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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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Nsky62 · 13/06/2026 14:56

Allseeingallknowing · 13/06/2026 14:39

You have a very clean cat?

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Of course, he washes without soap!

CaptainMyCaptain · 13/06/2026 14:54

70isaLimitNotaTarget · 13/06/2026 14:00

I bought some of the small bars for my mum, she never wore perfume but liked rose or lavender scents .
Also the type of person who put nice soap in a drawer "to make the clothes smell nice "

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We keep ours in the airing cupboard with towels and sheets until it goes into the bathroom. It does smell nice.

Boiledbeetle · 13/06/2026 14:52

anotherdaytosmile · 13/06/2026 12:28

Please be careful how you vote. I’m going to use this as evidence to ban the stuff from the house

As someone who has Imperial Leather soap currently sat on a soap dish in the bathroom, AND an emergency roll of Izal in the bathroom cupboard I'm siding with your husband.

Sorry.

Shinyandnew1 · 13/06/2026 14:50

Grohlette · 13/06/2026 14:49

YABBU! Bar soap is so dated and messy. Choose a nice liquid soap…I love shopping in TK Maxx for some of the gorgeous smelling Pecksniffs or Vivian Gray …so much more nicely scented and unisex !

Nooo, liquid soap is so dated and bad for the environment! 😜

Grohlette · 13/06/2026 14:49

YABBU! Bar soap is so dated and messy. Choose a nice liquid soap…I love shopping in TK Maxx for some of the gorgeous smelling Pecksniffs or Vivian Gray …so much more nicely scented and unisex !

TheFarriersDaughter · 13/06/2026 14:49

Dove is not soap, btw.

Nasty stuff.

FastFood · 13/06/2026 14:48

Do you realise that you breathe the same air as everyone else? That this cute little atom of carbon has already been into other lungs, nostrils, poo, dead dinosaur and what not? Actually, it's been around for minimum 13 billion years.

Canle1905 · 13/06/2026 14:47

I think there has been a resurgence in soap making. I am a soap fan and love finding different fragrances from small businesses in Scotland. If I buy too many I put them in drawers with my clothes.

DierdreDaphne · 13/06/2026 14:44

HoskinsChoice · 13/06/2026 12:44

You're both unreasonable. Who uses bars of soap in the 21st century!?! Makes me feel a bit nauseous. 🤢

My MiL. She used to bring here special bar of a particularly minging one (dove?) and wanted to leave it here to 'save luggage'.

MiL you are very welcome to use our shower gel.

Slightyamusedandsilly · 13/06/2026 14:44

Neither is right. IL isn't classy but neither is JM.

FastFood · 13/06/2026 14:44

Only on MN can soap be considered dirty

6ate9 · 13/06/2026 14:44

Marycontrarygarden · 13/06/2026 12:35

Bar soap? That everyone uses? Ugh

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I thought that too!!

dementedpixie · 13/06/2026 14:41

Theres a white version of imperial leather - gentle care

Dd bought me the wee soap selection from here last Christmas and they were all very nice.
www.wideye.co.uk/collections/soap?srsltid=AfmBOopME1J8YY6KCq4F6nVctSxEhAqS4QpJyiuEGrfooXh73fgRndb5

Fizzybluewater · 13/06/2026 14:41

WhereYouLeftIt · 13/06/2026 14:24

£20? Shock <faints>

What a lot of bollys for a bar of soap - most likely made in same factory as a dozen cheaper varieties.
Still each to their own🙄

FatRosie · 13/06/2026 14:41

Allseeingallknowing · 13/06/2026 14:39

You have a very clean cat?

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My cat self-cleans. Is she doing it wrong?

Sunnyyetnotsunny · 13/06/2026 14:41

WhereYouLeftIt · 13/06/2026 14:24

£20? Shock <faints>

Bloody hell that's more than Aleppo soap and that one is a speciality 😂

Allseeingallknowing · 13/06/2026 14:39

Nsky62 · 13/06/2026 14:37

I prefer liquid handwash, Bio s unfragranced easy to use and buy in 5 litres, lasts ages, just cat and I

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You have a very clean cat?

Nsky62 · 13/06/2026 14:37

Ineedanewsofa · 13/06/2026 12:47

What’s with all the hate for bar soap?! It’s much better for the environment than handwash in plastic bottles and it lasts longer. We are a Pears household, DF loved a bit of IL though…

I prefer liquid handwash, Bio s unfragranced easy to use and buy in 5 litres, lasts ages, just cat and I

SqueakyDinosaur · 13/06/2026 14:35

Chateau du Savon do excellent Marseille soaps quite reasonably - I just tend to order a mixed dozen every now and then. One of the soaps is called Fanny, and I'm childish enough to be amused by that, but there's also a black one called Pavot, which used to be called Opium as it's a poppyseed one, and that one is absolutely delicious.

Can't bear shower gels, they make me feel slimy. I grew up in and have most lived in hard water areas so that's what I'm used to and therefore prefer.

queenMab99 · 13/06/2026 14:34

Ugh! Imperial leather smells like old men.

PuggyPuggyPuggy · 13/06/2026 14:34

This made me think it must be chicken flavour:
Husband loves IL but we won't buy it as the cat goes mad licking the bath after his shower. Doesn't happen with any other soap

But then came this:
I’ll never even consider giving DH a BJ unless he’s used imperial leather on his nethers

😂😂😂

diddl · 13/06/2026 14:33

DidYeAye16 · 13/06/2026 14:11

If anyone used the same soap as me id be disgusted. I've got a tropics one and everyone else uses shower gel. Why don't you just get what you want and use different soap.

What on earth would they be doing with it that would disgust you?

ToadRage · 13/06/2026 14:31

There is nothing wrong with imperial leather. It's what my husband uses. I wouldn't say it's luxury but it smells nice and does the job, why spend a fortune on soap?

hotchocinsummer · 13/06/2026 14:29

God I LOVE soap! Waitrose do a lovely geranium one (I prob smell like a grandma)
I buy net bags from Amazon for my soaps, perfect!
best one I ever had was rituals, the entire house smelt amazing
you have your soap, let him have his

GinToBegin · 13/06/2026 14:29

WhereYouLeftIt · 13/06/2026 14:24

£20? Shock <faints>

£200 per kilo. Grin

For that price, I’d want it to apply itself, rinse me off, towel me dry, and fix me a stonking great gin and tonic afterwards.

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