Noxzema: version 1

Saved 2026-09-25 03:32 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by discover: Added UPC 022700999736 from the wanted list: Noxzema H2Foam Cleansing Cloths, tub of 30. Identity from the Medshopexpress listing (prints the UPC without check digit, SKU 110078, P&G-Beauty, USD 6.49). This is the current version.

Source of v1

# Noxzema <!--brand-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Noxzema
summary: American skin-cleanser brand from Baltimore, best known for its blue-jar cream; owned by Procter & Gamble from 1989 and Alberto-Culver from 2008.
website: http://www.noxzema.com/
founded: 1914
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## Relations <!--relations-->
| role     | target                 | market | from | until | ended | status  | source     | note                                                                      |
| -------- | ---------------------- | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | ------- | ---------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| owned_by | company/procter-gamble |        | 1989 | 2008  | true  | sourced | ^wikipedia | Acquired with Noxell in 1989.                                             |
| owned_by | company/alberto-culver |        | 2008 |       |       | sourced | ^wikipedia | Bought from P&G in 2008; Alberto-Culver was acquired by Unilever in 2010. |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref       | url                                   | title   | accessed   | publisher | kind        | published | record_id | locator | licence      | attribution | upstream |
| --------- | ------------------------------------- | ------- | ---------- | --------- | ----------- | --------- | --------- | ------- | ------------ | ----------- | -------- |
| wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noxzema | Noxzema | 2026-09-25 | Wikipedia | publication |           |           |         | CC BY-SA 4.0 |             |          |
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## About <!--about-->
Noxzema is an American brand of skin cleanser, introduced in 1914 and sold for decades in a cobalt blue jar; the cream contains camphor, menthol, phenol and eucalyptus.[^wikipedia] The Noxzema Chemical Company of Baltimore, reorganised as Noxell Corporation in 1966, made it until Procter & Gamble bought Noxell in 1989; Alberto-Culver bought the brand from P&G in 2008 and was itself acquired by Unilever in 2010.[^wikipedia] The name has also appeared on shaving cream, razors and skin-cleansing cloths, and Wikipedia names Evermark as the current marketer.[^wikipedia]
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