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Anyone use vintage soap?

PrettySquareGal

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I've been using vintage (pre-1960s) soap for close to ten years now and love it! I've gotten my soaps at estate sales, antique shops and flea markets. I'm allergic to almost all modern fragrances but for some reason the wonderful subtle scents of vintage soaps don't trigger an allergy. I only use wrapped soaps. (Don't get any in your eye- it will burn!)
 

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Paisley

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I use Urban Utopia, made here in Indianapolis. The only thing I don't like about it is that it tends to clog the drain a bit. The Sweater Weather kind seems to clog less than the Black is the New Clean.
 

LizzieMaine

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I have a few boxes of c. 1940 Rinso under my sink, and when I run out of Fels Naptha I use it to wash my clothes. Suds up really good, but that whole "anti-sneeze" selling point was the bunk. It makes a pretty healthy dust cloud when you dump it into the machine.
 

vitanola

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I have a few boxes of c. 1940 Rinso under my sink, and when I run out of Fels Naptha I use it to wash my clothes. Suds up really good, but that whole "anti-sneeze" selling point was the bunk. It makes a pretty healthy dust cloud when you dump it into the machine.

Sing ye the "Happy Little Wash Day Song"?
 

LizzieMaine

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Rin-so White! Rin-so White!
Happy little wash day song!
Rin-so White! Rin-so White!
Birdies sing it all day long!
Your clothes are so white and your colors so bright
So listen you can't go wrong
Rin-so White! Rin-so White!
Happy little wash-day sonnnnnnnnnng!
 

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