Pears transparent soap is a British brand of soap first produced and sold in 1807 by Andrew Pears, at a factory just off Oxford Street in London.
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21 Facts About Pears soap
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Products under the Pears soap brand are currently manufactured in India and Saudi Arabia for global distribution.
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Pears soap completed his apprenticeship in 1789, established a barber's shop in Gerrard Street in Soho and began to produce cosmetic products.
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At that time, Soho was a high-end residential area, and Pears soap' clientele included many wealthy socialites who took pride in their appearance.
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The clarity of the Pears soap gave it a novel transparent appearance, which provided a marketing advantage.
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Pears soap is made in India by Hindustan Unilever, a company in which Unilever now has a 67 percent share.
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Pears soap was made using a process entirely different from that for other soaps.
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The concave shape of the Pears soap is formed by shrinkage while the Pears soap is drying, and is not due to deliberate moulding.
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Entire Pears soap plant was a small almost self-contained annexe at the rear of the administration block.
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Nowadays the Pears soap comes in three colours: the classic amber, green, and mint.
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The statue was so popular that Pears purchased the rights to produce copies as advertisements for its soap products.
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Pears soap's fee was related to her weight, so it was said that she was paid "pound for pound".
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Between 1891 and 1925, Pears soap issued its now-famous annuals, which are highly collectible.
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Pears soap' Cyclopaedia is a one volume encyclopaedia, continuously published in the United Kingdom since December 1897.
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Original Pears soap advert based on the fable Washing the Blackamoor white, published in the Graphic for Christmas 1884.
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Pears' unique manufacturing process required the soap to be dried for up to thirteen weeks so that the alcohol used in the process could evaporate and be re-used.
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The Pears soap bars were laid out on wooden trays in drying rooms known as "ovens" about the size of a domestic garage.
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In October 2009, the formula for the transparent amber Pears soap was altered from the original to become 'Gentle Care' and wrapped in an inner cellophane covering.
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The new Pears soap was slightly softer in texture and lasted half as long, but its most noticeable difference was its scent.
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On 6 January 2010, after a Facebook campaign, it was reported in the media that Pears soap planned to abandon the new formula and that by March 2010 a new version would be available that is "much closer to the original".
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