[gabrielle123]

I have "inherited" many bars of soaped -yes they were still wrapped!- from my mom and aunt recently and I could tell these bars were purchased around the 80's or so. They actually seem fine to use and are complied of many different brands (some of whom still exist!). My mother did tell me at one time that you can actually get a bar of soap (any brand) to last longer (while in use) if you take the wrapper off a couple of weeks before using it. Haven't tried this to see if it works though..