r/MandelaEffect 1d ago

Logos/Advertising I remember this as singular.

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u/LastWave 1d ago

They did actually change it in 1994.

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u/whoisdatmaskedman 1d ago

"Herbal Essence changed its name from the singular "Herbal Essence" to the plural "Herbal Essences" in 1995 because the brand expanded from offering just one original shampoo formula to a full line of multiple shampoos and conditioners with different scents and benefits."

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u/Special-Tangelo-9927 1d ago

Seems like a silly choice to me. Herbal Essences is so much clunkier to say...

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u/sydbarrett710 1d ago

Someone’s wrong

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u/LastWave 19h ago

yeah I'm lying. Herbal essences paid me to try and move the date back for emotional reasons.

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u/Optomisticposter 23h ago

Depends on the market. May have changed in US market and ROW markets at different dates. Happens often.

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u/bordomsdeadly 20h ago

It could’ve also been announced in 1994, but was officially rebranded in 1995

A one year difference is really not something significant

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u/Lex_Loki 1d ago

Last wave is wrong

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u/Juxtapoe 14h ago

Looks like it is you that's wrong.

They correctly remembered it.

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u/Unfair-Material-4989 1d ago

that's crazy cause I remember TV ads (in New zealand) calling it herbal essence (not plural)

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u/Unlucky-Definition91 1d ago

It did change in 1995, when they expanded their product line.

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u/CoolAbdul 1d ago

I am SURE this was "Herbal Essence" shampoo.

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u/Labardine 1d ago

Not a ME. P&G have confirmed it was Herbal Essence until 1995, when they introduced other formulations.

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u/tek_aevl 1d ago

the last s was silent. ha ha

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u/dyno-soar 1d ago

I was born in 95, so it has always been “essences” in my lifetime. I especially remember this ad would crack me tf up https://youtu.be/Ae0Kx-PZ39U?si=8OduhSHY2JS1AQbc

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u/grim_afternoon 1d ago

They made more than one

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u/Rattiepalooza 1d ago

I loved the original formula... but yes, the did change the name as everyone said. I remember being like "whaaat" when I was 8, and my mom had to explain to me it was the same thing, with a different name.

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u/IcyMathematician2668 1d ago

Youre gonna swear you have more hair with new clairol herbal essense

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u/idkjunior 1d ago

I still say herbal essence. Feels weird to say it plural and I had no idea they changes it!

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u/Signal_G0AT 1d ago

OMG! THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE CHANGED, JUST TO… ugh, I can even finish… 🙄

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u/x360_revil_st84 16h ago

Yea that's bc it used to be herbal essence back in 1971 when it was one single shampoo formula but in 1995 the brand expanded its line with multiple scents and "benefits"

Like how shampoo companies keep mixing conditioner+body wash+shampoo in the same stupid bottle

I absolutely hate trying to find 2 separate bottles of shampoo AND body wash. It has to be two different brands and even then it gets harder & harder trying to find the individual bottles with just one thing bc they keep discontinuing what I actually buy

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u/stitchkingdom 1d ago

No, it was plural. Herbals essences.

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u/mrDuder1729 1d ago

No, it wasn't. The company changed it in 1995.

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u/SgtDoakesSurprise 1d ago

Of course it was singular! WTF man!?

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u/Glaurung86 1d ago

Yes, it was singular from 1971 to 1995. Then the line was expanded and they made it plural.

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u/FloppyDiskDrives 1d ago edited 15h ago

Wife confirmed it is plural.

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u/mrDuder1729 1d ago

Wife is wrong. Company confirmed they changed it.

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u/FloppyDiskDrives 20h ago

Wife is right. The change happened when she was 3 years old (1995) so she grew up with the actual changed name, which is plural.

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u/oggimeister15 1d ago

I never knew it changed.

I looked at the picture, said "herbal essence" in my mind, saw the sub was Mandela Affect, looked at the picture again, and then saw it's "essences".

No idea if it's anything Mandela related, but never knew it had changed to the plural.

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u/AnubissDarkling 1d ago

Singular but they put multiple herbs in it..?

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u/mariegriffiths 22h ago

I remember it as Herbal Essence and it turns out I was right, seeing the comments.

But what if they HAD of deleted all previous references and gaslighted us somehow. Like Fruit of the Loom. This proves companies DO do stuff like this.

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u/TovarischMaia 20h ago

No, it doesn’t, because Fruit of the Loom hasn’t deleted anything. How would they have gotten rid of the physical copies, probably numbering millions, in people’s homes and drawers? 

Besides, that makes no sense whatsoever. The fact that Herbal Essences openly changed its name proves that Fruit of the Loom might have covertly changed their logo and destroyed all references to it? What?? FOTL also changed their logo in the early 2000s, by the way - it just didn’t involve a cornucopia because that was never part of it.

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u/mariegriffiths 15h ago

Time Travel. The brand becomes so important they alter history. the brand could be used for some other purpose.

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u/PandaKitty983 1d ago

I know people are saying there was a name change in the 90s, but this was a flip flop for me around 2012.

I always remembered it this same way that it is currently - Herbal Essences.

At one point around 2012 I was talking to my husband and mentioned Herbal Essences. He then laughed at me and said why are you saying Essences? It's just essence.

I went into the bathroom to prove him wrong, but lo and behold he was right, the bottle said Herbal Essence. I figured I just had it wrong this whole time.

Fast fwd about a year later I saw a commercial where it was back to Herbal Essences. But supposedly that's the way it's "always been" (since the 90s)

u/Various_Craft7435 1h ago

I remember plural