My mother always to drum into us four girls the merits of having good skin, from an early age (about 14 years old) she introduced us to Ponds cold cream and rose water she swore by it and to be fair her skin always looked good, I used it for years, them started using new creams that came on the market, a few years ago I re discovered the ponds cream and rose water and it's been with ever since, is my skin any better? well I like to think so. I know it's been around along time, but why mend something when its not broken .. I love it and so does my daughter. We also like to rub a little bit of olive oil into our body, keeps our skin feeling soft and silky.