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Camay is a very old brand. My grandmother used it and my mom used to use it when I was growing up. I still buy it sometimes when I'm feeling nostalgic for the smell.

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Camay was HUGE

In the later '50s and in the '60s.

I regret to say that I think Unilever will not be a good custodian of "legacy" brands like these. The reason is what they did to Lux, once the Queen of Beauty Soaps, advertised by A-list movie stars in every possible publication. It was ignominiously dropped in the '90s, without warning. Vociferous complaints to Unilever from loyal Lux users were studiously ignored.
 
When we were little kids, it was a real treat when daddy came home on Friday and opened his suitcase with the little bars of soap for us. Camay was always included as was Lux, Cashmere Bouquet and Sweetheart. Ivory was not as popular. He would have more of bars of soap when he was in several different cities and motels during the week. We were always eager to take baths with our special bars of soap. Is Camay the only one still made?
 
Tom:

WHERE are you finding Lux? I have not seen it in nearly 20 years.

I would add that Cashmere Bouquet is not easy to find, but it's out there. Palmolive is also still available.
 
Unilever's far more interested in health/beauty brands than P&G is these days. So, my guess it they want to buy them up for the potential to rejuvenate the brands as some kind of modern product.
 
Oh, No!

"some kind of modern product"

I hope that does not mean what is called "body wash," because my reaction to that possibility would be about ten times more pungent than Robert would allow in the DL forum.

Bar soap is the ultimate modern soap product. It is not packaged in petrochemicals. It does not cost an ungodly amount to ship due to water weight. It is - or can be - about as green and energy-efficient as a cleansing product can get. If this society was moving in the right direction, we would be phasing out body wash in favor of bar soap.

FULL DISCLOSURE: Staunch bar soap (Palmolive) user here. And anxious to remain one.
 
I don't use bar soap any more. Haven't for years. Instead I use Clorox Green Works Dishwashing Liquid, which, probably due to its glycerin content, is mild enough to be used for hands, face, and shower, but cleans much better than most bar soaps, and doesn't leave soap scum everywhere.

 

I do remember my Mom using Camay. I always liked to look at the little cameo of the woman's head that was cast into each bar.

 

I've tried some body wash type products but found their gel like nature made them too difficult to apply in the shower. Plus they tend to have way too much fragrance. Green Works has a light citrus scent that is not intrusive and doesn't linger.

 
 
I haven't seen Lux either in at least 15 - 20 years in the US. For a while you could find 12 bar packs of the small size Lux from Canada in National wholesale liquidators. But that too is past. Same for Lifebuoy. That was my favorite soap and now long gone and the foreign versions have a different scent not nearly as clean smelling, etc..

I don't like a heavily fragranced bath soap so I was thrilled when Unilever introduced Lever 2000 in a light Citrus scent. That lasted less than a year...
 
Not trying to derail this thread into a Soap vs Body wash debate, but I haven't showered with bar soap in at least 4 years. I use body wash because it cleans better and rinses better, and doesn't leave soap scum. I do use bar soap to wash hands, and everyone else uses it to shower. I have always liked Zest and Coast, and more recently Yardley English Lavender. I could never shower with Zest because it made me break out, but never an issue washing my hands with it. I also liked the clean soapy smell of Dial White and Dial Gold, along with Irish Spring Original. None of the body washes smell the same unfortunately.
 
Camay has been a popular soap brand in Germany as well, but then it suddenly dissapeared from the shelves in the late 1980`s.

I remember it had a nice thick and creamy lather, that made it differ from other soaps. The downside was it became soggy in no time if you didn`t put it on a dry surface.
Has been my mother`s favorite soap when I was a child and I hated the scent with passion. Thank God it was only used for washing hands, even back then we preferred shower gels for body care.
 
These soaps were what daddy called soft milled and would turn to mush very quickly if allowed to stay wet. We had some little racks for the soap dishes that lifted the bars of soap up so that they dried quickly.

Sometime later in the 60s, maybe, Holiday Inn started putting their own brand of soap in the rooms, wrapped in paper with the Holiday Inn logo.

I can see why bars of soap would be replaced with liquid soap in a lavatory on planes and in other public places. Bar soap has the potential to spread germs.

Palmolive soap was named for the two oils used to originally make it, palm and olive.
 
I used to use body wash but I always felt like I had a thin film on my skin and I didn't like it. Now I use bar soap from Caswell-Massey and they're friggin' amazing and last forever.

I haven't seen cashmere bouquet since I was a kid. The Walmart closest to me only carries 3 bar soaps; Ivory, Zest and Irish Spring. I grew up using Ivory, I love the way it smells but boy can that stuff burn the crap out of your eyes!
 
Camay

I love Camay soap, haven't been able to get it at a reasonablenprice for a few years here in the UK. It really does wash you cleaner.

We still have Palmolive in abundance in stores. I bought some the other week, still prefer Camay though.
 
Ivory

Our Ivory soap is called Imperial Leather - been around since the dawn of time, yes it does burn the hell out of your eyes.
 

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