Palmolive cream….understanding European labeling?

[Frito Ray]

Since we are comparing prices, I paid $2.99 at a Canadian pharmacy for the 100 ml tube of classic with palm extract.

 

[BigJ]

Thanks gentlemen!! Now everything is perfectly clear!!

 

[VerbaVolant]

So is it made in Poland, or just packaged or distributed from there?

Could you post pictures of the box on all sides?

Mine is made in Italy:

 

[VerbaVolant]

Oh, forgot to mention, since no one here ever noticed , this cream is fantastic. Amazing value!

 

[Mike M]

Assume Chemist is what we in US call a Drug store.

And what you in the US call Arko we on this side of the pond call urinal cakes

 

[Frito Ray]

Could you post pictures of the box on all sides?

I can’t post pictures right now, so I borrowed these from the web:

 

[Frito Ray]

Could you post pictures of the box on all sides?

Mine is made in Italy:

Huh, I just looked at the production code on the end of the box (right under the UPC), it has an ’IT’ in it. Maybe it’s made in Italy also, but then why write it on some but not others?

UPC= 3 015810 608817
production code= 141218IT10108





this is getting silly

 

[Lane101]

Correct, and here in the UK if we refer to a charity shop, we mean what our American friends refer to as a thrift store or goodwill, at least I think so

Two great nations separated by a common language per Churchill. Regardless of what you call the retailer it all goes into the same boot/trunk of the car while one then snacks on their chips/french fries during their vacation/holiday

 

[Big Bad Rick]

I have the Classic cream in the red tube which is apparently made in Italy. To my shnozz and skin this cream smells exactly the same as the Classic cream in the green tube which is made everywhere else in Europe and to me both versions perform perfectly.

Rick

 

[Lather and Razors]

You know, it’s also sold in Greece and Cyprus. Strangely I couldn’t find it in the UK.

 

[SilviuC]

The tube sold in Romania is also made in Italy. The unfortunate part is that they have priced it now so closely to Nivea creams. The quantity is not the same. 100ml for Nivea, 63ml for Palmolive. In terms of how slick they are, Palmolive is still the better cream though.

 

[ivan_101]

For the last years Palmolive has been made in Italy only. They closed the Romanian factory that used to make Palmolive cream in 2008.
The current small tubes - 65ml are made only for the former Yugoslavian republics and Romania in Italy. But the classic cream is different than the red tube Classic sold in Italy and Greece. The Italian smells much stronger. They made a washed out version for Eastern Europe again. Double standards and all that. The ingredients lists are the same though.