ivory soap

     

Ivory, a white an mildly fragranced bar soap, is a product of the Procter & Gamble Company.

Trivia about ivory soap

  • According to its earliest ads, .56% of this product was made up of carbonates, mineral matter & uncombined alkali
  • This bar soap that floats was invented in Cincinnati
  • Marketed as the soap that floats, it was born in Cincinnati in 1879
  • It was found that its impurity measured only .56% of its weight, so it was advertised as "99-44/100% Pure"
  • Afloat since 1879, it was originally to be called "The White Soap"
  • It's the product associated with the slogans "It Floats" & "99 44/100% Pure"

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