I avoid chemical odor "treating" products like the heavily advertised ones, as I'm "sensitive," and many products just mask odors. There's an old wive's tale - always test a spot first, of course - spray vodka (some would say a waste!) on musty clothes or cigarette-y clothes & hang in fresh air. I'm a proud ex-smoker. Sometimes takes a few spritzes & airings. I have many pets and don't want to seem like I'm shilling for a product but if it's okay on here, let me know (I'm new) - this stuff got moth ball odors out of old baby clothes! Dry cleaner couldn't! I'm a big soaker in various stain removal powders & sometimes washing items in washer with double detergent (careful with size of washer, etc....it works in my washer well, but everyone has a different model) then run a full cycle without detergent to rinse. Just some of the stuff I tried for that moth ball disaster. My mother's generation! Ugh!

mc58, Clearly this is a very frustrating issue. I do think that more FL washers should have an option to add more water, at least to the rinses. There are so many factors that effect laundry results ...water, machine, detergent, soil level, to name a few... that it seems machines should be more flexible to accommodate a wider range of conditions. One more thought... You mentioned that you have a whirlpool. I think it is probably similar to my 5 year old HE3t. On my machine, the Normal/Casual cycle has significantly shorter and slower intermediate spins than the more aggressive heavy duty/whitest whites/sanitary cycles. I feel the faster and longer intermediate spins of the more aggressive cycles lead to better rinsing. On the other hand, on the normal/casual cycle, my washer does add water to the wash prior to draining to cool the load to 77F. So in the summer, when my incoming water is sometimes 77F or higher, it will add water for 2 minutes at the end of the wash cycle prior timing out and then draining. This dilutes the wash solution and results in better rinsing as well...at least in the summer. In the winter, when my incoming water is closer to 38F, it doesn't need to add much before it reaches 77F and the drain starts. Also, my delicate cycle does not have any intermediate spins at all. Even though it added more water, I don't feel like that makes up for the lack of spins. So in summary, perhaps a more aggressive cycle will result in better rinsing. I do always add an extra rinse, resulting in 3 rinses. Hopefully you will find a solution to your problem and won't have to replace your machine! Good Luck, Joe

I think things keep getting lost in translation since I can barely speak English (non-native/don't live in US). "I rewashed every clothes and bedding sets with FL to test its capability." (from my post) "No. I'm using only he detergent (persil or tide, both liquid) after the switch. (But before the switch, I was hammering down the powder detergent)" (from my previous comment of 25 JAN) "I forgot about the fact that I had been using not only persil but also tide pods (spring meadow) during the rewashing process. I did total 30 loads of rewashing back then, and one thirds of them were done by tide pods (the dosage was usually one pod but sometimes two pods)." (from my last comment of 28 JAN) "The rewashing process" on my last comment indicates the FIRST rewashing process (which I did to test the capability of new machine). So my last comment means I used not only persil but also tide pods (on the contrary to my previous comment of 25 JAN) during the very first rewashing process which was taken before I figured out something went wrong. After I realized something went wrong, I've suspected built-up detergent is causing the problem, hence I started to do the SECOND rewashing process (to remove excessive detergent build-up). And of course I only used none to very little detergent (10ml of persil liquid for small load, 20ml for large load) during the second rewashing process. This is what happened in chronological order. 1. 2015 summer - I started doing laundry for myself with non-HE TL. I didn't measure the detergent at that time (usually pouring down a cup of detergent), but there was no problem for the full six months. 2. JAN 2016 - I bought a FL and rewashed most of my clothes using persil/tide liquid or tide pods (dosage was usually 3-5 Tbs or 1-2 pods for full load which is recommended amount). 3. Within a week, I got itchy and rashes appeared all over my body. On the closer examination, I found my towels were much stiffer than it used to be once. And I noticed a lot of white particles were coming out when I put them in hot water. 4. I've suspected built-up detergent is causing this problem, so I started to rewash them. After I rewashed one quarter of my clothes again in various ways (dosage was somewhere between none to 0.6-1.3 Tbs), I found machine-rewash/rinse doesn't do many good (they still released white particles in hot water). 5. I posted my post (25 JAN).

Thank you all for your suggestions, however I still have this question about laundry in general. How do you know if your laundry is really clean? I know this is really a philosophical laundry question. LOL My laundry looks clean, smells clean, I rarely use softner. I believe in general my clothes are clean and presentable and don't usually think about this question. This perfumed soaked jacket has made me wonder, how do we know if something is truly clean.