Ivory Gentle Bar Soap, Original Scent, 10 Pack
A cheap, plain family bar soap with a light scent that can dry some skin.
The short version
- Households that want a cheap, simple bar soap in bulk
- People who dislike heavily perfumed soap
- Anyone who wants a familiar, plain hand and body bar
- You need a fully fragrance free soap
- Your skin dries out easily with true soap bars
- You avoid animal derived ingredients and cannot confirm the current formula
What owners like
- Cleans well and lathers easily
- Low cost and easy to find
- Mild, simple scent
Common complaints
- Can feel drying on some skin
- Older ingredient lists include tallow, which some buyers want to avoid
- Scent too faint for people who like a fragranced soap
Based on the Amazon product listing, SkinSAFE's ingredient review, a Glamour Dusk ingredient review and Ivory's Wikipedia entry.
Research scores
Scored from the maker's specs and what owners report. Drew's own notes and photos will refine these.
Ownership
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What it does
A 10 pack of 4 oz Ivory bars in the original scent, now sold as Ivory Gentle Bath Bar Soap, the long running Procter & Gamble soap with the 99.44% pure slogan.
- Simple white bar meant for the whole family
- Listing says it is made without heavy perfumes, parabens or phthalates
- Light original scent rather than a strong perfume
- Glycerin in the formula
- Bulk 10 bar pack
A plain, low cost family bar soap for people who want a simple wash without heavy perfume. It does carry a light fragrance and can feel drying for some skin, and the ingredient lists online differ on whether the cleansers are plant based or include tallow, so check the box if that matters.
How it compares
Specs
- Bar size
- 4 oz
- Count
- 10 bars
- Scent
- Original
- Maker claim
- 99.44% pure formula with plant based cleansers
- Made without (listing)
- Heavy perfumes, parabens, phthalates
- Contains
- Fragrance and glycerin
- Maker
- Procter & Gamble
Questions
Does Ivory soap still float?
No. Procter & Gamble dropped the floating version in 2013, and the newer bar does not float.
What does 99.44% pure mean?
It is a slogan in use since the 1890s, based on a lab analysis Procter & Gamble commissioned to compare Ivory with castile soap.
Does Ivory bar soap have fragrance?
Yes. The original scent bar lists fragrance, though the listing says it is made without heavy perfumes.
Is Ivory soap made with tallow?
Ingredient lists online differ. Older lists include sodium tallowate, while the current listing says plant based cleansers, so check the box.
Sources
- Amazon: Ivory Gentle Bath Bar Soap, Original Scent, 4 oz, 10 count (product listing)
- SkinSAFE: Ivory Bar Soap Original Scent ingredients
- Glamour Dusk: Ivory Original Scent Bar Soap ingredients review
- Wikipedia: Ivory (soap)
Researched 2026-10-01. We bought this product; our page is built from the maker's details and what owners report across reviews and forums. We never copy Amazon customer reviews.