Wembé is a new company selling all-natural soaps crafted in Paraguay. Taking the rainforest as inspiration, Wembé has concocted more than a dozen blends of fruits, flowers, cocoa butters, and plant extracts, many of them native to South America. The handmade soaps are shipped to New York and distributed from the company’s Brooklyn offices, spreading a bit of “Amazonian soul” to bathrooms throughout the city and beyond.
The word “wembé” is a variation on “guembé,” a name for the “monster fruit” trees that grow throughout the Amazon rainforest region. None of Wembé’s soaps actually include guembé fruit or leaves, but they’re packed with plenty of other lush ingredients. Of the varieties I’ve tried so far, my favorites are the Snow Cleansing Blend and the White Rose Cleansing Blend…