A Facebook campaign has forced the makers of Pears Transparent Soap to abandon a new recipe after claims the formula 'smells and feels disgusting'. Customers criticised the addition of chemicals to ...

The soap, the world's oldest brand, recently changed its formula - trebling the number of ingredients used - and making it 'smell and feel disgusting', according to some users. A Facebook group ...

THIS OBJECT IS PART OF THE PROJECT 'A HISTORY OF CORNWALL IN 100 OBJECTS'. MEVAGISSEY MUSEUM. Andrew Pears, the son of a Cornish farmer, was born at Mevagissey and was the founder of Pears Soap.