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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Bon_Ami_Company_%28Manufacturers%29_%283092901633%29.jpg/220px-Bon_Ami_Company_%28Manufacturers%29_%283092901633%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="161" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Bon_Ami_Company_%28Manufacturers%29_%283092901633%29.jpg/330px-Bon_Ami_Company_%28Manufacturers%29_%283092901633%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Bon_Ami_Company_%28Manufacturers%29_%283092901633%29.jpg/440px-Bon_Ami_Company_%28Manufacturers%29_%283092901633%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="798" data-file-height="584" /></a><figcaption>Advertisement featuring the "hasn't scratched yet" slogan, 1907</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Bon Ami</b> (<a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a> for "Good Friend") is an American <a href="/wiki/Scouring_powder" title="Scouring powder">scouring powder</a> brand sold by the <a href="/wiki/Bon_Ami_Company" title="Bon Ami Company">Bon Ami Company</a> of <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City,_Missouri" title="Kansas City, Missouri">Kansas City, Missouri</a>. Since its inception in the late 19th century, the brand's <a href="/wiki/Advertising_campaign" title="Advertising campaign">advertising campaigns</a> have gained particular notice. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bon_Ami&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:American_cookery_(1919)_(14793566893).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/American_cookery_%281919%29_%2814793566893%29.jpg/220px-American_cookery_%281919%29_%2814793566893%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="340" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/American_cookery_%281919%29_%2814793566893%29.jpg/330px-American_cookery_%281919%29_%2814793566893%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/American_cookery_%281919%29_%2814793566893%29.jpg/440px-American_cookery_%281919%29_%2814793566893%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2889" data-file-height="4466" /></a><figcaption>Advertisement in <i>American Cookery</i>, 1919</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="19th_century">19th century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bon_Ami&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: 19th century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The original Bon Ami formula was developed in 1886 by the J. T. Robertson Soap Company as a gentler alternative to quartz-based scouring powders available in stores.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In those days, scouring powder was made from tallow and finely ground <a href="/wiki/Quartz" title="Quartz">quartz</a>. When quartz was mined, it was entwined with <a href="/wiki/Feldspar" title="Feldspar">feldspar</a>, and the two had to be separated by hand.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDorman199466_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDorman199466-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The feldspar was discarded until Robertson discovered that this soft mineral could be combined with soap to create a less-abrasive product that would clean without scratching, resulting in the Bon Ami product.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWoodward2003143_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWoodward2003143-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bon Ami was originally manufactured in a factory in <a href="/wiki/Glastonbury,_Connecticut" title="Glastonbury, Connecticut">Glastonbury, Connecticut</a>, which later moved to <a href="/wiki/Manchester,_Connecticut" title="Manchester, Connecticut">Manchester</a> in the 1880s.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of 1896, Bon Ami was a common product in northeastern United States households.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWoodward2003143_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWoodward2003143-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The slogan "hasn't scratched yet!" is an early American <a href="/wiki/Trademark" title="Trademark">trademark</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="20th_century">20th century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bon_Ami&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 20th century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the early 1900s, Alfred William Erickson, founder of <a href="/wiki/McCann_(company)" title="McCann (company)">McCann</a>, revived the brand with full-color pages in leading women's magazines. He accepted Bon Ami as a client <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1908</span>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Artist <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ben_Austrian&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ben Austrian (page does not exist)">Ben Austrian</a> painted the prints,<sup id="cite_ref-:1_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDorman199466_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDorman199466-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Ben's wife served as the model in the ads. The campaign blossomed into literature with the release of <i>The Chick That Never Grew Up</i>, a work of children's literature featuring Princess Bon Ami.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1963, <a href="/wiki/Lestoil" title="Lestoil">Lestoil</a> purchased an approximately 60% stake in Bon Ami.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bon Ami merged into Lestoil in 1964, after protracted negotiations.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1971, Bon Ami was purchased by the <a href="/wiki/Faultless_Starch/Bon_Ami_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Faultless Starch/Bon Ami Company">Faultless Starch Company</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-:2_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which later changed the corporation name to <a href="/wiki/Faultless_Starch/Bon_Ami_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Faultless Starch/Bon Ami Company">Faultless Starch/Bon Ami Company</a> to help reintroduce Bon Ami to the market. </p><p>In 1980, the company again revived its brand with a magazine campaign featuring the headline "never underestimate the cleaning power of a 94-year-old chick with a French name".<sup id="cite_ref-:0_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the first 6 months of the campaign, Bon Ami sales rose 12%.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nevertheless, its business was still flagging by 1983, when it remained in third place behind products from <a href="/wiki/Procter_%26_Gamble" title="Procter & Gamble">Procter & Gamble</a> and <a href="/wiki/Colgate-Palmolive" title="Colgate-Palmolive">Colgate-Palmolive</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="21st_century">21st century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bon_Ami&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 21st century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2011, Bon Ami celebrated its 125th anniversary by rereleasing the original cleaning cake for purchase. Limited supplies were offered both with and without a commemorative tin, celebrating the original formula's popularity.