It was never your hygiene. It was the pillowcase.
A fermented-persimmon bar that binds the compound ordinary soap leaves behind. Use it for three weeks. If nothing changes, we refund you — and you keep the bar.
What changed, in their words
“My husband used to leave an oil spot on his pillow in the morning from his bald head. I guess his regular soap wasn't removing it with his nightly shower. Since using this soap he wakes with a clean pillow.” THE PILLOWCASE PROOF YOU CAN SEE
“I had thought it was my clothes that weren't getting clean, and so they smelled kind of bad. After using the soap, I no longer feel I need a new washing machine or detergent. It had been me!” THE WRONG CULPRIT WHAT IT ACTUALLY WAS
“He is meticulous about his hygiene and washing of clothing and bedding, but there was always this stale smell. Very difficult to discuss. So I just bought the soap and placed it in his shower, saying little.” NO CONVERSATION NEEDED BOUGHT FOR SOMEONE ELSE
“I didn't think I had it — until my daughter kindly left this soap in my shower. At first I was offended. Then I tried it. She was right.” FROM THE OTHER SIDE THE HONEST VERSION
“More prominent is no more funny staining on my expensive sheets.” THE LAUNDRY STOPPED THE MARK CAME OFF
“We have always been aware of the 'old person' smell but thought that it was due to personal hygiene.” IT WAS NEVER HYGIENE THE RELIEF OF KNOWING
“My mother didn't believe she smelled any different. I quietly replaced her usual soap with this.” CARING FOR A PARENT WITHOUT THE HUMILIATION
Straight answers, before you order.
The questions people actually ask about this, answered plainly — including the two we'd rather you asked before buying than after.
You won't, from your own nose — and neither will anyone living with you after a week or so, because the nose adapts. So use the pillowcase. 2-nonenal is an oil and it leaves a faint yellow, slightly greasy mark where the head and neck rest overnight. Note what yours looks like after three nights now, and look again after three weeks. That is the measurement. It is the only one this problem offers, and it is the reason we tell you to wait three weeks before judging.
Most people report a change within 7 to 10 days of daily use, and the reports almost never come from their own nose — they come from somebody else's behavior changing. The compound accumulates in skin oil over time, so it clears over time too. Three weeks is the fair test, which is why the guarantee runs 30 days and not 14.
Both. Lipid oxidation is not sex-specific and the research isn't either. What differs is who buys it: roughly half our orders are placed by someone for another person in the house — a husband, a father, a mother. If that is you, the review from Sally F. further up this page is the one to read.
Almost nothing. A faint clean, slightly earthy note that rinses away with the lather and leaves nothing on the skin. This is deliberate and it is the single most common complaint about this category — a heavily perfumed bar puts you back where you started, with two smells in the room instead of one.
It shouldn't. Tannins are astringent on their own, which is exactly why cheap persimmon bars leave skin tight, and the formula is built around offsetting that with coconut oil, glycerin and shea. If your skin is very dry or very thin, use it on the torso, back and neck — where the compound actually collects — and keep your usual gentle cleanser for the face.
On the face, yes, if your skin tolerates it — patch-test on the jaw first and skip it if you use a prescription retinoid or acid. Not on hair; it isn't formulated as a shampoo and the tannins will leave it feeling stripped. The compound concentrates on the upper back, chest, neck and behind the ears, so that is where the time is worth spending.
About a month with daily full-body use, or roughly half that if two people share one. Keep it on a draining dish rather than sitting in water and it lasts noticeably longer — a bar left in a pool of water is the most common reason people think they got a small one.
No. There is no subscription, no auto-ship and no account to cancel. You buy bars, we send bars, and when you want more you come back. We made that choice after reading what people wrote about the alternatives.
Free over $35, which the three-pack clears. We ship from our US warehouse and dispatch same business day on orders placed before 2pm ET. Most US addresses have it in 3 to 5 days, tracked from the moment it leaves.
Email us within 30 days and we refund you in full. You do not need to send the bar back and you do not need a reason. We would rather refund you than have you order a second time on hope — this doesn't work for everybody, and an odor that is sudden, sharp or coming from one specific spot is a conversation for a doctor rather than a bar of soap.
What buyers are saying
No matter how many times I did laundry before, nothing got rid of 'that' smell. Who knew it would be so simple.
I'm using it and have my husband using it without telling him what it is. Peace in the house maintained.
The sheets had an oil stain that came back every single week. It hasn't come back since March.
My dad started leaving a grease spot where he put his head on the recliner. That was what finally made me order.
No perfume smell, which was the whole reason I picked this one over the other brand. That one was overpowering.
Bought one bar to test it. Ordered three more before the first one was done.
I'm 74 and I'll say what nobody says: I had no idea. Nobody tells you. That's the cruel part of it.
I'd washed his linens, opened the curtains, bought the sprays. None of it was the problem.
Bought it for his greasy pillow cases more than anything. Three weeks later I stopped having to soak them.