Those scent beads would knock me right over. They are so strong I don't know how anyone could bear it. I do like a nicely scented detergent though. But lightly flagranced please.

I can't walk down any detergent aisle or baby aisle without my eyes burning. I hold my breath each and every time. I'd NEVER want to smell like any of that.

I was thrilled when our local store rearranged, and put the pet food and litter in the aisle with paper towels etc.

i think commercial for those scent bead say the fragrance sticks around for WEEKS??

what i totally do not get is dishwasher/washing products with a scent?? do you really want your dishes to smell of lemons? or do you just want them clean?

I don't like it either. I don't mind the fragrances themselves but I tend to like more natural cleaners. I don't really trust everything they put into the modern detergents, including fragrance.

The detergent aisle at the grocery store can have me sneezing, or starting a throat tickle where I'm coughing - I'm rarely in it ;0) I buy my laundry products at Costco and only get an occasional bottle of dish soap in that aisle. But do you know what can be worse...the garden chemical aisle at a hardware store where they keep all the granules, powders, boxes slug and snail bait etc. I wonder how the staff stocks the shelves, if they just get used to it.

The laundry detergent aisle scents don't bother me. When did having a fake scent come to mean clean? My neighbor moved out of her house and gave me a lot of cleaning supplies. Now I have the huge bottles of Tide pods and Kirkland brand pods for washing clothes. Items washed with both of these detergents are outlasting the smell from anything I use.

adellabedella, I have never understood the pods. I don't know if they are for convenience, but it is not that difficult to measure out detergent. Not to mention the price of pods and scent beads. Not something I want to spend my money on.

Irma, I didn't spend my money on them either. I see the pods as a way for the detergent companies to 'add value' and increase the price a little more for convenience. Also, no chance that you will add water and extend the life of the bottle of detergent. These pods were free to me. The only time I have ever bought any is for traveling when you need to wash clothes at the hotel. I will get a small package of non-liquid ones for that.

I don't use the laundry pods but I could see how they might be handy for people who struggle holding the detergent containers. They can get heavy, especially if you buy the larger, economical ones. Maybe for kids learning how to do laundry, though I think it's important that they learn how to correctly measure liquid or powder. Or for traveling if you're going to do laundry on the road. Certainly easier to put a few in a ziplock than carry around detergent.

We do use the dishwashing pods. I like those. They are a lot neater than the detergent.

Apparently the pods are dangerous, for not only children, but also elderly that mistake them for food items.

chi... would be a much better learning experience for first time laundry-doers to learn cup measurements... 1/4, 1/2, 3/4, etc... imnsho!!

imnsho lol

I'm with those who dislike the scent of the laundry aisle. Everything I buy for laundry is unscented. We started buying pods when my step-son began doing his own laundry as a tween and was spilling liquid and powder all over or using way too much. The pods sure help with that. He is now 22 and still careless with detergent, so we still buy pods for his use. Yes, it's more expensive, but worth my peace of mind. (I personally use liquid or powder, depending on what I have at the time.) When step-son graduates from college and we are no longer his home base, I will stop buying pods.

I like the lemon-scented dishwashing liquid, and this is something else, regarding scents in general. I like the vanilla and some food-related scents, but would you want your bathroom to smell like, say, vanilla cupcake? Also, regarding detergents, the ones with the scent I noticed don't really make the clothes smell that way, at least I have not noticed that.

Bluebell, I find the pods still more product than one needs for most loads - I don't want the detergent company measuring for me ;0)

I did buy pods (and was in Fred Meyers laundry aisle) over Thanksgiving - to replenish my mothers supply. She does laundry down the hall from her apartment (personal laundry only, not sheets or bedding), laundry basket balanced on her walker seat and a pod in her pocket. They are easy for her with her simple lightly soiled loads, and I prompt her to add an extra rinse just to be sure no product is left in her fabrics.

I also like the smell of lemon from the dishwasher. When it comes to the llaundry, I think if it washed and rinsed properly, there should be little or no scent.

I try not to go down the laundry aisle same with candles. I had to get liquid fabric softener for this new washer. I finally found All with no scent but I think it's the only one in the store. I am currently using tide pods because I was given some. It is convenient for me to use them especially in our confined space. My favorite was the Sears powder I really hate that it's not available now. It had very little scent and was an excellent detergent.

