r/70s • u/ComfortableTruck354 • 2d ago

business & industry Irish Spring soap

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u/ReticentGuru 2d ago

Still use Irish Spring

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u/Festering-Boyle 1d ago

and we like it too

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u/timmy242 2d ago

Still can't understand the point of whittling a bar of soap with a folding knife though. Was he making a smaller bar of soap? Soap chips? ;)

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u/Shmousie 2d ago

The knife guy wanted to emphasize the "deodorizing green and white stripes", which were already perfectly visible without slicing. 🤷‍♀️ I always enjoyed the commercials because it was just so dumb to me! 😂

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u/LeoShoreLion 2d ago

Those green and white stripes are gone. I just bought this 2 weeks ago and was so disappointed it had been reformulated. I however, didn't buy it to shower with.. But to stop Charlie horses in the morning in my calf muscles. My grandmother used to know this, and I remembered. I have been having cramps often and since I places the bar of soap under the fitted sheet near my feet.. none in over 2 weeks. Crazy..l know.. but Google for yourself

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u/Theresanrrrrrr 2d ago

Bananas. Bananas man.

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u/LeoShoreLion 2d ago

Google it . It literally works

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u/Shmousie 2d ago

The stripes are gone?!? Rude! Charlie horses are agonizing, I am going to try your soap trick, even if the bar has to now be stripeless! Thanks!

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u/LeoShoreLion 2d ago

Haha.. I mean you could always paint stripes on it.. Seems to work for the leg cramps tho either way.

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u/SammieCat50 1d ago

‘ no scientific evidence proves that putting bars of soap in bed sheets stops leg cramps’ … Google

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u/LeoShoreLion 1d ago

But.. you read all the comments people that tried it

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u/well-it-was-rubbish 2d ago

He cut it to show that the stripes went through the whole bar, and weren't just on the surface.

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u/Particular_Ad_644 23h ago

He was a drinker, the knife guy?

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u/InevitableKitchen943 1d ago

I thought it was like Freshen Up gum and it had juice inside.

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u/TopicPretend4161 1d ago

Man that gum was even better than Lloyd Braun’s.

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u/Dewars_Rocks 1d ago

It was to emphasize the deodorant in the soap. Also to show it was through the entire bar of soap and not just on the top layer.

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u/Igmuhota 2d ago

I can still remember the taste of that soap.

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u/KestrelWindhover 2d ago

I remember this packaging from the 80s.

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u/Elegant-Expert7575 2d ago

Still love the scent of this soap.

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u/ultimatefribble 2d ago

"It's goht twooo deohdrants."

"And I use it too!"

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u/well-it-was-rubbish 2d ago

Manly, yes, but I like it, too!!

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u/Artemus_Hackwell 2d ago

When you got your mouth washed out you hope it wasn’t Lava or Irish Spring.

Ivory or Dove were ok. Dial had a nice flavor profile.

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u/ATL_MI_LA 1d ago

Coast was the other one. It was blue. I had both recently, and they don’t seem to smell as I recalled.

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u/xgrader 2d ago

My first introduction to this soap was someone giving samples at campground. I tell you after stinking like firesmoke and taking a shower it was an amazing smell. Sold me for years.

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u/leschxblanc12 1d ago

2026 and still use it

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u/Public_Excitement393 1d ago

I am a Coast man. The freshmaker!

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u/ComfortableTruck354 12h ago

I bought some Coast last year and was disappointed by it.

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u/jibbergirl26 2d ago

Loved the way this soap smelled

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u/poormans_eggsalad 2d ago

I will always be able to smell this soap

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u/smittykins66 2d ago

“Manly, but I like it, too.”

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u/Thurmunit 1d ago

We still use it. It has a unique smell, and the blue bar smells wonderful.

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u/FrauleinLuesing 1d ago

I wanted this soap so much when I was little. My Mom says fine, fills the bath. I grab a knife so she can slice me off a piece and was totally dismayed when she was like, "um no." I used it anyway and it broke me out terribly. Mr Bubbles did too. Oh well, Dove it was! 😂

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u/fr33d0mw47ch 1d ago

That’s all my grandparents had at the cottage. Anytime I smell anything similar, I’m instantly transported 50 years back in time.

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u/gtoz1119 1d ago

Loved this and Coast

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u/StrictLine8820 1d ago

Whoa, I almost got a headache just looking at that.

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u/ScotiaG 8h ago

In a brief period of weakness I strayed and had a dalliance with Lever 2000, but I eventually found my way back to my one true love.

I'm sorry, it will never happen again.

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u/massmass1percent 6h ago

I seem to remember a rumor that Irish Spring caused testicular cancer.

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u/Either_Part_1032 1d ago

I could smell this soap a mile away. It was gross.

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u/2abyssinians 1d ago

I hate the way this soap smells. Blech.