The smell is gone from Ivory soap!

In the late 50's, I was in Cincinnati Children's Hosp. for an appendectomy and for some orthopedic surgery. I never got an enema there, but all the bed baths were done with ivory bar soap. I just loved the attention I got from the student nurses washing me and didn't want to go home. That Ivory aroma always made me think of those good times.

Up til age 6, I got the bulb with a pan of water with Ivory flakes in it; boy, was that strong stuff! After that, mom got an open top bag and my pediatricians always specified tap water, or salt water for enemas. They said that Ivory was too irritating for kids enemas.

As a young adult, I bought a box of original Ivory Flakes and still have about one third of it left today. I used it several times to mix enemas, but switched to Doctor Bronner's Peppermint Castile, then to J& J Baby Wash Liquid, or Neutrogena Liquid.

Now, with surgery and radiation on my colon, I am very sensitive to soap and usually use tap water. My mother used Ivory Flakes to wash out her nylons and the smell of it brought back a mixture of emotions.

Ivory soap always! For both bulb and bag enemas. I so well remember the smells in the warm bathroom when mom would call me in for a "Saturday Night Special". The warm rubber from the bag mixed with the distinctive aroma of Ivory soap either in the sink of soapy water or already in the bag ready to go. There was something else unique too--brown carbolated Vaseline. Anyone remember that? Those 3 mixed smells would equal an ooo-la-la enema session for me!

Donna

For those of us Brits who are wondering about the equivalent to Ivory soap, try looking for Castille soap. You can sometimes find it in a four pack on the bottom shelf of the soaps aisle in major supermarkets. If you're really lucky, you can sometimes get huge bars of it in TKmax. Failing that ,Cussons mild cream soap bar isn't too dissimilar, from what I can remember.

Ivory soap was always the choice in our house. When you are greeted by the aroma of Ivory, you knew that either someone has already gotten an enema, or somebody was about to get one!

I recently posted on my blog about bathroom smells and Ivory soap was certainly one of them, but so was the whiff of rubber from the enema bag.

When I smell Ivory soap in the bathroom I get a hard on just thinking about the enemas I got as a kid. It was a love hate thing, when asked, do you want an enema, and the answer was always the same, no. I didn't want anyone to think I liked enemas because I got hard every time I got one and it felt real good.

I was given many soapy enemas growing up but never with Ivory soap. Our family didn't buy Ivory soap. Mom just used whatever soap she had on the sink....

I also love the smell of a good bar of IVORY soap . An like anything else . You all are right . They always mess things up with taking things out . An adding things we don't like . They call it PROGRESS ! I am sure if any of the true enema people on here . That got enemas from the 40's to the early 70's know the TRUE smell of IVORY SOAP in water for a enema . Their was just that BIG thing that the MIX of IVORY AND WARM RUBBER BAG made you WEAK in the kness . Knowing it would soon be going up your BUTT ! As for the liquid IVORY soap they did in the early 70's come out with it in a pump bottle . It was the same IVORY just in liquid form . I have a few bottles of it . It is nothing like the DISH SOAP . An is easy to add to a enema bag .

Ronpoo49, I remember the grey pump bottles of Ivory. It was great because you could mix it in water so easily and with experience you could determine the number of pumps needed to give the right mix.

Don't panic about the rumor of Ivory's demise. They are changing the labeling on the package but Ivory is not going away.

I have not happened upon the new Ivory bars as of yet. I still about 8 of the old bath size, with that great Ivory smell. It permeates the bathroom, and every time I walk in there, the aroma causes me to get anywhere from nostalgic to horny. I do hope they don't do away with the old scent. That would be a shame.

Ivory, the soap considered by mom to be the only option for enemas, has changed. Gone are its demure, gentle qualities. I agree that we use soap for its irritating effect when we prepare an enema, but the irritation does not have to be harsh and immediate. There may be exceptions but I want to be seduced by an enema, not punished.

I need the subtle stimulation along with the pheromone-like fragrance of the old Ivory soapsuds enema. Its gentle nature made the soapsuds enema soothing at first; the colon relaxed and welcomed its sudsy lover. There was time after receiving the enema to go lay across the bed, perhaps with another enema lover, savoring the enema's embrace, that mysterious enema excitement, before old Ivory started "to work."

I haven't burned my bag. But castile soap is my new mate. It has the gentle irritation that slowly works its magic. It dissolves easily. It makes lots of suds that form a white, lacy negligee of bubbles on the syringe body as they cascade from the neck of a filled bag. Although I still miss the old Ivory fragrance, castile does have a musky, intimate scent that is appealing. A castile soapsuds enema is not mom's Ivory soapsuds enema, but I believe she would approve.

In my household growing up, Ivory was the choice for enema soap because it was claimed to be "ninety-nine and forty-four one hundredths per cent pure" and didn't have perfumes. That's the reason I have continued to use it when I mix enemas. II hate the thought of a newly perfumed Ivory!

