Yardley • English Lavender Soap • Gels/Soaps

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MadisonBryan on 1/26/2013 12:15:00 AM more reviews by MadisonBryan

Age: 19-24   Skin: Combination, Medium   Hair: Brown   Eyes: Blue    

I just love Yardley soaps. I ESPECIALLY love the Lavender variety. I have lavender everything (Bronners, shampoo and conditioner, and deodorant) and I guess you could say I have come to know that a citrus-y lavender is my favorite. This is it. I wish they made this in perfume :(

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*TOP REVIEWER* NatanYah on 6/29/2012 3:27:00 PM more reviews by NatanYah

Age: 30-35   Skin: Combination, Dark, Warm   Hair: Brown, Relaxed   Eyes: Brown    

All of the Yardley soaps are fragrant and luxurious, albeit it a bit drying ( use a good creamy lotion afterwards). I love to keep them on the bathroom counter and allow them to scent my restroom area. English lavender is perfect for night time showers or baths because the laverender scent really relaxes you. I buy several whenever I visit the DollarTree.

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*TOP REVIEWER* cleo777 on 6/29/2012 3:02:00 PM more reviews by cleo777

Age: 44-55   Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium   Hair: Brunette   Eyes: Brown    

Love this one! What a great fresh, herbal scent. At our local fair in the summer there used to be a lady who sold fresh lavender by bulk, in sachets, etc. My Mom and I would have a field day buying up this stuff and making our own sachets for our own drawers or gifts. I could roll in it! LOL! It's a really nice little soap with a great scent. Yum! *sigh*

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*TOP REVIEWER* bloodymerry52 on 6/29/2012 10:28:00 AM more reviews by bloodymerry52

Age: 36-43   Skin: Normal, Fair, Cool   Hair: Blond, Wavy, Medium   Eyes: Hazel    

I got this soap as a two-pack at Big Lots for $1.00. I liked the lavender scent. The soap comes as a HUGE bar! I think one bar lasted me a little over a month. It is a little drying but nothing some lotion can't fix.

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NiteOwlGrl2 on 6/28/2012 4:02:00 PM more reviews by NiteOwlGrl2

Age: 19-24   Skin: Oily, Fair-Medium, Warm   Hair: Blond, Straight, Medium   Eyes: Grey    

I got this soap for 60 cents. It smells sooo good. Just like lavender. It's so relaxing to use in the bath or shower. BUT it kind of leaves a waxy residue so idk I would just buy dove or something instead. Maybe use this as a hand soap not a body soap...!

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Flossie2 on 6/17/2012 12:12:00 AM more reviews by Flossie2

Age: 44-55   Skin: Oily, Fair, Cool   Hair: Blond, Wavy, Medium   Eyes: Blue    

I love the smell of lavender and this soap has a very nice lavender scent. Very much there but not overwhelming. I use it in the shower and find it's great as an overall body soap though I wouldn't use anything perfumed on my face. I was amazed to find this in a dollar store and cheap to buy. Definitely would buy it again. In fact I bought 8 bars yesterday because it's so popular it's often sold out. This isn't the real English Yardley soap though. It says clearly on the box that it is made in the U.S. and I'll bet the formula is different. That's true with Pear's soap too which is now made in India if you can believe it.

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illbefloating on 6/10/2012 6:38:00 PM more reviews by illbefloating

Age: 36-43   Skin: Normal, Fair   Hair: Blond   Eyes: Blue    

This is awful!! I live lavender so I thought I'd give it try. It leaves some kind of weird scum on your skin. I ended up getting right back in the shower to wash with something else. Yuck yuck yuck. Smells nice though.

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*TOP REVIEWER* ellizam on 11/24/2011 8:12:00 AM more reviews by ellizam

Age: 44-55   Skin: Combination   Hair: Brown   Eyes: Brown    

I adore Yardley's English Lavender soap! It was the first scented soap I ever got. It never irritates my skin, cleans beautifully, and I adore the scent.


I'd like to add a small proviso: in my early 30's my nose underwent a wierd short-circuit and the scent of lavender became a B.O. smell to me. One of the few lavender products that went "off" was Yardleys EL. It isn't a matter of natural vs. synthetic, either, as I've had same problem or lack of problem indiscriminately.


This is a clean lavender to my nose, soapy, coolingly refreshing in summer, snuggly in winter. The soap lathers well, lasts forever, and is astoundingly inexpensive. They do not stint on fragrance in the soaps and opening a drawer filled with these bars is a pleasure.


EDIT: smelled recent version from dollar store and doesn't smell like the YEL I remember. I'll track down another bar for comparison. While different to my memory, it was still pretty.

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MissRubyJones on 3/26/2011 10:24:00 PM more reviews by MissRubyJones

Age: Unknown   Skin: Very Oily, Fair, Neutral   Hair: Red, Curly, Medium   Eyes: Grey    

This is my fiance's favorite. It's the only soap he will use, so I associate it with a masculine scent. A bar seems to last him forever, and it doesn't dry his skin out. I store the bars in his drawers and closets, and it leaves his clothes smelling wonderful.

