DH and I disagree about Soap 😳

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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?

I’m using Inches Lane at the minute, it’s gorgeous

@ByQuaintAzureWasp ,have a look at the ingredients list of your 'far healthier liquid soap'. The main ingredient after water is probably Sodium laureth sulfate, a detergent that is a skin and eye irritant, that may retain trace amounts of the probable human carcinogen, and is toxic to aquatic animals.

Takes me a month to get through one of their bars. It's beautiful stuff. Expensive though. I do buy TK Maxx soap too which was previously recommended on here.

It's proven to be more effective than shower gel or hand wash and it's better for the environment.

Why would men (or anyone) be doing that?

Persimmon soap apparently gets rid of the smell of ‘old person odour’. Before anyone comes for me its quite popular in Japan and here it is advertised in the back of magazines for getting rid of the smell of ‘nonenal ageing’.

I’m 55, I might have to try it.

source? i just "googled" and it says no such thing

@Wonderlandpeony , could you provide some evidence that Imperial leather is banned in Europe due to it containing an ingredient that causes a severe allergic reaction, please?

I found this
"Imperial Leather soap remains legally available in Europe, and claims of a ban are unfounded. Its compliance with EU safety standards ensures it can be sold and used safely across European markets andwayhealthcare.com."

You know it doesn’t have any coal tar in it any more though, its just coal tar scented now 😐

Ah wow! 😂 I love the smell of that stuff!!

Cussons Pearl? There’s a forty-odd year old one on ebay. I think they still make it but it comes in a blue packet with a picture of a pearl.

Nothing else lasts as long as Imperial Leather, it's very economical in that respect.

Just have two soaps. I won't call you frivolous for that.

If you live with men who do that you've got bigger problems my friend

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I did not know that, thank you. I must go and look at the ingredients.

I love bar soap.
DH and I both have our own soap dishes, and choose our own soaps - everyone knows we appreciate a lovely soap as a gift, so DC often get them for us for birthdays etc, and we keep them in with our clothes to scent them until ready to use.

DH has a stout (as in the drink) scented one at the moment that he got for his birthday - it actually smells incredible.

DH went to India and brought back the legendary “My sore sandal soap” which left a ring of scum on the bathroom basin. That soon went in the bin.

He doesn’t want to smell “like a lady” so we have Lidl’s version of Palmolive soap in the shower and I use my lovely Freesia scented Perlier bar soap which also comes in hand cream, shower gel and liquid soap.
Mothers’ Day usually sets me up for the year.

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

Yuk! Not in my house because we know how to use soap properly.

You need his and hers soap dishes
I have a lovely nostalgia about imperial leather as it’s what my grandparents had at their house

Was it this?

You daft chod...loads of people use bar soap. It is much better for the environment, lasts longer and gets your hands and body much cleaner

Chod! Never heard that before - I like it!

Actually....

I know, right? Swarfega is the way to go.