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What is freshness?

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MissAdventure Mon 26-Aug-24 14:32:41

New mown grass.
Salty sea air.

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Astitchintime Mon 26-Aug-24 14:31:06

Lined dried laundry = fresh
Bread made on the day = fresh
Veggies just pulled from the allotment = fresh

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MissAdventure Mon 26-Aug-24 14:28:23

I suppose baking soda would be the thing to use then?

I'm not worried about washing powder smells, though.

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NotSpaghetti Mon 26-Aug-24 14:24:39

Clean, dry and aired.
...but not if it smells of washing products! grin

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MissAdventure Mon 26-Aug-24 14:08:13

Clean, dry and aired.

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tanith Mon 26-Aug-24 13:28:18

I agree anything to make things smell ‘fresh’ has to be artificial surely. Line dried laundry is fresh to me.

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keepingquiet Mon 26-Aug-24 13:18:14

I just folded some towels which had dried on the line. The feel and the smell means freshness to me.

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NotSpaghetti Mon 26-Aug-24 12:18:18

I don't link the "fresh" word to artificial smells to be honest.
I wouldn't ever think of the word fresh when linked to anything frozen.

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AGAA4 Mon 26-Aug-24 12:13:51

I associate fresh with natural things. Fresh air. Fresh breeze. Fresh bread not artificial freshness.

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Chardy Mon 26-Aug-24 12:06:13

Literally just put bedding on to wash so I can hang it out in the sunshine. We live near the sea, so if I'm really lucky, there might be a hint of sea breeze too.
I don't want to smell of deodorant, but I'd like me to be smelling 'fresh'.

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Quizzer Mon 26-Aug-24 11:53:06

Does anyone else have an issue with the word “fresh” as used in advertisements these days.
Your bed linen is ‘so fresh’, which means it smells of laundry product.
Your house is “so fresh” because you use an automatic room spray so that it smells of perfume.
Your deodorant can keep you “fresh” for up to 48 hours! Thank goodness for that!
A fabric spray that makes your jacket “fresh enough” t wear another day.
The only definition of fresh that I can accept is frozen fish “as fresh as the day it was caught”.
Otherwise the word fresh seems to mean ‘smelling of cheap, floral perfume’.
How do other gransnetters define freshness?

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