The laundry isle doesn't bother me but walking into Bed Bath & Beyond...WHOA!!! Hits you right in the face!!

You probably know the detergent isle is my hang out. LOL. I will say that I hate the scent boosters. I want my clothes to have that fresh clean scent that comes from **clean clothing* not from a bottle. I don't mind a light scent and I mean so light its pretty much a hint or a whisper. Manufactures sure make a lot of money from these stink boosters which surprises me considering how many have allergies or sensitive skin to laundry products. Which is most often caused by synthetic perfumes in laundry products. I often wonder how many people use the scents to cover up odors caused from improper washing.

As for pods...sure they are for convenience but did you know Tide pods, all flavors including the free and gentle are loaded with 5 enzymes to really remove those cooking stains. It makes having to pretreat stains a thing of the past which can be a real time saver for parents with children. Thing is they are not cost effective if one has a standard full fill top loader which will easily require 3 pods. Even a Front loader needs two unless its a very light soil load.

As for using to much or too little detergent. ..feel your water after the load is washing a few minutes. ..it should feel slippery if you've added enough. Did you know detergents contain a chemical to keep your washer clean..it prevents oils and soils along with detergent residue from building up on washer parts you can't see...but if enough detergent isn't used the soils and oils will build up on these parts making a perfect breeding ground for mold.

I avoid those aisles and stores with overwhelming scents. I was given a box of dishwashing pods. I have to cut them in half because using a whole pod was causing my dishwasher to get gunky with soap residue.

I can't imagine what the scent beads are made of in order to leave a lasting scent. The fibers certainly can't be clean if that much scent is left after rinsing.

I think fewer and fewer people are using scented products; who needs more chemicals?? They're a holdover from the bad ol' 70's when tv ads taught us we and our houses don't smell so hot. What a bunch of hooey.

There are only two things worse than the detg aisle; a candle store and the perfume things stuck in magazines. All really bother my asthma.

I don't mind scents and am not at all sensitive to them in a bad way.

I make my laundry detergent homemade:

4 lb, 12 oz Borax

3 lb, 7 oz Arm & Hammer Super Washing Soda

3 lb OxyClean

2 14 oz bars Zote Soap (also available as flakes)

4 lb Baking soda

1-2 bottles (55 oz) Purex Crystals Fabric Softener

This is a GREAT recipe, though it makes a ton. You can leave out the fabric softener, which is what gives the scent. The hardest part is grating the soap; I use my food processor.

I have never understood the pods. I don't know if they are for convenience, but it is not that difficult to measure out detergent. Not to mention the price of pods and scent beads. Not something I want to spend my money on.

I would never buy the laundry pods or the dishwasher pods -- they're just too expensive.

With one exception: My daughters like them for dorm laundry. When you have to take your laundry down the elevator to the laundry room, I see the point in carrying just 1-2 pods for the loads you know you're about to wash ... and nothing to carry back upstairs. But when you have your own laundry room in your own house and have the space for a big container and a measuring scoop.

Just because something comes in a large container doesn't mean you can't break it down into smaller, lighter amounts for daily use. I buy big bottles of white vinegar, but decant it into a small bottle for regular use in my washer's rinse cycle. I do the same with powdered detergent. Unless I wanted the exercise, why would I continually lift a ton of 'whatever'? Why would I pay more for 'pods' that aren't the right amount for what I'm washing -- laundry or dishes? And, why would I want to pay for and lug *water* (liquid detergent) home from the store? I have water at home.

It's a hard job, trying to find ways to sell soap. New! Improved! Green! Smells Great! I'd like the old, unimproved, naturally 'green' *soap* that smells like...soap. Stop tinkering!

As for the pods and convenience, whatever happened to putting detergent into a baggie to lug to the laundry room?

I find the pet food aisle with all those large sacks of dog food bothers me.

Shame on all the stinky people on this earth who like those scents and spend their hard-earned money on them! Lol

I love scents but because of my asthma have gone scent-free for the most part. Sure do miss my all time fav, Lysol spray... and Downey. There are still a few lotions i can use like bath and body works Japanese Cherry Blossom.

Laundry scents don't bother me too much (except Gain which is horrible). What bothers me is the scent of some cleaning sprays, particularly 409 and Lysol. 409 makes me cough.

