Persil the ""work of the washboard""—saving consumers time and rendering the historic method of "sun-bleaching" (by laying clothes out in the sun) unnecessary. Persil was the first commercially available self-activated laundry detergent (combining bleach with the detergent). The invention of Persil was a significant breakthrough. The name, "Persil", is derived from two of the original ingredients, sodium perborate and silicate. The original name was deemed unsuitable as an international brand because it is hard to pronounce in some languages. Coincidentally, "persil" is the French word for the herb, parsley. Persil is sold in powder, liquid detergent, liquid capsule, liqui-gel, and tablet
Daz (detergent) TV and in a John Smith's advertising campaign featuring Peter Kay. From 1999 to 2002 Julian Clary was the face of Daz laundry detergent, one of the first of his advert campaigns being a "Wash Your Dirty Linen in Public" roadshow with Daz Tablets. Since 2002, Daz TV commercials are set in an outlandish "Cleaner Close" soap opera. Daz is available in powder (handwash and automatic), liquid and liquitabs (Go-Pods). Daz Go-Pods are branded as Tide Pods in the USA and Vizir Pods in Europe; on the back of the pods they bear the marking "Daz/Vizir/Tide" and they have the