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*TOP REVIEWER* happifayce on 2/27/2011 8:26:00 PM more reviews by happifayce

Age: 30-35   Skin: Combination, Fair   Hair: Blond   Eyes: Hazel    

I was in Dollar Tree and happened upon this soap. I thought it would be good to wash my face at night before bed. I love it! The smell is soothing and relaxing which is great for bedtime. It doesn't leave a filmy residue, and it rinses away very well. Will keep purchasing.

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*TOP REVIEWER* Seadoo on 1/29/2011 12:02:00 PM more reviews by Seadoo

Age: 44-55   Skin: Dry, Warm   Hair: Brunette, Straight   Eyes: Other    

One of my all time favorites. I've used it for too many years to remember! Rich lather and scent, fine for hands, body, guests, making your drawers smell wonderful and much more.

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*TOP REVIEWER* Beaumonde on 1/13/2011 3:01:00 PM more reviews by Beaumonde

Age: Unknown   Skin: Combination, Medium, Warm   Hair: Brown, Wavy, Fine   Eyes: Blue    

It's all about whether the "Made in England" Yardley smells better than the Yardley English Lavender bar soap made in the U.S. Both in fact, are honest-to-goodness fresh smells, each smelling strongly of real Lavender. The English soaps are flatter; the ones made here are rounded on top.


Both lather up well and (unlike Dove soap), do NOT end up a round piece of mush when it gets wet. They rinse cleanly away and are not too drying.


There's a matching liquid hand soap for the powder room, both in regular and anti-bacterial formulations. This is a quality everyday soap
that can be found everywhere. Sometimes I see them at the dollar store in packs of three. Unbeatable value!

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prcdnvl28 on 1/18/2009 8:36:00 PM more reviews by prcdnvl28

Age: 30-35   Skin: Combination, Dark, Warm   Hair: Black, Relaxed, Coarse   Eyes: Brown    

This bar soap is creamy, lathers well, and smells pretty. It is somewhat drying to the skin, but I use it in the guest bath and it stands up very well (i.e. doesn't disintegrate or melt down in water).

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Jolly_C on 11/9/2008 9:59:00 PM more reviews by Jolly_C

Age: 19-24   Skin: Acne-prone, Fair-Medium, Warm   Hair: Black, Wavy, Medium   Eyes: Brown    

I love Yardley's English Lavender [bar] Soap. It's a mediocre bar soap--not very moisturizing and can actually dry out your skin if you're in the mood for a lot of lather in the winter. However, being a lavender lover, I find that the scent in this soap is really exceptional. The scent is on the rounder, muskier side--not lemony or citrusy like some lavender varieties originating in more southern areas like Spain or France. I purchase a bunch of these bar soaps and put them around my clothes in the closet. Doing so gives my garments a very delicately, soft lavender scent.


The bars seem to stay pungent for about 6 months - 1 year. After that, I relegate them to the bathroom to be used as a hand soap. They don't get mushy as easily either. Highly recommended.

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*TOP REVIEWER* lirial on 11/12/2006 4:05:00 PM more reviews by lirial

Age: 25-29   Skin: Sensitive, Fair, Cool   Hair: Brunette, Straight, Medium   Eyes: Hazel    

Love the smell, but hate the product. It's made from sodium tallowate, which is dead animals. :( Very drying, also.

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KristenT on 9/14/2006 11:48:00 PM more reviews by KristenT

Age: 30-35   Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium   Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Medium   Eyes: Hazel    

I absolutely love the smell of this soap! Like someone posted below, it is a true lavender scent. This soap lathers nicely, doesn't get mushy, and rinses clean. I love using this soap before bed, a nice relaxing scent. Ahhh. Will continue to purchase.

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*TOP REVIEWER* Sherrie11 on 4/29/2006 9:31:00 PM more reviews by Sherrie11

Age: 44-55   Skin: Normal, Fair   Hair: Brown   Eyes: Blue    

I've used this soap forever. It's one of my favorites. It has a very true lavender scent, not like many other so-called lavender soaps and body washes on drugstore shelves now, few of which smell anything at all like lavender. I especially like using this soap in a cool shower at the end of a long hot summer day. Very refreshing and clean and herbal and lavendery. I hope they never stop making it. A nice soap before bedtime, too.

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*TOP REVIEWER* sugarbomb on 11/12/2005 7:28:00 PM more reviews by sugarbomb

Age: 25-29   Skin: Normal   Hair: Brown   Eyes: Brown    

This is a great smelling liquid body wash/soap. The lavendar scent is not overwhelming, but lingers on the body after rinsing. Texture is thick and easy to lather. Very nice product, especially for the price!

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bubblygirl on 7/10/2005 1:30:00 PM more reviews by bubblygirl

Age: 18 & Under   Skin: Combination   Hair: Black   Eyes: Brown    

Oh, how I love this product. My mother used it on me all the time when I was young. It never irritates and the fragrance is so subtle and pleasing. I'd buy again, if only I knew where.

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*TOP REVIEWER* TeeCube on 12/28/2004 10:58:00 PM more reviews by TeeCube

Age: 30-35   Skin: Oily, Fair, Cool   Hair: Brown, Wavy, Medium   Eyes: Hazel    

Wonderful soap. Perfectly scented. I love it!

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