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Edirne Mis Fruit Soap is a symbol of a soap-making tradition spanning from the Ottoman period to the present day. In the 1600s, soaps shaped in the Ottoman palace using ingredients such as musk, amber, and rose essence were produced in fruit forms and presented as valuable gifts to the palace and diplomatic elites. Their appearance in historical sources as “palace soap” and “sultan’s soap” reflects both the priority given to palace orders and the high sensitivity toward hygiene and presentation.