Scented liquids for
whites: Ariel 3in1 pods, Bio Luvil, Bio Luvil pikkujätti, Omo, Omo
small&mighty, Lumme, Perlana white, Rainbow white. Omo Aloe Vera
small&mighty is for both colors and whites I think.

Liquids for black
clothes and fine washes: Rainbow Fine, Serto Tumma (dark), Serto
Silkki&Villa (silk&wool), Perlana black, Rainbow black, Omo
black, Bio Luvil black, Bio Luvil Silk&wool. Lilly's eco clean
orange blossom&chamomile, Maison Belle cinnamon&jasmine and
Ecover represent the eco side of things.

And finally, unscented
liquids. Different versions for both whites and colors again. Omo,
Bio Luvil, Ariel, Rainbow, Erisan, LV, Neutral, Lumme, MiniRisk.

Whew, that took a long time to post, lol! Now you've pretty much seen every single detergent that we have in Finland and know what to buy when coming to visit, lol!

I guess the selection could be worse. It just feels like we have so many unscented products which I never buy. We rarely get new detergents, new softener scents are introduced more frequently.

If you keep reading this forum, you will discover the wealth and diversity of laundry products available internationally. Several frequent posters have vast collections of detergents and softeners. I was surprised at the differences in products used in similar industrialized countries. I don't think I would be happy with cold water washing on the balcony in Japan.

You have a bunch of Unilever products! I wish we had them here as well. I'd like to try some Comfort and love the small Omo bottle (Small & Mighty in the UK) but will have to order them online.

Alex

@poppy214, my stash is already too big for just one person, it's probably better if I stay away from things available internationally, lol. I would need to get a bigger apartment if I started ordering online, I have no self control when it comes to laundry products! And yeah, cold water washing is not very popular in Finland.

whirlpool_trainee, Unilever is the market leader in Finland so we do have a lot of Unilever products. I didn't know you don't get Comfort in Germany. I haven't bought many Comfort softeners, as it takes me ages to go through one bottle. I wish they would sell small tester bottles to try out different scents.

The Softlan & Lenor grab my attention ;)

I wonder how the Ariel Forumla differs from the German & UK Formula.

I've heard nothing, but good things about that "Vanish" Stuff.

Another thing worth noting, (even with the Euro to Dollar Conversion) Detergent is so much cheaper there :P Must be nice ;)

The Omo "Small & Mighty" reminds me of All Small & Mighty, we have here in the states. Although, ours don't come with a wicked cool, dosing ball.

Also.. we don't have any of those "refill" packs anymore, even for fabric softener here in the states. I bet Europeans... recycle more.

Softlan vanilla&orchid is one of my favorite softeners. I also really like Lenor Gold Orchid, Cotton flowers and Summer breeze. Lenor Spring Awakening smells a bit too manly to me, though, lol.

I think the Ariel might be the same as in UK and Germany, I don't really know.

I was a bit surprised the first time I realized that we have cheaper detergents here. It is nice! Pretty much everything else is more expensive.

I love the dosing ball, pretty much the only reason I originally bought the detergent was to get the ball, lol. Because it's made out of soft rubber, it doesn't bang around in the drum during the wash cycle.

The refill packs are a very new thing here, actually. I don't think we had them last year. It's weird because Sweden has had those for so long. I think Swedes are even better at recycling than us, lol!

Used to love Lenor, but since P&G put these scent pearls in there - yuck.

Softlan = Suavitel (although the scents are probably different).

Ha, the bottle and dosing ball are also the reasons why I want to order some Small & Mighty (I'd even buy an empty bottle *lol*)

Mich, refill paks, you mean like the Downy in those cardboard milk cartons??

If postage wasn't so costly I'd order that detergent just for the dosing ball and I may have to lol..I dearly want one hehe

These were very cool pictures to look at thanks for posting! I'm such a weirdo I have been known to stop in stores while traveling to look in the laundry aisle, but I havnt made it to Finland yet! Sneak peek!

@mamapinky0, Yeah. I grew up, seeing those milk cartons of Downy at stores.

I know Tide had clear, refill jugs, full of orange liquid. I remember seeing them once, when I was really, really young. I've never seen them since though.

