Sweet smelling washing

Ariel for me, the colour version for coloured clothes and the normal for whites, then just Comfort or Lenor to condition, we live in as very hard water area and the conditioner makes the laundry softer (as does hair conditioner when I wash my hair.) I dry clothes outside if possible, I use the tumble dryer in poor weather. My mother used Ariel from its introduction as she said it makes the clothes much cleaner than her previous washing powder, I have continued to use it all my married life as I also think it gives the best results.

Slight diversion: I'm a great fan of Persil non-bio tablets but previously used capsules, like Ariel, and found that my washing sometimes ended up smeared with contents of sachet - has anyone else found that?

You hang out washing? Blimey, you must live in posh places. If you hang out washing round here they'd pinch it, along with the washing line and all the pegs.

I use Aerial powder and a tiny drop of Comfort (the baby one for sensitive skin), and line-drying outside as much as I can. I do like Persil too but cannot abide the scent of Lidl's Formil detergent- it actually makes me feel sick and I had to rewash everything I had used it on because it was so horrible.

I have herbs in pots growing around my washing line too Poshgran.

Running a 95c wash at least once a week (e.g. towels wash) and never using fabric softener seems to work for me - and Sainsburys own-make non-bio powder.

My Australian and American relatives all comment on how nice the UK laundry products I use smell. I use Persil or Ariel and Waitrose own unperfumed conditioner in SMALL amounts.
The design of front loader washing machines means there are warm wet pipes that breed bacteria. Leaving the dispenser drawer out to dry and cleaning the outlet filter helps stop odours.

I'm the opposite - strong smells make me nauseous, and I can't have any perfume on my skin/washing power/soap...
How about making yourself some "lavender bottles" to put between the sheets? They are fun to make, make your sheets smell lovely and are lovely presents too.
Good luck!

Persil non-bio and a bit of Comfort for general washing and just the powder for towels (washed at 60)

Lidl's bio capsules and their conditioner for baby clothes. Been using this combo for about two months now and it appears to work just as well as the expensive Persil and Comfort I was using before. Nice smell too!

Persia non bio again! My son, nearly 40 visited recently from Canada and asked what I washed his laundry in. He said it reminded him of when he was a child. I was quite touched by this. The little things in life are always the best aren't they?

I use an own-brand non-bio, no fabric conditioner/softener & dry on a rotary which is half underplanted with thyme, sage & other herbs. Sheets & towels do occasionally have a very subtle herby trace on them - & I don't mind picking the "bits" off!

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I did try these once and the scent does last in the wardrobe or drawer. Unfortunately I didn't like any of the fragrances, which you can squeeze and sniff in store.

Persil non-bio and sometimes Fairy or Ecover conditioner but never with towels, bedding etc. I use the conditioner if a fabric could develop 'static' but otherwise don't bother.
Dry outside if possible.

I'm a Persil fan, too. Also use either Lenor or Asda own brand of clothing conditioner.

Persil non bio and a splash of comfort , then line dried. Towels just Persil non bio.

PS. I was using the Lenor in the yellow bottle then!

I agree, nothing beats the smell of line-dried washing, and I hang mine out at any opportunity, but a have sometimes picked up a lovely smell from other people's laundry and just wondered if anyone had any recommendations. I have not used Persil for years, and may give that a go after hearing the earlier recommendations. I used to use Lenor fabric conditioner, until I realised it was making the washing machine drawer mouldy and smelly!!!

I always use Lenor in a gold coloured bottle . DGC say that they love the smell of their clothes after I have washed them ( which is quite often ) . I agree you can't beat the freshness if washing when it has been dried outside .

I have found quite cheap washing tablets which do the job admirably. I stopped using conditioner many years ago and my purse has benefited. It did take a few months for the clothes to return to "normal" but nowadays if the weather is good I hang my clothes outside and in winter, on a clothes horse indoors and the central heating dries them.

No never. We do not need these grossly over perfumed clothes and it is as unpleasant as sitting next to a heavy smoker.

We or you who buy this stuff are pawns in the washing powder makers competition for getting the highest sales figures.
Offer the public something "NEW" to encourage them. Stop seeing new as better it rarely is. Not improved just different. So much advertising is there to con people.

These products are way too strong and very pervasive. You really do not need to pefume your washing to that extent.

Way back I tried using shake and vac and had years of allergy to all sorts of perfume. To suddenly sneeze have your nose block and literally pour like a tap is dreadful.

It is incomfortable to sit near people with highly perfumed clothing. I am sure this awful stuff cannot be good for you in the long term.

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Leave this stinking stuff well alone.

Hung out in the fresh air and just smelling clean is what I want for my washing.

There was a little girl at GD's primary school a few years ago who came in each day smelling strongly of flowers/perfume/strong scents.
All the other class members tried hard to avoid sitting near the poor girl because the smell was over powering. It gave them headaches and induced nausea.
The class teacher brought it up with the mother and was told that she did all the washing in highly scented powders and then used extra scented softeners like Lenor.
Luckily it all got sorted out and toned down.
Best smell of all is freshly dried clothes from the line. No false smells .... just the lovely outdoors.

I agree with wildswan, I use Aldi's lavender scented washing liquid and that's all the fragrance I want. There's nothing nicer than the smell of clothes that have just come off the washing line.

If I have to use the tumble drier I add a Sainsbury softener sheet. NEVER Lenor which is far too strong and gives off a whiff of care home.

I've never understood this - I don't want my washing to smell of anything -- I just want it to be clean.