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DH and I disagree about Soap 😳

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anotherdaytosmile · 13/06/2026 12:27

DH has put a fresh bar of soap out today, his trusty Imperial Leather. He thinks it’s a classy soap based on his childhood perspective in the late 1970s. I think it’s one step up from carbolic. I want Jo Malone soap 😢

AIBU - imperial leather is pure luxury
AINBU - what next, waxy toilet paper?

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maddiemookins16mum · 13/06/2026 22:00

I just remembered Cidal soap, used it as a teen!

OhThePotential · 13/06/2026 21:57

dementedpixie · 13/06/2026 21:54

Ive only seen the lemon flower green one in the shops

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It must be that one then, thanks x

dementedpixie · 13/06/2026 21:54

Ive only seen the lemon flower green one in the shops

BIossomtoes · 13/06/2026 21:44

OhThePotential · 13/06/2026 21:40

The green Pears has had so much love on this thread I have to try it now.

Oh…There are two green ones….Is it the Lemon Flower one or the ‘Pears Naturale’ with aloe that people are loving?

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I like the blue one.

OhThePotential · 13/06/2026 21:40

The green Pears has had so much love on this thread I have to try it now.

Oh…There are two green ones….Is it the Lemon Flower one or the ‘Pears Naturale’ with aloe that people are loving?

TeethAreImportant · 13/06/2026 21:37

Marycontrarygarden · 13/06/2026 12:35

Bar soap? That everyone uses? Ugh

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Just how dirty are the people who come to your house, if you are concerned that them using your soap, which is an actual CLEANING agent, is unhygienic?

diddl · 13/06/2026 21:30

This one.

TeethAreImportant · 13/06/2026 21:28

TotHappy · 13/06/2026 12:34

I like Pears. It turns you into a beautiful princess.

I love the green Pears, it scents the whole bathroom, so aromatic but clean smelling.

gingercat02 · 13/06/2026 21:27

My DH uses Shield (the 80s green marbled soap) i use Jo Malone. We have unscented hand soap on the wash basin, currently lovely French soap I brought back from skiing.

Allseeingallknowing · 13/06/2026 21:25

PickAChew · 13/06/2026 21:24

Found it for you?

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Fixed it for you!

Elsvieta · 13/06/2026 21:25

PickAChew · 13/06/2026 21:24

Found it for you?

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Aha! Thank you

PickAChew · 13/06/2026 21:24

Elsvieta · 13/06/2026 21:23

Huh, interesting. Although now my question is what FIFY is...

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Found it for you?

Elsvieta · 13/06/2026 21:23

Allseeingallknowing · 13/06/2026 15:48

FIFY!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Leather

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Huh, interesting. Although now my question is what FIFY is...

DisforDarkChocolate · 13/06/2026 21:23

CaptainMyCaptain · 13/06/2026 19:19

I've tried bar shampoo. It's ok but I haven't found a bar conditioner that doesn't leave my hair like straw.

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Have you tried the Friendly Soap Company's?

LittleGreenDragons · 13/06/2026 21:22

Still reading the thread but Shield is great. You feel clean, and the soap smells clean and fresh.

I had forgotten about Camay (my mum's favourite soap when I was a child), do they still sell it in supermarkets/pound shops??

Quashsquash · 13/06/2026 21:21

I think there may be a perfectly overlapping Venn diagram of MN users who think soap is distasteful and MN users who freak out about who is allowed to do what in which loo.

Shower gel, in addition to all the other flaws people have listed, takes an insane amount of time and water to rinse off. Soap rinses off quickly, taking all the dirt with it.

My current favourite is a German brand called Speick, which is a peculiar orange colour but smells so good!

Linencat · 13/06/2026 20:47

I dont @AndWorseAFemale

Nurse
Seen it all

diddl · 13/06/2026 20:45

Gatekeeper · 13/06/2026 20:42

I've just googled the ad and misremembered most of the advert!. Ah well...at least I remembered the soap and the plane...

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That's the only bit I remember.

I've got an image of the woman who played the mum but can't think of her name.

Any ideas?

Gatekeeper · 13/06/2026 20:42

diddl · 13/06/2026 20:11

They strapped the soap in as the plane changed course?

I've just googled the ad and misremembered most of the advert!. Ah well...at least I remembered the soap and the plane...

caringcarer · 13/06/2026 20:36

Shedmistress · 13/06/2026 12:41

I hate the smell of soaps. So team handwash for me.

Me too. I don't buy soap just antibacterial hand wash.

Gonnagetgoingreturnsagain · 13/06/2026 20:16

OhThePotential · 13/06/2026 19:31

Was it this?

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Yes.

diddl · 13/06/2026 20:11

They strapped the soap in as the plane changed course?

Gatekeeper · 13/06/2026 20:05

I remember an advert for Imperial Leather in the '80s. High falutin' parents and childer were in a bath aboard their private jet and asked the pilot to divert so the soap would float down to the father's end of the bath. Or summat like that Grin

itsgettingweird · 13/06/2026 19:55

You’re both wrong.

I use dettol soap!!!!