Aquafresh Extreme Clean Fluoride Toothpaste
I feel a little silly writing about toothpaste, but on the other hand…why not, right? Apparently it’s hip, in an ironic, detached kind of way!
Wait, I guess being sincere about toothpaste is still lame. DAMN YOU, FICKLE GODS OF COOL.
I picked up this Aquafresh craziness a couple years ago, probably because of the fancy packaging (”It’s shiny and blue, it must be good!”), and it’s been my favorite toothpaste since. It claims to have something called “Micro-Active foam” which sounds a little terrifying, as though the instant you put it in your mouth giant Cujo-esque wads of minty rabies drool would start cascading down your chin, but I don’t notice anything particularly, well, noticeable foamwise. I use this toothbrush, too, and even the Sonicare’s feisty electronic action doesn’t generate the same challenge that one Amazon reviewer mentioned: “I have taken to brushing my teeth topless, because I can simply wipe my breasts off afterwards.”
Shall we all take a moment, here, to picture “SpookyChick” and her morning routine? The jostling body parts, the glistening foam…
You people are dirty, I swear.
ANYWAY, the toothpaste’s taste is unique: it’s not overpoweringly minty, and has a touch of citrus to it. So it’s weirdly orangey-minty, but not too sugary. It does make my whole mouth feel zippy and zappy afterwards, the way an Altoids will, although not quite that painfully.
There’s something addictive about that taste, to me anyway. Other toothpastes just seem blah now, like they don’t get my teeth as clean. Another plus: the cap on this toothpaste is nice and wide, so you can store the tube vertically.
If you can get past the product name including the word “extreme”, you should give this toothpaste a try. It’s magically mouth-licious!
Link: Aquafresh Extreme Clean Fluoride Toothpaste
Ballpark price: $3.50
Posted: November 14th, 2006 under Personal care, Personally recommended by Linda.
Comments: 17
Comments
Comment from honeybecke
Time: November 14, 2006, 10:30 pm
Haaa! Who would WRITE that in their Amazon Review?
Hilarious! Although, she kinda might be onto something- tooth paste splats are such a pain in the ass to get off your shirt!!
So, we may have to give this Aquafresh Extreme stuff a try. We’ve been a Colgate Total family for ages, but I gots to admit it’s getting a little ah, boring.
Comment from Melis
Time: November 15, 2006, 6:24 am
aHA! Citrus! I bought this stuff 2 years ago to try while I was in the hospital shooting a kid through my canal and couldn’t figure out what that taste was. I still use it regularly, although I will admit my teeth have become quite sensitive lately and I’m more of a Crest Pro-Care gal at the moment.
Citrus….you nailed it AGAIN!
Comment from Jenny
Time: November 15, 2006, 7:06 am
I use this one too, and love it. It does make other toothpastes seem either too sweet or not… zippy enough. The packaging calls it “an intense whitening experience” or something like that and I’m not so sure I want my tooth-brushing to be an Intense Experience, but it’s working for me right now. I just realized that I brush sans clothing as well, but not on purpose because of the toothpaste — it’s just that if I’m clothed when I dry my hair, I sweat, and then I feel like I have to take another shower, and usually I brush my teeth right after showering. I never really thought about how weird all that might be.
Comment from Dee
Time: November 15, 2006, 8:29 am
I LOVE this toothpaste! I got hooked onto it some 5 months ago and now I’m on my 2nd or 3rd tube. Though I did notice that initially I’d get a squeaky clean feeling on my teeth after brushing, now it kinda feel…umm…normal?
Comment from jonniker
Time: November 15, 2006, 9:21 am
I have to second a bit of SpookyChick’s sentiment, albeit in the context of my own sadly Darwinian failure to adapt.
When I first started using an electric toothbrush, I completely failed to realize that I shouldn’t start the vibrating action until the toothpasted brush was already in my mouth. Too many times to count, I would lovingly load up the brush, turn it on, and *then* bring it to my lips, the premature vibrations sending wild sprays of swirling toothpaste all over my breasts, my hair and the entire bathroom on its journey to my mouth. (I did this daily, like a monkey who kept touching a hot pan. DAILY. And sometimes I still forget. In fact, it happened yesterday.)
Comment from Lawyerish
Time: November 15, 2006, 10:18 am
Wiping. Off. Her. Breasts.
Wow.
This does sound like an enjoyable toothpaste experience, although I have to say that I bought the Crest Pro-Health stuff recently, together with the Pro-Health Mouthwash, so now we have a whole Tooth Cleaning SystemTM in our household, and I’m not sure it can be disturbed. There must be some new kind of toothpaste/mouthwash technology, though, because my mouth has never felt so clean, even a couple of meals and a Diet Mountain Dew later. God bless America for the billions of R&D dollars we spend on toothpaste. And snack crackers.
Comment from Elizabeth
Time: November 15, 2006, 10:58 am
I like the way it makes my mouth feel, but I couldn’t finish the tube. The taste was too weird for me. It reminded me of VapoRub and was too sweet.
Comment from Jenny J.
Time: November 15, 2006, 1:51 pm
These comments are hilarious.
I’m totally trying this toothpaste. I’m a bit wary of the citrus but I’m willing to give it a shot.
Comment from paige
Time: November 15, 2006, 6:08 pm
I absolutely love this toothpaste. It makes my mouth feel completely reamed out. And I mean that in a good way.
Comment from robin
Time: November 16, 2006, 7:06 am
Ahem…I feel like a total ass, because just yesterday at the store I chastised the man because I asked him what toothpaste he wanted and he always seems to go for the most expensive of everything (yes, I’m a tight-wad) and he went directly for this kind. After much eye rolling on my part, we got it and this morning, I fell in love with this toothpaste.
Comment from gabby
Time: November 16, 2006, 8:15 am
We LOVE this toothpaste. (I bought it because it was orange packaging. Yeah, I’m scientific like that.) And now I will only ever buy another kind if it’s really cheap and we’re feeling poor.
Comment from Stacitee
Time: November 19, 2006, 3:59 pm
I’ve tried a bunch of items that you have reviewed here and have to say that I agree with your reviews quite often.
But, sorry to say, not about this toothpaste. The citrus taste was not a party for my mouth. I agree with Elizabeth’s VapoRub comment. I tried to give my tube away to various family members… nobody would try it. I contemplated just using it up, but sneakily hit it in the trash instead.
Comment from Kristin
Time: May 7, 2007, 11:47 am
I got samples of this on the website (requested one, got two!), and looooved it. The taste is different, and when I buy a new tube I will get just plain minty mint. I think it foams up a lot for me. I did just notice the other day that it’s not ADA accepted. Hm.
Comment from Marie
Time: May 9, 2007, 6:06 am
I thought i loved this toothpaste. Althought i have notice my gums bleeding and that hadn’t happened prior to my use of this. Is it a coincidence? Humm
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