Many years ago I just adored the scent of powder Clorox 2. I liked it so much that I would keep it loose in my Jeep’s ashtray so the car smelled nice. I like the scent beads for washing seasonal bedding. Holy cow- winter items still smelled nice when I took them out!

No Morz they/I never got used to it. I hated to work in the yard chemical isle, while employed at Home Depot.

Chisue I am with you! I want the plain ole perfectly good stuff back... heck with the new and improved. :)

Moonie, LOL at your shame post! :)

Moni

I'm lucky that detergent scents do not bother me in store aisles. I may find some objectionable, but it never affects me in a bad way. In rare cases, I have smelled perfumes used by older women that to me were awful, but never sickened me.

Those who are sensitive, I wonder what you would do if you had to muck out a horse or cow barn, or pass by a pig farm. From experience, I think that chicken manure is the worst.

The laundry aisle doesn’t bother me nearly as much as the candle store or bath/body shop. And why oh why do trash bags need to have scent? I have to really look to find the ones I like with no scent.

We use unscented liquid detergent but I do have some unscented pods to take traveling. So easy to carry a small bag of those with us.

I never react to scents unless someone is wearing half a bottle of perfume or mens cologne OR: fabric sheets! I won't even buy fabric sheets and don't get me started on those scent pearls. What a waste of money!

Trash bags scented with mint are supposed to repel mice. I saw that on the packaging when I was shopping recently. It repelled me. :(

Elizabeth, mint is supposed to repel raccoons as well. I line my outdoor trash can with them and it seems to be working.

People's demand for stench. I don't understand it. I choke and cough near stench candles and the detergent aisles. I say require all detergents to be stench-free and if you need your clothes to stink, you can add obnoxious odors!

I liked that my hospital has gone stench-free. People with perfume, hairsprays, etc are told to stay off the elevators.

And this business of clothes stinking for weeks after washing. I follow the rule that when clothes stink, they need to be washed!

I used the pods for a long time. I liked them for convenience. The "little" time it took to drag down the jug, measure, pour and rinse the cup was significant when I was in such pain that standing there was a significant issue. I've been reading some unconfirmed claims that the wrapper they use on them can plug up the drain. Maybe it's a coincidence but my drain is plugging up. I quit using them. Have to see what the verdict is when they come to clean out the floor drain.

And this business of people "mistaking" laundry pods for food. Really? It's bad enough that they have to design special idiot-resistant packaging because parents feed them to their kids but an adult eating them? I take it they go wandering into the laundry area to find a snack? Or do they keep them in the pantry with the food? Clearly anyone who does that shouldn't be living alone at that rate. I can't imagine that actually happening with people in their right minds.

I so agree with cynic...not sure why people's demand for perfume stench in their products supersedes others' right to breathe? I recently left my grandson's fleece at a play date and the mom washed it before returning it (as a nice gesture). I had to rewash it to get that stench from the detergent out, then had to rewash the whole load that I'd washed it with, because every.single.thing in that load also stank from the one little fleece being rewashed. Then it took another wash to get it to barely tolerable.

It's unbelievable to me that people can't smell that carp on themselves or think that it's a pleasant scent.

Jemdandy, I worked for years in chicken barns, looking after them and gathering eggs. Yes, the manure stunk, but my eyes didn't burn where I had to keep my eyes closed like I do in laundry aisles. Pig manure is awful too.

I don't mind the smell of a skunk though.

cynic, I had read that several elderly with cognitive impairment (dementia) had consumed the pods due to them appearing similar to confections and died. Mind you, I am not aware of what other harmful household products are consumed. My friend's DH consumed shoe polish prior to being placed in a facility.

irma, how did they get a hold of them? Seems to prove my point they shouldn't be in that living situation.

Anything that is misused, is dangerous. Cleanser could be claimed to look like sugar, cars of course are dangerous and the list goes on. I have problems with detergent packets being confused with candy. I suspect that's someone looking to blame someone/something else saying that rather than the person who supposedly ate it making that claim. Detergent packets aren't exactly the size of a Tic-Tac. Something really wrong there. Seems to me to be another example of people not taking responsibility for themselves and their families. I'm reminded of the person lecturing us a few years ago that we were not to give out any peanut containing candy at Halloween because her grandson ate a candy bar without him checking it, and his parents were with him.

Yes, I agree, Cynic and yet these things happen.