Lots if old-fashioned folks in my neighbourhood follow the Laundry on Monday tradition, and the air is regularlybrank with tge stink of laundry sheets. How people can think they smell ‘nice’ is incomprehensible.

And now that Covid has damaged the sense of smell in half tge population, many, many people are walking around wearing waaaay to much perfume or other scented product.

Ugh.

But, why people douse themselves in poison, is beyond me. When we get people to come work inside the house, we explicitly request no fragrances.

Doesn’t help when you have to interact with people out in the world. Bah.

Maybe some “influencer” could start recommending people use orange peel or maybe mint instead?

Wait until you get 1990s biochemists talking about Palmolive-gate (might have been a different brand)There was a key step that used Palmolive and then they changed the recipe, people hoarded the good stuff for decades.

Bah! Don’t get me started! Fragrances are totally OOC. The big problem is the (petro)chemical-based smells vs real, plant-based. If it lingers for more than 30 minutes it’s probably chemical. Go to the nuttiest crunchiest grocery (not Whole Foods) near you and they will have some good options. Avoid the main stream brands. We use Sal Suds for laundry and dishes, Ecover is good for dishwasher.

I can still use the Finish orange gel packs… BUT. FOR. HOW. LONG. My dishwasher seems to hate the scrubby type detergent, so it will be a big change if those go loud smell.

Oh god, we tried finish. It stinks so much. We use old fashioned Cascade powder, much better scent wise.