[1] Currently owned by the Kao Corporation, Jergens is associated with various historically significant products including a cherry-almond hand lotion; a Natural Glow tanning lotion; and 1976 shampoo Gee, Your Hair Smells Terrific.

][1][2] Circa 1925, the Andrew Jergens Company operated a soap factory at 99 W. Verdugo Avenue in Burbank, California,[3] at the intersection of Verdugo Avenue and the Southern Pacific Railroad tracks.

[4] However, this California plant closed in October 1992, moving production back to their headquarters in Ohio.

[8] After the product appeared on a Kelly Ripa's talk show Live with Regis and Kelly, internet chat rooms, and in eBay auctions, the product sold out and the Jergens Web site featured a waiting list of 38,000.

Senior brand manager Brian Rudie told The New York Times that the factory went into overdrive, stating: "We didn't count on the buzz.