Discontinued detergents/products that you remember

[franksdad]

The original

Green or pink Palmolive soap. My Aunt Laverne used this and her bathroom always had that distinctive aroma. Mama would buy it from time to time. I remember these commercials. Many folks do not know Palmolive soap came in pink or green. There was a commercial I remember where twin girls would argue "It's green!" "It's Pink!" Then the maternal unit would say "Girls you're both right! It's green and pink!" Why do I remember such useless trivia?

 

[franksdad]

Jergen;'s Lotion

Mama always used the cherry-almond scented Jergens lotion. I always loved that smell and it reminds me of Mama. Jerggens lotion and White Shoulders parfume were Mama's signature aromas. I have Mama's original limited edition special Jergens bottle that was hour glass shaped with a pink spout.

 

[dirtybuck]

Laundress:

Thanks for putting the link to the pics of all the cool products. listed on there.

I distinctly remember:

Dial (when it came in all colors)
Salvo detergent
Peaches and Cream Thrill dish washing liquid
Bold detergent
Shield deodorant soap, Phase III (later renamed Phase II before it became Lever 2000), Lifebuoy and Zest Deodorant Beauty bar (these used to be my favorites)
Camay, Woodbury, Jergens and Lux Beauty soaps
Freewax Floor wax (My dad was a big believer in the claim that it killed bugs, especially roaches, and it was true...more than once we'd come into the den and see an occasional dead or dying roach).
Kleer Floor Wax/Kleer with Raid (by Johnson Wax). They tried to copy the Freewax formula, but it bombed.
Odor-O-No (liquid deodorant with a wand type applicator..a favorite by my mom)
Sta-Puf and Nu-Soft fabric softeners
Colored toilet paper and tissues

 

[booandsue]

Discontinued detergents and products

Germicide spray. A glass pump spray slender hour glass shaped bottle in two scents, regular, and rose scent. Both smelled the same, but rose was a pink color. Really smelled sort of like sour alcohol, and disinfectant.
Swan dish detergent.
Woodbury bar soap.
Mum deodorant.
Jubilee kitchen wax for appliances.
Hai Karate after shave and cologne for men.

These were a couple things that came to mind while reading these posts. Brings back a lot of memories.

 

[mtn1584]

Hey I think I have a few you guys missed........

Does anyone remember "SNOWY" color safe bleach, or "Viva" Papertowels? Has "Rain Barrell" fabric softener been mentioned or the original "Final Touch?"
How about "Agree" Shampoo and Conditioner.
Mike

 

[retromania]

Yes I remember .....

Hai Karate. Santa left bottles of it to my brother and me in our stockings one Christmas and we sloshed it on and I'm sure stunk up the whole house using way too much of it, but we thought we were grown because Santa had brought us men's cologne! LOL

 

[angus]

That detergent with "Hazel" on the box was Colgate's Burst. It was introduced in 1969 as a concentrated enzyme detergent and was only around a few years. Smelled a lot like Fab before the lemon freshened borax.

 

[suds14]

The 3 detergents I miss most are Dash, Ajax and Rinso. Also really miss the Original April Fresh Downy. The laundry product that I miss the most and wish I could get some is LaFrance bluing.

David

 

[circlew]

The products I miss are:

Jubilee
Pride (liquid furniture polish)

Both were Johnson Wax products.

Sani-Wax (something like Jubilee)

I saw Ajax ammoniated cleaner somewhere not too long ago. It was in a gallon jug at a janitorial supply place.

 

[gadgetgary]

Burst

Thank you for posting!

 

[alr2903]

Slvo laundry tablets,  for Spacemate westy machines, Mom would break the big tablet in half.  alr2903

 

[sudsmaster]

What I actually miss...

White King D. It was cheap but had phosphates and worked well.

Real soap version of Ivory Snow.

Costco's "Clout" bargain powder, also with phosphates, which worked very well. When they pulled the phosphates out, it performed poorly.

And while we are on topic of cleaning products... in the automotive field, in California and probably the rest of the country, chlorinated solvents are pretty much gone from the marketplace. And yet they had many advantages over their substitutions: they were not flammable, they evaporated slowly, and they cut through grease and grime excellently. The replacements are generally highly flammable, mostly acetone or heptane, and evaporate so fast that they don't have much of a chance to dissolve stubborn deposits.

I can understand why they are gone - probably something to do with the ozone layer - but they did serve a purpose. There are, however, still some available. Such as electromotive cleaner, which because it's used on electrical parts that might spark, still have chlorinated solvent that are not flammable. Of course I would NEVER use such a product on, say, brake rotors or drums. Never ever.

 

[zanussi_lover]

ARIEL - OLD SCENT, quickwash action formula - up till 2005, reformulated in 2006

Ariel Futur - Compact Powder, Tiny Scoop (Discontinued in 2001)

Ariel Alpine - 1998-2002, they still sell it in France.

