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
Ariel (detergent) Ariel brought out its quickwash action to its detergents, to allow consumers to be able to do their laundry on a quickwash cycle. Back in 2005, Ariel launched an advertising campaign in the uk with tennis star Tim Henman and tennis rookie Daniel Stuart Stanton. The advert was broadcast for 2 months throughout the UK. Ariel (detergent) Ariel is a marketing line of laundry detergents made by Procter & Gamble. It is the flagship brand in Procter & Gamble's European, Algerian, Turkish, Indian, Pakistani, Japanese, Filipino, Mexican, Brazilian, Chilean, Peruvian, Ecuadorian, Colombian and Venezuelan portfolios. In some U.S. stores, Mexican