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Wright's Traditional Coal Tar Soap

This one was NOT for me
BEST IN THE SHOWER USE IT IN A BAG REVIEWED FROM MEMORY
THE VERDICT
Potentially the only soap that has made me feel inadequate as a man when I left the shower

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

4.8
/ 10
RANK
8th of 8 in soaps
WASHES SO FAR
4 by the man
C
£ / BAR
£2.24
PACK
£8.95
WEIGHT
150g
£ / GRAM
£0.015
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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Garli Orhan Pure olive oil soap
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Palmolive Naturals
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Imperial Leather Original Soap
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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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