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Imagine that ad running today?
I came across it while googling Ivory soap.
"Why," you ask?
Because over the decades I have noticed
more than several times that if I quit using Ivory soap in the shower, I get insect bites.
"Why," you ask?
Because I've always smelled a faint trace of citronella in the soap and I figured that was why.
"So what?" you ask?
Because "historically," citronella is a known insect repellant, that's why.
So I looked it up, and it says Ivory soap contains "fragrance," with no mention of citronella. But my nose knows, and I liked that advertisement.
So I looked further and it turns out that citronella cannot be sold as a repellant, but can be as a fragrance or perfume.
And it happened again recently. I almost never get mosquito bites, but a day ago I used another soap and surer than G-d made purple grapes and yellow peaches, I got three bites last night.
So there. And screw your so-called skientifical tests which dictate that it can't be sold as an insect repellant.
Nyah!
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Up yours.
Terry