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Anybody remember karvol?

28 replies

Ladybird69 · 27/09/2023 00:14

When my children were little I used karvol capsules when they had colds. God I loved the smell, but I can’t find them anywhere. Do they still sell them? And where can I buy them? (Lol I’d sneakily rub some on my hanky! Sharing is caring 😁)

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Alphabet1spaghetti2 · 27/09/2023 00:23

Bloody loves the stuff. Still have some in the medicine cabinet.
it was stopped in 2013 as the licence to produce was lost. EBay has some for £30.

there is something called klearvol haven’t tried it but …?!

Alphabet1spaghetti2 · 27/09/2023 00:24

Genvol Plus capsule, Sinarest vapocaps, and Easibreathe inhalation capsules.

these are also supposed to be similar.

Doormatnomore · 27/09/2023 00:25

I searched high and low when the kids were small but couldn’t remember what it was called and chemists just gave me blank stares. How much does a licence to produce and a factory cost does anyone know???

ALongHardWinter · 27/09/2023 02:22

I remember using this back in the mid 80s,for my now 40 year old DD when she was a baby and toddler,as she seemed to have a permanent cold! I absolutely hated the smell of it!

LeonoraFlorence · 27/09/2023 04:46

They still do them but they definitely aren’t the same as when I was little! I do use them on DDs pillows if they have a bad cold.

OlizraWiteomQua · 27/09/2023 04:48

I remember Karvol but isn't it basically the same stuff as Olbas? It's just that it was supplied in single-dose capsules rather than a bottle?

NailyDale · 27/09/2023 05:01

OMG I once had a streaming cold and sat miserably in the bath trying to breathe. Had the brilliant (?) idea of bursting an olbas oil capsule into my bath (like a bath pearl. Remember them?). Only I had slippery fingers and managed to squeeze a jet into my EYE.

WellThisIsFun1 · 27/09/2023 06:17

You can get Klearvol in Boots now but it's not the same.

DinosApple · 27/09/2023 07:40

I loved Karvol! Reminds me of my grandma especially.

My mum kept breathing Karvol in from a hanky to try to stop coughing when she was in labour with me.

c0nfusedasalways · 27/09/2023 07:42

NailyDale · 27/09/2023 05:01

OMG I once had a streaming cold and sat miserably in the bath trying to breathe. Had the brilliant (?) idea of bursting an olbas oil capsule into my bath (like a bath pearl. Remember them?). Only I had slippery fingers and managed to squeeze a jet into my EYE.

ouch

Alphabet1spaghetti2 · 27/09/2023 12:23

OlizraWiteomQua · 27/09/2023 04:48

I remember Karvol but isn't it basically the same stuff as Olbas? It's just that it was supplied in single-dose capsules rather than a bottle?

No!! The sacrilege to even think they are the same 🤣

seriously though they are similar, they aren’t exact matches. Olbas isn’t as stringent iykyk

TokyoSushi · 27/09/2023 12:24

Oh yes! It was lovely!

APurpleSquirrel · 27/09/2023 12:26

I loved Karvol capsules - can still remember the smell. Tried to find them when I had DC but they'd stopped making them. The one's available now aren't right at all.
We now use the Kids Olbas - similar but not the same.

IHeartGeneHunt · 27/09/2023 12:27

Klearvol is pretty similar but not exactly the same. It's not cheap though!

cocksstrideintheevening · 27/09/2023 12:31

I also loved karvol and picked up some Klearvol at the weekend for my kids. It is just not the same!

And it is NOTHING like Olbas Oil!

Woahtherehoney · 27/09/2023 12:31

Yeah Klearvol is good just not the same - works a treat for my DSS’s colds and coughs though.

3luckystars · 27/09/2023 12:32

Yes I remember it and heard (years ago) that the factory burnt down and then there was licensing issues. I don’t know how true that is but I remember it too.

UpTheAnte · 27/09/2023 12:34

I loved Karvol! I mutter about it everytime I stick a Calpol plug-in in.

cherryassam · 27/09/2023 12:34

Oh I love the smell of Karvol! Super nostalgic - my mother swore by it for any respiratory ailment. I’d be sent to bed with one of my dad’s hankies basically soaked in the stuff.

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Ladybird69 · 27/09/2023 21:44

Ouch @NailyDale not a good move. What a shame that they had to stop making it wish we could get the ingredients I’d like candles, diffuser, max welts etc in that fragrance 🤣 awh for memories of mothers and grandmothers, dettol reminds me of my dear Nan.

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MrsPoliportsGoose · 27/09/2023 21:56

I still have some Karvol capsules in my medicine box, I must have bought loads on sale or something because I used it all the time when the kids were young. They're 19/20 now! I used some last month over a bowl of hot water when I had a cold.

Toddlerteaplease · 27/09/2023 21:57

Absolutely loved it!

Toddlerteaplease · 27/09/2023 21:58

I bought a karvol diffuser and a botokevof it for my friend a few years ago. I also had a bottle until a couple of years ago.

newaccountoldlurker · 27/09/2023 22:05

Sometimes, just sometimes my givenchy linterdit (edp not EDT, they smell completely different) gives me karvol capsules deja vu 😂 it doesn't smell like them though and I can't explain why!

BotterMon · 27/09/2023 22:09

Fabulous stuff. Please somebody bring it back!