This soap is made with Tea Tree essential oil, known for its natural antiseptic properties, which it has a long history of traditional use. Australian aborigines used Tea Tree leaves for healing skin cuts, burns, and infections by crushing the leaves and applying them to the affected area and the Westerns world have long since adopted many of these uses. If you like Tea Tree then this is for you and if you simply appreciate the properties the oil offers, then it is a good bar to have in the cupboard - just in case.