Camay Botanicals – Clásico

“By Any Other Name”

I don’t have much to say about this soap because it’s just so-so—an orange-pink, not totally clear glycerin soap with a slightly floral fragrance—it smells like “soap”—which generally means floral. The package shows roses. Since it’s made in Mexico, there’s a sticker with the ingredients in English—longer than my arm and too small to attempt to read—though I can make out “Martini Oil.” Hmmm. The manufacturer is multinational Unilever which makes everything from mayonnaise to Klondikes. At any rate, I don’t even know what soap is sold in the big grocery and drug stores anymore—I never look—but you’re better off shopping at your local international stores, and I got this one at Cermak, in Milwaukee, quite inexpensive. Like almost every other soap (is this a soap trend?) it says so many things on the packaging that it’s a real challenge to figure out what the name of it actually is—even more so with this one, since I don’t speak Spanish. Nuevo Camay Botanicals Clásico Piel Suave Aceites Hidraflorales Jabón de Glicerina Sin Parabenos. That’s a mouthful. Let me take a wild guess and allow the Spanish speaking reader to have a good laugh at my expense. It’s NEW Camay, called Botanicals Classic—strong enough for a man, but I like it too—and it hydrates and accelerates aging—Japanese glycerin soap—almost sinfully good. Close?

Soap Review No. 217