WOW - I THINK THE MARMITE OF SOAP SMELLS

Wright's
Traditional Coal Tar Soap

150G BAR SOAP
4.8OUT OF 10
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LINE No. 011 · AMAZON

BEST IN THE SHOWER USE IT IN A BAG LEGACY · REVIEWED FROM MEMORY

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This one was NOT for me
THE VERDICT
“Potentially the only soap that has made me feel inadequate as a man when I left the shower”

Truly, what an odour. The smell is actually like diesel.

Trash: Bin it
Trash · Bin it
RANK11th OF 11 IN SOAPS
WASHES SO FAR 4 BY THE MAN
COST / WASH40p
TIERC

TYPICAL VALUES

MEASUREPER BAR
£ / BAR£1.60
PACK£6.40
WEIGHT150g
£ / GRAM£0.011
WASHES SO FAR4 WASHES

No completed cycle for this bar yet. It has not been tracked from new through to finished, so there is no full wash count for it: anything above is a running total, not how long the bar lasts.

THE SHAPE OF IT
LATHER · 3.0 SCENT · 10.0 VALUE · 5.0 LASTS · 0.0 SKIN · 7.0
Five lines, one fingerprint.
AXIS BREAKDOWN
LATHER
3.0
SCENT
10.0
VALUE
5.0
LASTS
0.0
SKIN
7.0
DNA FINGERPRINT
BAGGED
One stripe per sub-score, height = score. Same scores yield the same fingerprint.
BAGGED, SCORE INFERRED
AXIS BY AXIS
01 · LATHER
3.0

The overpowering smell ruined my shower experience and I did not gather many lather insights

02 · SCENT
10.0

The smell is off the charts - whether that's a good thing or not is up to you

03 · VALUE
5.0

Standard super market bar - good value, not much premium

04 · LASTS
0.0

I didn't even use the bar - It lasted a single wash

05 · SKIN
7.0

I didn't like it, smelly films / residue and it never leaves

INGREDIENTS, ABRIDGED
• Sodium Palmate
• Aqua
• Sodium Palm Kernelate
• Cocamide DEA
• Parfum
• Glycerin
• Melaleuca Alternifolia Leaf Oil
• Palm Kernel Acid
• Sodium Chloride
• Tetrasodium Etidronate
• Tetrasodium EDTA
• Amyl Cinnamal
• Coumarin
• Eugenol
• Hexyl Cinnamal
• Limonene
TESTING METHOD
In the bag - in the shower...
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THE FULL VERDICT

This soap.... The standard bar size is massive, the lather is ok but the loudest thing about this soap (beyond the yellow colour) is the SMELL! wow. and hte smell simply never leaveas your skin, for the rest of the day or night you will smell like you've worked on cars all day. Is that the point of this smell? To help blend in with real men? Really, not for me this one. I used it for a single wash and retired the bar.

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