Ivory Soap states that the ingredients are" Sodium Tallowate And/Or Sodium Palmate, Water, Sodium Cocoate And/Or Sodium Palm Kernelate, Glycerin, Sodium Chloride, Fragrance, Coconut Acid*, Palm Kernel Acid*, Tallow Acid*, Palm Acid*, Tetrasodium Edta. After experimenting with different Ivan Der Williams blends the best results come from a mix of roughly 40% Williams, 40% Van Der Hagen Deluxe (new formula) and 20% Ivory by weight. I remember making soap balls a million years ago when I was in Girl Scouts and wanted to do it with my daughter.

The 1916 version says to grate a bar of Ivory soap and mix with your favorite powder in a sachet to add to linen draws, clothes drawers, or anything like this. Unlike some traditional soaps, our range contains skin-loving ingredients, meaning your skin will feel soft, comfortable and cared for after each wash. Soaps were used both in the shower and the bath so I could see how my skin felt after different types of usage.Whether you’re washing your hands at the start of the day or lathering up in the bath in the evening, our soaps can transport you to all manner of places. I know this is more than a “comment,” but this something that should be shared at every opportunity, so here I am. Below are the instructions from an Ivory Soap advertisement on how to use Ivory Soap as a shave stick.

I bought a three pack of the original white Ivory Clean bars and it arrived wrapped in a plastic wrapper and each bar was individually wrapped in a waxy kind of paper inside. Furthermore, I find that shaving off lather leaves the skin too exposed on the next pass without relathering. You can rub this solution on clothing stains, let it sit for awhile then wash as you normally would. Having experimented over the past year Ivory does provide as much or more slickness than other options.

Curious where did you obtain that picture/information of all the old ivory soap bars with the year it was made underneath it? I suspect the ones I have may be between that gap as the label (moon logo) appears slightly differen than the ones in the pic. As for the scent, upon my first opening of the packaging, it definitely had a strong soap smell with perhaps a hint of something citrus-y in the background.

I bought some ivory snow gentle care laundry detergent, but am confused as to its chemistry; is it the same as ivory bar soap? The product's other well-known slogan, " 99 + 44⁄ 100% Pure", which was in use by 1895, was based on the results of an analysis by an independent laboratory that Harley Procter hired to demonstrate that Ivory was purer than the castile soap available at the time. There are so many more things that go into the quality of Ivory, but the ones listed above really blew me away!I decided that Ivory would be my only bath soap and it still is—50 years later, though sometimes it can be difficult to find, but I do find it.