Comfort Silk - Disappeared in 2002

Comfort Lily and RiceFlower - lovely smell, they stopped selling it in 2007

Comfort Blue - Old Scent, without the fresh release,

Lenor Spring Awakening - Old Scent in Blue Bottles with Blue Cap - late 1990s

Lenor Alpine Spirit - Blue Bottle Green Cap - Late 1990s

Lenor Oriental Blossom - Blue Bottle Pink Cap - Late 1990s

Bold Spring Fresh/Summer Meadow Fresh - 1990s

Bold Aqua/Active Fresh - 2000s

Daz - Old Scent 90s-2005

Persil Automatic - 80s/Early 90s - My Gran used to have a big box of Persil Automatic and wash the teatowels/bartowels in her Bendix/Zanussi

Persil Aloe Vera Liquigel/Small and Mighty

Surf Cotton Fresh/Sunfresh/Lemon Fresh - 1999-2003

Asda Logic with Silk

Sainsburys Novon

Sainsburys Bio Powder - reformulated in 2009 (crap now)
was my favourite powder at uni, actually cleaned well and smelt like old Ariel.

I remember the days when powder was in bags and small boxes
powder was compacted down into a small bag/box
liquid had refill pouches
Fabric Conditioner had refillable Cartons.

 

[retromania]

I talked to my mother...

...last night on the phone and we were reminiscing about the Hai Karate Christmas and she said: "How well I remember! You all were supposed to use just a little bit and instead you put on half the bottle!" I told her she had a good memory!

 

[hoovermatic]

Sainsburys Novon was the best. Why they had to screw around with it I have no idea. Used to come in concentrate powder and one scoop did the works! I really miss that product.

 

[dirtybuck]

Wasn't Pride by Johnson Wax the furniture polish that you let dry to a haze and then wipe it off? I vaguely remember my mom using that.

A few more products I thought of:

Spray and Vac (Glamorene came out with this in 1972. I remember using it on the carpet when we moved into our new house)
Chiffon Margarine (it's not nice to fool Mother Nature)
Glass Wax (oh, those Christmas designs on the windows..and a snap to wipe off after the holidays were over)
Prolong (Texize developed this and sold it mainly at Christmas time. It was added to the water in the Christmas tree stand to keep the tree from drying out)

 

[circlew]

Yes, Johnson's Pride was a wax that you buffed with a cloth after it had dried. I think it may have been like paste wax that was thinned down with a solvent. It left a beautiful finish on the wood, unlike the smeary Pledge and other spray waxes.

 

[jamiel]

A couple of recollections:

AllWays Soft (Texize...softener which you could use in the wash, rinse or dryer...you used more in the wash than the rinse, and squirted it onto a washrag and tossed it into the dryer--late 70s)

Switch (color safe liquid bleach...I remember the ads on the noon news-mid 70s)

Clorox detergent (late '80s, test marketed in Chattanooga, TN)

Cinch (P&G dishwashing liquid, late '80s, with grit in it for scrubbing, test marketed in Kansas City). unusual swing spout (instead of push/pull). Later name resurrected as a window cleaner (mid 90s)

Monchel (P&G complexion bar...probably a Dove knockoff...mid '80s)

Liqua4 (Dial pearly liquid soap in a bar-soap-sized/shaped plastic bottle, tested in Michigan early 80s)

Borax Sudz (local brand in St. Louis, sold in barrels by Famous Barr...I think the point was to phone Famous' notions department and have a 50 lb container delivered back when department stores delivered)

Famous-Barr actually advertising drug-store stuff (they pulled this out of the stores in the early 80s I'd guess)

 

[angus]

Surprising number of brands that were test marketed but never made it nationally. Especially since the New York Metro area is not used as a test market area so we miss a lot of products.

I forgot about Clorox Detergent. I was working in the LA area and apparently it was past test market but not national so every time i went to California, I would stuff some boxes in my luggage. I still have one box left securely wrapped in plastic. It was a pretty good product and low sudsing to boot with a great fragrance.

In the early 80's Clorox also had a non chlorine bleach powder being test marketed in the midwest. I was working in Kentucky and would bring home boxes of "Wave" bleach. Again, great fragrance and not a bad product.

Also forgot Purex Vano liquid starch. Also would ship home that stuff while in California or Arizona. Was much more concentrated than the Linit or StaFlo liquids available here. But once Dial acquired Purex, StaFlo was the remaining brand and Vano bit the dust.

Finally I recalled Brillo Enzyme Detergent also from Purex. Wasn't out long, probably only 3 years. Great packaging and a good product. Disappeared when all the phosphate nonsense started.

 

[laundromat]

I forget the brand name but it came in a front loading washing machine container.
LaFrance

original All
Babo
Klear floor wax
Lestair packets
Action bleach packets
Swan dishwashing liquid
Drive
Original Bold
Calgon water conditioner
Electrosol
King Fluff fabric softener