@whirlpool_trainee, yeah I do use less Lenor than is recommended on the bottle and I don't use the stronger scents on my clothes. Comfort's new Creations line scents next to the yellow Lenor in the pics are pretty stinky as well. Supposedly they are "blended by perfume experts". I bought the honeysuckle&sandalwood one and hate it, lol.

I've bought the color and Aloe Vera small&mighty, so I have the purple and green ball. Now I just have to buy the unscented blue one to get that one as well, haha.

@miami mami, I also like to walk around in grocery stores in other countries, especially the laundry aisle. It's exciting to see new products! I'd love to visit Estonia again because they have a lot of products we don't have, for example Ariel in different scents. There is a Prisma in Tallinn and you can see the products they sell online. Other Finns go to Tallinn for the cheap booze, I would go for the detergents, haha.

Walking around foreign detergent aisles is a normal symptom of our condition. *lol* I have a bunch of videos on my channel where I film inside Target, Sears, Home Depot etc., looking at cleaning supplies and playing with appliances.

I also like(d) Lenor Gold Orchid and Sotflan Vanilla! Would there be a Comfort softener that smells like it? I prefer sweeter scents (unlike most here) so the Comfort with musk is certainly out. :D

I think they used to have comfort vanilla&gold iris in the UK but maybe it was limited edition. We've never had it here. I don't think Comfort has any sweet smelling softeners. A lot of berry scents and fresh scents like waterlily&lime but no scents that have vanilla, really. At first the honeysuckle&sandalwood seemed promising but it definitely was too musky, haha. I definitely prefer sweet scents as well.

In Sweden ICA had a coconut&magnolia softener. Never seen coconut as a softener scent before. I almost bought it but I have too many softeners already.

For some reason I just like the name Lenor. I wish it was sold here in the US. I would like to try it.

@Jody. Me too, I think the name sounds Elegant. The stuff, is absolutely wonderful though.

@Laundry Mitch....exactly right, it does sound and even look elegant. I wonder how it smells.

Lenor is European Downy, Lenor is P & G. The formulas are similar, the scents are different. Lenor AprilFrisch (April Fresh) and Lenor Spring smell very good. Nothing like American April Fresh, but very clean, crisp, a little sweet with a very subtle but noticeable iced "mintiness". I love it!!

@Larsi, have you ever used the "Comfort" before? :-)

I loved Comfort Crème Jojoba - it smelled so lovely. But, as the name suggests, was pretty thick and needed the dispenser to be flushed with hot water afterwards.

Lenor is like Downy and promises freshness for... I don't know; the eternity, probably. It does have these scent pearls in it that, if you dare to rub your hands over the clothes, make your skin intensely smell of perfume/chemicals. Only the sensitive versions are free of these stinks bombs.

Your jugs look so small. I'm used to the heavy over sized jugs that last forever.

It looks like the Omo liquid is a best seller!

No persil?

@pawprint, I think the Ariel XXXL liquid has 72 washes and the biggest Omo bottle has 60 washes. The biggest powder packages have over 100 washes. But yeah, we don't get huge liquid jugs. The recommended dose is usually 50 ml for a load of laundry and as I usually use only 25 ml, my bottles last twice as long anyway.

Omo is the best seller. Ariel and Bio Luvil come next I think. Like I said Bio Luvil and Omo liquids are exactly the same stuff. I see people buying Surf as well, as it is cheaper. The Rainbow color powder is quite good as well. It has four enzymes.

@maylingsmom, Unilever's UK Persil is like our Omo, I think. The logo is the same and the small&mighty bottles are similar. In Sweden Omo is called Via. The products might differ, though. We don't get Henkel Persil.

All these beautiful boxes and jugs of detergent, *Detergent Is a Girls Best Friend*

Mich, I was thinking, do you think Larsi would like...I don't know if I should say it...and isn't it Tide, old school Tide..what do you think Mich would Larsi like Ace??

Here are a couple shots of the laundry isle at my grocery.

pawprint, your laundry aisle is so much more colorful than ours, lol! Also that is a lot of Tide bottles. I love the teardrop design on the Cheer bottles, it is pretty.

I had to laugh at the one that is called Mini Risk. LOL