<sup id="cite_ref-bonami_anniversary_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bonami_anniversary-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ingredients">Ingredients</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bon_Ami&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Ingredients"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The product called "original" contains only <a href="/wiki/Feldspar" title="Feldspar">feldspar</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For other products, the Bon Ami website lists the following as main ingredients: feldspar, <a href="/wiki/Limestone" title="Limestone">limestone</a>, water, <a href="/wiki/Baking_soda" class="mw-redirect" title="Baking soda">baking soda</a>, <a href="/wiki/Citric_acid" title="Citric acid">citric acid</a>, <a href="/wiki/Corn_whiskey" title="Corn whiskey">corn alcohol</a>, <a href="/wiki/Epsom_salts" class="mw-redirect" title="Epsom salts">epsom salts</a>, <a href="/wiki/Essential_oils" class="mw-redirect" title="Essential oils">essential oils</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Xanthan_gum" title="Xanthan gum">xanthan gum</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ingredients_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ingredients-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bon_Ami&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: In popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cats_can,_but_Bon_Ami_can_not_scratch_for_it_lacks_grit_-_The_Gray_Litho._Co.,_N.Y._LCCN2015651602.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Cats_can%2C_but_Bon_Ami_can_not_scratch_for_it_lacks_grit_-_The_Gray_Litho._Co.%2C_N.Y._LCCN2015651602.jpg/220px-Cats_can%2C_but_Bon_Ami_can_not_scratch_for_it_lacks_grit_-_The_Gray_Litho._Co.%2C_N.Y._LCCN2015651602.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Cats_can%2C_but_Bon_Ami_can_not_scratch_for_it_lacks_grit_-_The_Gray_Litho._Co.%2C_N.Y._LCCN2015651602.jpg/330px-Cats_can%2C_but_Bon_Ami_can_not_scratch_for_it_lacks_grit_-_The_Gray_Litho._Co.%2C_N.Y._LCCN2015651602.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Cats_can%2C_but_Bon_Ami_can_not_scratch_for_it_lacks_grit_-_The_Gray_Litho._Co.%2C_N.Y._LCCN2015651602.jpg/440px-Cats_can%2C_but_Bon_Ami_can_not_scratch_for_it_lacks_grit_-_The_Gray_Litho._Co.%2C_N.Y._LCCN2015651602.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4212" data-file-height="2636" /></a><figcaption>Bon Ami advertisement, 1890</figcaption></figure><p>In the <a href="/wiki/F._Scott_Fitzgerald" title="F. Scott Fitzgerald">F. Scott Fitzgerald</a> novel <i><a href="/wiki/Tender_Is_the_Night" title="Tender Is the Night">Tender Is the Night</a></i>, first published in 1934, Fitzgerald notes the routine of the character Dick Diver in cleaning up his workroom at his home outside <a href="/wiki/Cannes" title="Cannes">Cannes</a>: "He swept up, for no servants were allowed in there, treated his washroom sketchily with Bon Ami, repaired a screen and sent off an order to a publishing house in Zurich".<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 1966 film <i><a href="/wiki/The_Ghost_and_Mr._Chicken" title="The Ghost and Mr. Chicken">The Ghost and Mr. Chicken</a></i>, whenever discussing a murder at an old mansion, one character mentions that the police were unable to clean the blood off the organ keys, and another character adds, "And they used Bon Ami!" Lead actor <a href="/wiki/Don_Knotts" title="Don Knotts">Don Knotts</a> personally got permission from the president of Bon Ami to include this reference to the company's product.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the first volume of his autobiography, <a href="/wiki/Isaac_Asimov" title="Isaac Asimov">Isaac Asimov</a> recalls a box his family kept in the bathroom when he was a child, and how in his childish naïveté he was impressed that the company was so conscientious that if they ever found that the powder had scratched, they would change the slogan to "Only Scratched Once!"<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Jane_Vandenburgh" title="Jane Vandenburgh">Jane Vandenburgh</a>'s novel <i>Failure to Zigzag</i> makes reference to Bon Ami's slogan "hasn't scratched yet".<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bon_Ami&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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Stillwater, Minnesota: Voyageur Press. p. 118. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780785827542" title="Special:BookSources/9780785827542"><bdi>9780785827542</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/1148597385">1148597385</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Complete+Chicken&rft.place=Stillwater%2C+Minnesota&rft.pages=118&rft.pub=Voyageur+Press&rft.date=2002&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F1148597385&rft.isbn=9780785827542&rft.aulast=Percy&rft.aufirst=Pam&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fcompletechicken0000perc%2Fpage%2F118%2Fmode%2F1up&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABon+Ami" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFHirschhorn1997" class="citation book cs1">Hirschhorn, Bernard (1997). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=esBWfV6Dj-0C&pg=PA13"><i>Democracy Reformed: Richard Spencer Childs and His Fight for Better Government</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/Greenwood_Publishing_Group" title="Greenwood Publishing Group">Greenwood Publishing Group</a>. p. 13. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-313-30144-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-313-30144-5"><bdi>978-0-313-30144-5</bdi></a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200923024640/https://books.google.com/books?id=esBWfV6Dj-0C&pg=PA13">Archived</a> from the original on September 23, 2020<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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New York: Berkley Boulevard Books. pp. <span class="nowrap">180–</span>182. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780783888224" title="Special:BookSources/9780783888224"><bdi>9780783888224</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/1028652483">1028652483</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Barney+Fife%2C+and+Other+Characters+I+Have+Known&rft.place=New+York&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E180-%3C%2Fspan%3E182&rft.pub=Berkley+Boulevard+Books&rft.date=1999&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F1028652483&rft.isbn=9780783888224&rft.aulast=Knotts&rft.aufirst=Don&rft.au=Metz%2C+Robert&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fbarneyfifeotherc00knot%2Fpage%2F180%2Fmode%2F1up&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABon+Ami" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFAsimov1979" class="citation book cs1">Asimov, Isaac (1979). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=GUNaAAAAMAAJ"><i>In Memory Yet Green: The Autobiography of Isaac Asimov, 1920-1954</i></a>. Doubleday. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-385-13679-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-385-13679-2"><bdi>978-0-385-13679-2</bdi></a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200923024641/https://books.google.com/books?id=GUNaAAAAMAAJ">Archived</a> from the original on September 23, 2020<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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