I don't remember the specific smell of Fels Naptha. My mother made and used her own lye soap. I do remember how those bars smelled, and how the gel of it felt between the fingers. She would pour them into large pans- looked kind of like jelly roll pans but much larger-and after the stuff had 'set' she would take to them with a large butcher knife. One of my memories is of her shaving that soap into the wringer washer. (Remember how it felt to get your thumb caught in the wringer?)

Two things that have never changed their odor or taste:

* A drug store (Smells just like it always did)
* Toasted marshmallows (Try it!)
* Pepsodent tooth paste. Although we used tooth powder rather than paste (do they still make that?), the smell and taste is exactly the same as it ever was.