, when it was time to go I'd be like "Just one more stall. That's all i need."
 I'm reminded daily of our travels when I see or smell some of these treasures!

                         Pretty rose smelling potpourri from our favorite stall in the spice souk.

 Incredible, Incredible smelling Moroccan Mint tea soap. I finally unwrapped this baby after a month of hoarding it. It's what inspired this post. It smells exactly like sugar sweet Moroccan mint tea that would make your hands sticky to wash with but doesn't. It's so good you want to eat it. I'm not kidding. Where was this when I was a foul mouthed teen??

                                             Leopard print Babouches. Come on! I had to!!!!!

                                         Also available in every color and size you can think of.

This pretty handmade saddle bag was an end of the night impulse buy, but I'm so glad I did.
 The only draw back is, it's a little smelly. Much like many and most of the handmade leather products there. I want to think over time and use the smell will fade? You can visit the tanneries, we didn't, but it's suggested you bring a scarf to cover your nose and, I'll add, a tub of Vicks Vapo Rub. I heard the mint leaves they give you to dangle under your nose just don't do the trick.

Refreshing smelling rose water. This was purchased in Tangier a few hours before our flight back to Brussels. My last Moroccan fix!

A trip to Morocco is not complete without a Hammam treatment. We made sure we came home with the black soap made from the kernel of the olive nut used to soften skin and prepare it for it's heavy sloughing!  We'd need a sauna and steam room to really do it right, so if you see 2 weirdos covered in black soap at the spa... it's not us.

Ahh. The infamous Argan oil. Currently making the rounds as the newest beauty and health cure all oil. I haven't used enough to look 20 again but I do hope for improvements in the future! It's easy to find argan oil all over the souks and everywhere else in Morocco, but as I've mentioned in the Essaouira post, we stopped at a Women's Cooperative, Beladi,  just before we entered the seaside town to purchase our "pure" oils.


AND OF COURSE! Our two prized rugs that have made cameos in the above photos.
Artisanat de Sud- 35 souk de Tapis #109-111

All Items available at the Marrakech souk at Djemaa El Fna -
Argan Oil and mint soap from Beladi Women's Argan Oil Cooperative is located on the main road headed for Essaouira.