The story
Ach. Brito was founded by Ferdinand Claus and Georges Ph. Schweder, two Germans who had chosen to settle in Portugal. They started, in 1887, Claus & Schweder, the first national soap and perfume factory. The products were sold under the brand "FPC – Fábrica de Produtos Chimicos Claus & Schweder, Sucrs".
The soaps are made by manually milling them, and then after drying, workers wrap them in colorful Art Deco wrapping. Oprah Winfrey included them on her list of Oprah's Favorite Things in 2007, calling them "a labor of love".
From Wikipedia’s article on Ach. Brito, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3