Lysol Douche?

[johnrk]

One thing my mother used that's basically gone these days is Lysol--at least in that little bottle of concentrate. We always had cleaning ladies and they were the ones who used it; it must've just taken a little to use. Of course, I have Lysol wipes around the house now, and Lysol disinfectant spray in the bathrooms, but they don't have that very distinctive aroma of the original.

The funny part is that if you go back 60+ years ago, Lysol was commonly advertised as a douche for feminine hygiene! I asked a couple of very elderly female friends of mine and they both vigorously denied every using that 'down there'. Pre-war, Lysol concentrate was also recommended as a hair rinse also.

Strange thing is that Lysol never really stated what they killed! I can remember my mama telling me that when I was a baby in the 50's, that Lysol was commonly used to wash with diapers--again, with apparently no specific reason other than odor-killing.

Does anyone on here have experience with it? I know that if you look on Amazon, it ain't cheap these days. I don't see it in Wal-Mart or either of the chain grocery stores where I shop.

 

[yogitunes]

at the time, there weren't many products available for cleaning and disinfecting, especially useful for items that you could not, or did not want to use bleach.....

still available in some stores....but yeah, getting pricy.....

read a few reviews on Amazon......"how do you open the bottle?"....seriously?....hate to see this person operate a self sticking stamp!....

 

[Ultramatic]

 

 

Oh yeah. I've seen those ads. There is one where the husband actually leaves the wife because thing's weren't springtime fresh in munchkin land.

 

[vacerator]

another

tuna.

Oprah had a female doctor on who said if you over douche', you kill the good alkali balance in coochyland, and if the smell is always bad, something is a miss with the vajayjay.

A friend once told me he didn't even mind, and found it sensual.

A Will and Grace episode featured Jack telling the difference between a gold gay guy, silver, and a platinum one. A platinum guy was born seserian. A silver gay or bi guy has dipped in the lady pond.

 

[stan]

Lysol

And the ads in women's magazine for feminine hygiene..
was a secret among women then..that a mild Lysol douche use before intercourse may prevent pregnancy. It's was not something shared in mixed company, but if you look at the ads, the very sutle hint is there.
There not saying to use in the am..its "suggested" that its used before "he" gets home.
You'd be hard pressed to get a 90 year old lady to admit that she used it..and for that purpose..but

 

[ea56]

My Mom always had Hexol in my parents bathroom along with white vinegar. Now what she used them for is anybodys guess, but I believe that Hexol was a disinfectant equivalent to Lysol.

I’m surprised at just how almost explicit the Lysol ad in the first post was. Anybody reading between the lines can certainly tell what they were driving at. Back then any public reference to “intimate” body functions and sex was usually pretty veiled. It also gave the impression that the little women had better be ready for action as soon as the lord and master walked through the door. Todays woman is probably more receptive to this senerio, but it had better not be expected as an obllgation, and rightfully so.
Eddie

 

[brucelucenta]

Oh my!

 

[tomturbomatic]

veiled, like those women in beautiful evening gowns and near the bottom of the page were two words: Modess because (otherwise known as blood and ballgowns).

http://https//www.google.com/search?source=hp&q=modess+because&oq=Modess&gs_l=psy-ab.1.4.0l5j0i10k1j0j0i10k1j0l2.2263.3470.0.12560.6.6.0.0.0.0.76.338.6.6.0....0...1.1.64.psy-ab..0.6.333...0i131k1.0.yYCssSt3WPc

 

[johnrk]

feminine hygiene

Women of the past were quite different in broadcasting their 'intimate' needs. I can remember seeing once, a Kotex ticket. Apparently in every box of sanitary napkins, there was a ticket. That way, the woman could just present the ticket at the store, it said something like "one box of Kotex, please" or something near to that.

I'd never heard of Hexol; apparently it's still made. I included a photo below where it used to state on vintage bottles that it was for feminine hygiene. The new bottles don't say that.

 

[daveamkrayoguy]

Surprised to get to see this stuff here & not in D-L... (Insert blanket, now broken-in-two)

-- Dave

 

[lordkenmore]

Well, Lysol is covered by: "Any other products for the home or home/automobile related posts" option for Super! LOL

 

[verizonbear]

Lysol Douches

Although advertised for odor control , in reality they were used for contraception and abortion at home. My 87 year old Aunt was an MD . Social Worker and a nun believe it or not. We had many discussions about all things pertaining that subject lol . She said women would douche with Lysol after the first missed period to cause a miscarriage.

Although it was effective in controlling odor, it also caused killed all the "good" bacteria in that region causing an over growth of candida . I would suggest that gay men do not attempt this either lol

 

[iej]

That really can’t have been good for you!!!

Your body is made out of exactly the same kind of living marierials that these things killed and it operates in symbiosis with these bacteria.

It’s quite scary how they saw things back then.

 

[iheartmaytag]

The Lysol we have today, is not what it was years ago, and iej, you are correct, it was not good for you.

I once started to buy a bottle of Lysol that I was going to use for cleaning the trash cans. My Grandmother freaked. "That's what 'nasty women' use to clean down there."

Maybe that's why I'm such a bleach addict.

 

[iej]

I assume Lysol is similar to Dettol over here a Chloroxylenol disinfectant?

Dettol has morphed into a vast array of sanitising sprays, hand washes, laundry sanitisers and wipes that are based on other, more modern disinfectants and largely aimed at germaphobes who should probably be getting some help about OCD.

 

[rpms]

Would it not burn like the dickens for both lady and man?

 

[liamy1]

iej

Yes, Lysol IS Dettol - same thing; manufacturer, product etc.

 

[askolover]

ads...

When women used lysol as birth control

A look back at shocking ads for the popular, dangerous, and ineffective antiseptic douche.

www.motherjones.com

 

I keep one of the fresh scented lysol products in my laundry cabinet to use on my colored scrubs when I've had an isolation patient with lots of cooties.  I can't bleach my scrubs and I don't want to do a boil wash that will ruin the elastic waistbands.  So I add a little to the wash.  I can't stand the smell of that "brown bottle of lysol!"  About 17 or 18 years ago they had a blue bottle beside the brown bottle on the shelves at Walmart.  It smelled nice and I used it..but it disappeared and has never been seen since.  A weird fact...insulin smells like that brown bottle of Lysol to me!

 

 

 

[this post was last edited: 10/20/2017-00:11]

 

[askolover]

Well I just answered my own question about insulin and Lysol.  They add phenols to insulin.

 

"Insulin smells the way it does because manufacturers add phenol to it. Once added, the compound helps to stabilize it and it also acts as both an antiseptic and disinfectant in the liquid, which most of us use over the course of numerous injections. The NIH tells us exactly what to expect when we drop a vial on the floor: “a sweet tarry odor that resembles a hospital smell.” And there’s a reason it’s familiar. You’ll find phenol listed in the ingredients on a host of everyday products like sunscreen, cosmetics, and mouthwash."

http://https//asweetlife.org/what-does-insulin-smell-like/