Vintage Palmolive stick

[NotTheStig]

Received an old Palmolive shaving stick in an ebay auction I won. Don't know the age... would guess 1950s or 60s? Long before I was born so I can't remember what they were like at certain times.

It's in its original cardboard packet and the soap stick is covered in the original tin foil. I can tell it had never been opened... till I opened it a bit to take a look and get a whiff. It doesn't have that familiar Palmolive smell they currently have. It smells like a very generic soap smell if you know what I mean. The kind any cheap unbranded soap smells like.

Don't know what the ingredients are as it doesn't say. Any reason I shouldn't use it?

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[hunnymonster]

In your situation, I'd be giving it a go.

As for the smell - the reason you can smell it in the first place is because the perfume is relatively volatile. Given 30+ years of evaporation and it'll be pretty much gone.

 

[Dipesh]

No reason why you shouldn't. People use vintage soaps all the time.

I'd be quite interested in knowing how it performs to the uk stick.

 

[NotTheStig]

This is "Made In England" but yes I'm too curious not to try it unless someone said "For the love of Cripes don't put that near your face!". I was concerned ingredients might go bad or give me a nasty rash but it smells ok, it looks ok, no-one has said I'll spread soap AIDS to everyone I come into contact with, so I think I will use it tonight, and I'll post back here.

I just wish they put date codes on them or something. It says Colgate-Palmolive so it's 1953 or after...

 

[NotTheStig]

Great lather. Great comfort. Great shave!

 

[Dipesh]

What's it like compared to the current one?

Lather looks good!

 

[NotTheStig]

I would say it is as good. Took a little while to get it going but I've never been very good at lathering, hence me using far more creams than soaps. Definitely pleased with my purchase and glad I didn't leave it pristine on the shelf. Only thing is I don't want to use it all up.