Strong smelling washing powder

[Vthirtyone]

You know when you walk past someone's house, or past someone in the street and you can strongly smell their washing powder? Well which brand are they using? Or are they just using tonnes of the stuff in the machine? I sniff the different ones in the supermarket (not getting out much at the moment ) but I can't work out which ones will really linger on the clothes?
Any tips gratefully received!

Are you wanting to have strongly smelling clothes or not? It's not clear from your post. Personally I find Bold the smelliest, and I don't buy it any more because I prefer my clothes to smell of nothing.

I think your nose gets used to the smell of your own laundry powder / softener, etc so after a while it’s not noticeable anymore.

My BF uses Surf and Lenor - clothes always smell nice.

I use Tesco powder and Comfort Pure - I can’t smell it on my clothes but BF always says how clean my clothes smell.

It's not Ariel or Almat because they don't smell strongly, which is why I buy them.

Bold is very strong.

My husband uses Ariel capsules on hid gym kits, they absolutely stink. I actually find them overpowering if I’m in the same room as his drying clothes.

Oh I love the smell, I want more of it in my life.
Ooh ok I will try Bold- thanks!
Surf seems like it will smell strong but it doesn't seem to linger once the clothes are dried.

We’ve both accidentally dosed the washing machine with surf liquid - the smell was quite pungent, I could smell it from the road as the washing was being tumble dried in the shed.
Thankfully the washing machine didn’t spew suds everywhere.
If I wash my work cloths, they have a very chemical smell when hung up in strong sun.
So guess it’s a combination of using a lot of detergent and dependant on the other chemicals present.

Ariel liquid tabs smell very strong. I love the smell. They come in a green box.

Lenor scent boosters!!!!

The gold orchid is my favourite, it’s just a lovely vanilla scent. I love getting whiffs of it through the day!

Bold liquid and comfort intense liquid smells very strong together. The pink intense is lovely.

It'll be this stuff.

Its fabric softener

Ariel isn't as in your face but the smell lasts for so long. Like I've taken summer clothes out of the wardrobe from the year before and they still smell amazing. Can't use it anymore though because of DS eczema we can only use persil non bio.

I wanted to get one for coloured washes.
Picked up the Tesco one. It didn't smell too bad on the way round the shop.
On the way back home it almost choked us and it was in the boot of the car.
It was brought indoors and taken straight back out again because it was so strong. Had to return it to the store, it really was foul, took the skin off my nasal passages. You might like that one OP.

I disagree with PP in that I find Ariel smells very strongly. Also gold orchid lenor lasts for weeks, as do the black comfort bottles. I think they’re called perfume something or other. They purple one is my favourite!

DS's friend always smells really strongly of laundry and his Mum buys surf liquid and a black bottle of comfort. She must use loads as she buys it twice a week.
Gleaned this info from when DC1 was working in Morrison's!

Lots of people use comfort pure too, I hate the smell but smell it a lot.

Get some laundry dettol (or the aldi version), the scent is so strong and last for ages! It smells really good, not like the orange dettol or the surface spray.

If you use a tumble dryer get an ecoegg dryer egg, that also smells beautiful.

@SlopesOff I bought it but it’s really not bad, no overpowering scent,washes well and no skin reaction

Which one is best for environment ? Theres a water treatment plant near us and you can smell the washing powder down there..

Persil Original Non-Biological
I used to rely on it . Recently it has long-lasting anti-odour which is so strong I had to store it in the bathroom, where it deodorises the air, instead of the kitchen where it spoils the smell of dinner.
Ecover only has ice scent or none, very mild.

I totally agree you get used to the smell you use. I change what we use every 3-4months so I can start to smell a “clean smell” again

[quote FrenchBoule]@SlopesOff I bought it but it’s really not bad, no overpowering scent,washes well and no skin reaction[/quote]
I am not used to smelly laundry stuff, the strongest we have is Lidl lavender and something powder which is very mild. I sniff all the detergents before I buy one so that it doesn't knock me out or make me sneeze uncontrollably like some of them do. I use Surf lavender for the general wash, shirts etc. but have to use unperfumed for my own. Sometimes in a checkout queue, even socially distanced the person in front makes my eyes water. The things that are added these days are very powerful and I fondly remember the days when I enjoyed the smell of someone's newly washed jumper as they passed me.

Pink surf is the one that's in the window of the house round the corner which always smells of washing powder, fags and dogs.