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From the very beginning, daughter Valesca supported the small but exquisite business. Initially, she worked during school holidays or whenever her schedule allowed in the shop, which offers a wide variety of soap creations made with precious Sylt products. These range from the pink Sylt rose soap, made with the popular Rosa rugosa, an integral part of the island's landscape, to the elegant Sylt oyster soap and the coffee soap made with beans from the Rantum coffee roastery. 

From Sylt rose petals, oyster shells and more

The team at the Sylt soap manufactory collects the rose petals and oyster shells themselves. This guarantees that only high-quality Sylt products are used. With their production facility in Morsum, they are unique on the island, and their soap is the original. While other soaps bearing the Sylt name are now circulating, Valesca and Kirsten Deppe are the only ones who lovingly handcraft theirs on the island. Their success speaks for itself, even despite their rather unusual location in rural Morsum, far from the beaten track. "Nobody goes there," some might have thought. But they do! So many people, in fact, that a move to larger premises became necessary. 

This coincided with the pandemic lockdown, an ideal moment to pack boxes in peace and quiet. But leaving Morsum? That was out of the question, because the perfect shop space and kitchen had become available diagonally across the street. "We were able to move at our own pace and carry everything over piece by piece," Valesca recalls of this extraordinary time. Alongside this, she set up an online shop for the Sylt soap manufactory to continue serving customers. Completely self-taught and on her own. "YouTube videos and online research made it possible," says the trained tourism professional, who briefly gained experience in Kiel before finally finding her way back to the island. Fortunately. This means the business can remain in the family.