I have noticed several changes with Ivory bar soap specifically the size of the bar. Not much in the way of the smell. It has obviously gotten smaller for the same price. Thank you P&G for paying more... Now knowing that they make changes, I would hope that what ever is done, has little or no effect on the way we use it. My guess is, P&G would not consider the way its used in enemas, since they do not advocate its use in this way. I hope further changes of any kind are not dangerous in any kind.

That's a good thing!!

Less additives more pure soap is better.

That's why Castille Soap has so many fans.

Maybe it's just me, but I swear Ivory soap doesn't smell as much like the Ivory back in the day (50's/60's). It seems much milder.

I just recently purchased a three pack of original Ivory soap and to me it's the same familiar scent that I hated as a child but grew to love later. All my enemas as a kid were with Ivory soap and that's all I've used ever since. Just a whiff and I'm reminded of those days when my mom would drag me into the bathroom to syringe me and the whole room smelled of Ivory soap.

I am 25 and my mother still give me enemas.She gets a jar cuts up the ivory soap and lets it stand to is a thick liquid. She uses 1/4 of that liquid for 2 quarts of water and now she has one of them blow up enema syringes to go in my ass so I won't leak. She makes me take the whole thing at one time she rubs my stomach hurts I'm doing it and then and sometimes she'll rub my genitals. Makes me hold it for 5 minutes. If she gets mad for use half the door sometimes. Then when she's done she'll get out a switch or a cane and I'm riding my ass 20 times good.

I think the smell is gone too. It could just be I can't smell anything after the pandemic. I couldn't taste or smell anything for months!

I think the smell is gone too. It could just be I can't smell anything after the pandemic. I couldn't taste or smell anything for months!

@Moppys_jalopy, I bought a pack of Ivory soap bars last year (basically, a while before you posted this, but still a few years after the last 2017 post before yours), and the smell was pretty much the same the one from the 1980s. Has your sense of smell come back now?

Has your sense of smell come back now?

Some but not all the way yet. For awhile coffee was basically warm water

I've bought soap on two different occasions, previous time a few years ago. I thought the same as others, no smell like the old days. I just bought another pack at a local grocery store and the smell is definitely there and its much softer. First package could have been a knock off of the real thing (I think I bought it at a discount store ) or just very old. Hard to tell now days.

Isn’t “The Smell Is Gone” a BB King song?

I thought it smelled like Marilyn Chamber's pussy so that was all I could smell.

http://i.bnet.com/blogs/chambers.jpg

Back yonder in '59++ the Pediatrician advised that my constipation relief enemas be “warm” (103°F) soapy water using a bar of Castile soap and rubbing it in the solution volume (32-40 ozs.) until the water was “slightly milky and bubbly”. Maybe twice the bar of Castile soap was misplaced or could not be located so a bar of Ivory was substituted. The solution made with the Ivory bar soap had a noticeably less “tingle” than the Castile bar soap--but I do recall the aroma of the substitute Ivory in the bathroom especially when I was on the toilet expelling the enema. The Castile bar soap solution enemas had a different aroma and the “tingle” effect of the inflow was maybe 25% stronger. I wriggled my 9+ year old butt less getting a Ivory enema vs.a Castile bar soap enema…and the Castile enemas were more “bubbly” too..

I liked the old Ivory swished around in a bowl of warm water and then added to the bag for a good clean out. Any other smell or soap is not the same to me.

Smell is there with the small size and still the same great enema soap as it’s been for a century. I use a large size covered container grate the small bar with a cheese grater into the covered container fill with very hot water and shake to mix you can even stir with a slotted spoon to make sure it all dissolves . I then let it stand in the bathroom cupboard for a couple days and maybe shake if I happed to think of it . The soap mixture will be thick as a vanilla shake and fantastic to mix for a big sudsy enema. When ready to use as content goes down just shake again and enjoy this rich great smelling ivory soap as has been enjoyed for a century. My opinion you can’t beat Ivory for a enjoyable enema session .

Sounds like the aloe scented Ivory was purchased instead of original Ivory, no? Did that by accident myself..

I usually buy Ivory for the shower just so I can smell it and it seems to me there is less fragrance but it could be my sense of smell as well. I don't think it came back 100% after the vid. It seemed to take forever to get taste back as well.

IVORY soap…. Everyone here who knows me, ya’ll know I am absolutely not interested in enemas…. with that said, I can chime in about IVORY soap. I grew up using it. I’ve always loved it. I’m considered a “super taster” meaning I have a very heightened keen sense of taste and smell. IVORY soap is definitely not what it once is was in all of its aspects and quality.

With people being so sensitive to fragrances Ivory may have lessened theirs to get more consumers.

Guess what? Good 'ol Ivory just changed the fragrance, (wait for it),

WATERMELLON!

Many companies are expanding their lines to cover a broader customer base. Adding new or trendy scents does just that. I can't say it always a good thing. But if a good percentage try the new scents once the company can make some more money.