Jamaicans and their relatives abroad have an unspoken understanding – that (a) a barrel must be shipped to Jamaica with some regularity and (b) there are certain things that this barrel must contain.

Irish Spring soap

We know you can get other soaps but Irish Spring makes everything in the barrel smell good. Plus even if we don’t like it, we want something to give away to the nosy neighbor to let them know that we just received a barrel from foreign.