Woolite for Darks (a liquid) hardly makes any suds and has a very light perfume scent. The first year or two we had our FL washer, sudsing was a real problem due to detergent residue in everything, due to decades of poor rinsing in a TL washer.

I agree with Rococogurl about the woolite everyday, useless, unless your just freshening something up.

I have Ecover sunny day liquid and even in my standard top loader water hog 1 tablespoon suds up like crazy. Cheer staycolorful isn't bad but tends to foam In soft water.

I REALLY like Tide's COLORGUARD heTurbo for all my black & colors. Virtually no suds at all (using the minimum line on my Electrolux detergent dispenser which is just about equal to line 1 of the cap).
And I like the scent.

Tide colorguard cleans ok, but I have a problem with the heavy perfume scent although it does tone down some after the drying.

How strong is the Tide plus Colorguard scent after washing? (I've smelled it in stores and if my memory serves me correctly, it wasn't too bad a scent?) I probably should note that I am looking for lower-fragranced products and I have medium to medium-hard water (which doesn't quite make sense in terms of sudsing?)

Cheer Powder for sure. No fading and I have never had a dissolving problem. Light scent and now for any machine either T/L of F/L.

The Tide Totalcare(Colorguard now) is ok but I read an article where it was tested against Tide Coldwater and the Coldwater was the better one plus cheaper to use (article said).

I have used the Cheer powder for years on colors. It has no brighteners that fade/dull colors.

I'm with Sparky on the cheer powder, works very well, and the scent is the closest I've found to good old-fashioned laundry detergent, not a perfume factory. ..the tide coldwater leaves a sweet scent that isn't too bad on cottons, but any other fabric its cloying and overwhelming. Too bad they took tide coldwater free and clear off the market. Another thing about tide CW it works best in cold, cool, lukewarm..its not recommended for very warm to hot as the enzymes were formulated to die in those temps.

Tide free liquid is fairly good for colors and works in all temps.

For those whose skin cannot tolerate regular laundry cleaners, Charlie's Soap is gentle on colors. I have had no problem with fading.

Charlies Soap is what I use on our darks, too. I think it cleans better than Woolite for Darks and has no perfume added.

I have a tin of Nellies washing soda and I've been told its the same as CS I've never used it on darks but I do use it on dog toys and dog blankets and works ok for somwthing that has no enzymes or oxygen bleach.

We like the Tide fragrance free HE pellets/gel packs in our FL LG machine. They are a bit spendy and I cringe when I only need to wash a small load, but they work well in my experience and I basically only ever wear black.

I have Tide free powder for my asthmatic 6 yo grandson and I love it. I've used the Tide free pods but like the powder better. I think all the tide frees still have OB's .