to expect my washing liquid to not make my pants smell of curry

[farewellfigure]

Honestly. Every time I do a wash, my pants come out smelling of curry. Nothing else in the wash smells, just my pants. I'm a normal clean and healthy person with no underlying health issues. I eat a healthy vegetarian diet with loads of different types of meals (British, Italian, Mexican, Indian etc) so I don't think it can be that. I've even tried different brands of washing liquid, and I've run a washing machine cleaner thing through the machine. Nothing works! They still smell of curry. When they're dry they're fine.

Has anyone ever come across this before? Am I weird? I know you're all probably in hysterics now. My DH thinks I'm totally freakish.

[mummissinghermind]

My knickers now smell of piss, coz i,ve just wet myself.Mad,mad your all mad. Mad but brilliant, made my day. To the poster i,ve no idea, however my urine reeks of fish if eat salmon, so i just don't now. I love salmon.

[MackerelOfFact]

Ooh I went through a phase of a particular detergent/softener combo making my cotton blouses smell like hummus. After a while I did decide it was probably all in my head, but I pulled out a blouse the other day that I'd not worn for ages and, yup, definitely hummus.

[farewellfigure]

:o at Raita

I've used the same conditioner ever since DS was born (3yrs), so will try switching brands. Hopefully curry pants will be banished for ever.

[QueeferSutherland]

Ha!
Brilliant, older&wiser!

[GetOutMyPub]

I dont have curry pants but we did go through a stage of very fishy/cheesy smelling washing. And i was only ever odd items not all of it!

The culprit turned out to be lenor - I think it was either the yellow or blue one! I normally use a different brand but the lenor was on special offer at the time.

It also made my washing machine STINK and I was forever doing a 90 degree wash which worked for one wash load and then the machine would stink again!

Once I had used all the lenor, and went back to my usual brand, the dodgy smell went!

[QuelleLeJeff]

Pride goes before a Phall olderandwider. You might find yourself with curry pants one day!

[Psammead]

ROAR at 'cumin' !

[olderandwider]

Does your detergent not wash raita than raita, OP?

[EldritchCleavage]

Ah, softener is the devil's work. Dump that, use less powder and a hotter wash, see if that helps.
At the very least you might get the pong down from a Dopiaza to a Biryani.

[DeepPurple]

Ah they are M&S

[DeepPurple]

Are they sainsburys ones?

[ilovesprouts]

pmsl

[ExeterisEasy]

am crying with laughter reading this!

[farewellfigure]

Weird. Actually my big white pants never smell so maybe you're right.

I've just googled it and somewhere it said that certain combos of washing liquid and softener make a funny smell but that would mean the whole wash smelt, not just my pants. It must be the dye. I think I'll just have to resign myself to it. Not even curry smell would make me give up my big old faithful M+S parachute pants.

[Ineedacleaneriamalazyslattern]

If it is the same type of pants all the time it could be the dye in them.
I have one or 2 items I stopped wearing because I couldn't stand the smell when they were washed and still wet and I discovered (not sure how might have been on here) that it was the dye in them, they were all the same colour so beievable.

[kreecherlivesupstairs]

Oh boom boom farewell, that outpuns me any day of the week.

[farewellfigure]

They've probably got cumin.

[QuelleLeJeff]

Weird.

Are the pants a bit saagy as well.

I'm so so sorry.

[farewellfigure]

95% cotton and black. Big pants. Maybe I should buy something frilly and red and see whether they end up curried as well. That's all the options covered then.

[AgentZigzag]

Stop it kreecher or my keyboard'll stop working with all the ginger beer I'm spraying over it

[kreecherlivesupstairs]

Is your washing powder made of mint and yoghurt? That would explain your fanny batter developing into the dopiaza smell. Affinity you see.

[Pfriend]

What material are your pants? Pure cotton or a particular polyester/cotton blend. Dyed or white? Could be the particular blend of material or the dye! There is probably a valiid scientfc reason that your pants smell of curry.

bha ha ha though.

[AgentZigzag]

Bhahaha at meaty under crackers tones

Sorry OP

[farewellfigure]

If it was my 'fanny batter' wouldn't they smell before they went in the wash though? Hmm, not sure I could identify the type of curry. Maybe Dopiaza?

[farewellfigure]

Ha ha. I'd forgotten that post! No, the smell doesn't actually escape from the washing machine when it's doing its thing so we're not annoying the neighbours. The pants just smell after they're clean (weirdly). They don't smell of curry before they go in either.

Hmm, there is no way I could go to the docs about that. Not sure curry pants is a medical condition. My (ahem) bits don't smell of curry. Just the clean pants.