Haha would never have caught the “compounded in a secret base” sentence. Thanks for pointing that out.My dad would use nothing else but the bottle was newer. This goes back aways. I personally loved the canned foam but not the jar. Wish they'd bring it back. The small writing says, "Compounded in a secret base". Maybe Area 51?
I read somewhere someone said 50+ years ago they worked at a plant in NJ where they made this stuff and how they loaded up several 100s of jars on a truck at 4am and made runs to some place or another. Must have dispensed like ice cream at the Tastee Freeze.I remember reading decades ago the base was made with swine gelatin , also true for the old blue jar skin cream. That old skin cream was LOADED with camphor, eucalyptus and menthol, I really wish we could buy the original formula product today , as well as the original Italian Noxzema cream in the tube .
Love it, malocchio! Thank you for posting!
Strictly for the barbershop, however you could go to a barber supply and buy one with no problem.This jar contained the truly legendary Noxzema formula, they really need to bring it back. Not sure why they used " synthetic " camphor, since it was relatively cheap in those days .@malocchio great post. Thank you.
First reaction was that this was a nicely preserved little jar until I read the label that shows it contained 4 pounds of shaving cream! How big is the jar? It was really only for the Barber Trade, per the label, or for the average B&B shaver.
There was a time 'synthetic' probably had the connotation of 'better'. During the space race era science was king.Strictly for the barbershop, however you could go to a barber supply and buy one with no problem.This jar contained the truly legendary Noxzema formula, they really need to bring it back. Not sure why they used " synthetic " camphor, since it was relatively cheap in those days .