Does Anyone Use The Original Listerine?

[ZackyDog]

I remember my first experience with it back in ~1973. It was like rinsing with industrial-strength floor cleaner.

I've been using this one for several years, though it may not be as powerful as the original.

 

[brookdalebill]

Hated it!
Still do.
Never use it.
Scope is somewhat less harsh.

 

[TomBrokaw]

Act alcohol-free. Alcohol dries out the mouth which is counter productive to keeping the bad microbes out.

 

[Ed Driscoll]

The original Listerine was a staple in my parents' bathroom, so I do occasionally use it for nostalgia sake. But a few years ago, after I had deep pockets in my gums lasered to shrink them, the hygienist recommended using a mouthwash with hydrogen peroxide in it to keep things from getting inflamed again, so I mostly stick with that.

 

[dougbgt6]

All mouth wash tastes sweet to me, which can't be good after you've just brushed your teeth.

Doug

 

[VintageSG]

Listerine was a product looking for a market. It tastes as you'd imagine floor cleaner to taste because that was a potential market.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Listerine

I too use the purple stuff in preference to the original.

 

[Maguchi]

I remember my first experience with it back in ~1973. It was like rinsing with industrial-strength floor cleaner.

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I've been using this one for several years, though it may not be as powerful as the original.


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Wow, that takes me back a ways! Forgot all about Listerine. Probly haven't used it since I was a teenager. The original brown colored stuff was nasty tasting compared to the mouthwash they got today, and it burned the inside of your mouth.

 

[johnny k]

You are not supposed to swallow it ? That is why it made me feel funny !

 

[dogmeat]

wineos drink it when they can't afford cheap wine. for real. seen it more than once

and yeah, I use it about once a week to blister my gums

 

[Fenderbaum]

Why would i kill all the bacterias in my mouth?

 

[Flyboy]

I used to. Now use Corsodyl.

 

[Monoprice99]

We were Scope for the minty green fresh, Lavoris for the red cinnamon mouthwash. Only cause kids like colored mouthwash/rinses. Listerine was yellowish. Not sure any of them worked for the money wasted on them ? I liked red mouthwash, so Lavoris was what I preferred, older brother liked Scope, nobody was a Listerine fan.

 

[TF from MN]

I use Listerine's generic counterparts from Walgreens or Target. That harsh chemical taste - how can any germs survive?

 

[Tim S]

The original Listerine was a staple in my parents' bathroom, so I do occasionally use it for nostalgia sake. But a few years ago, after I had deep pockets in my gums lasered to shrink them, the hygienist recommended using a mouthwash with hydrogen peroxide in it to keep things from getting inflamed again, so I mostly stick with that.

I also went thru the LANAP procedure. After that, I switched from decades of Listerine Cool Mint use to CloSys Sensitive and never looked back.

 

[dougbgt6]

Lavoris for the red cinnamon mouthwash

Lavoris in the lavatory?

They don't seem to sell it here, for some reason.

Doug

 

[Uncle Daddy]

I used to. Now use Corsodyl.

My dentist recommended Corsodyl Daily, the regular stuff stains your teeth.

 

[stormsedge]

We use a generic minty Listerine knockoff. I usually rinse with H2O.

 

[johnny k]

wineos drink it when they can't afford cheap wine. for real. seen it more than once

and yeah, I use it about once a week to blister my gums

I guess here cheap wine is less expensive that listerine or whatever the equivalent is here.

 

[jackal]

I still use the stuff. Nothing else seems to leave the "Clean" that it does.

 

[trev333]

I heard it strips poly....