I'm just about to finish a batch of soap.  I actually made the soap base a while ago and now will "French mill" the soap.  That just means I grate the basic soap, melt it, and add a fragrance.  Then I pour it back into molds and let it get hard again.  However, just because my soap is handmade doesn't make it organic.  I didn't use organic olive oil when I made my basic castile soap.  I also don't think I can even find organic lye which is an essential ingredient for soap.  So how can soap be organic?  Well...according to the standards for organic labeling, it really can't be "organic" unless 95% of the weight of the product (without counting water) is made up of certified organic ingredients.  Very few soaps and cosmetic products fall into that category.  Unless they have this label they are probably just mentioning organic on their label to make their product attractive to people who are looking for organic products.  Still, is my soap better than average regarding safety?  I think it is because there are many chemicals not in my soap that are in others.   My soap is made of sodium hydroxide (lye), olive oil, water, and lavender oil.  That's it.  So, even though it's not organic, I know what's in it and can at least feel good about that.  Besides, it really smells great!