Same!

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It’s because you aren’t used to it. I stopped using artificial fragrances (anything with parfum/fragrance) on it years ago due to the health implications, especially for children who can’t detoxify until they’re a bit older. I can now smell my parents in law before I’ve seen them, they washed some towels for us and I had to wash them at 90 twice to get rid of the smell. If I walk past people outside they stink of detergent. I thought it was just me but my husband is exactly the same! I can smell perfume and washing detergent and deodorant all over my baby after my in laws have been with her - I can’t say please stop using smelly detergent so I just have to bath her really well after she’s been with anyone else. I really encourage others to stop using these products, they are so toxic. Because they aren’t ingested they haven’t passed any decent testing (outside the EU it’s much worse). You can switch to fragrance from essential oils which is more expensive but much nicer and the smell won’t linger for months like some perfumes. Air freshers are the worst and even candles. I just don’t really use anything now, coconut oil on my face and that’s it. Same with my baby.

YANBU. And they’re advertising a triple whammy of laundry liquid, conditioner and scent boosters. Ugh.

Confused by the title of your thread - 'same'. Not sure what that means.

But anyway, I think yabu.

Washing things at 90 degrees twice is insane. Bothered about toxic smells but not arsed about the environment.

You sound like you have issues.

What are you using to clean your clothes? I don’t think I’ve ever seen an unscented detergent?

Your post title is confusing…what on earth are you talking about?

In any event, it sounds like you have severe sensory issues, which you’ll likely pass on to your children. Seek help! This level of ‘smell obsession’ is not normal!

That’s so unpleasant.

OP, I have similar issues to you in that I find most cleaning products an irritant and my airways really are affected. I’ve posted about Zoflora before - one of its ingredients causes me breathing difficulties and will render me a coughing wreck for a good 5 days after exposure.

I get similar, but not quite so severe reactions to other detergents and, in the last decade or so, high street perfumes, especially the sugary sweet Sol de Janero (spelling?!) ranges and all its subsequent knock-offs. Most strong smells repel me.

As for laundry, I’m with you (apart from the 90 degree bit) in the sense that I use Fairy non bio for most stuff, no fabric conditioner and absolutely no scent boosters. As consumers, we have been suckered into buying so much stuff that’s unnecessary but how the heck we have been conned into buying stuff that’s actually toxic is beyond me. Madness.

I'm with you OP - i find that strong scent from perfume or laundry detergent or similar can trigger a migraine so I have avoided it for years. But that does seem to have heightened my sensitivity to it, which was not my intention! I cant say i have to rewash at 90 though, I just give things a wash if they have persil or similar on them.

I’m afraid you need to grow up and stop telling people what to do. I’ll use whatever fragrance and product i like.

Seek help indeed - another rude keyboard warrior.

OP (and many like her) is showing sensitivity to chemicals that are toxic to the environment - it could (as in my case) cause irritation to my respiratory tracts and mucous membranes so it’s a very real, physical response to chemicals that many have become desensitised to.

Products contain toxic chemicals due to a combination of lax regulations, the desire for cost-effective product performance (like long shelf life or improved texture), and the use of chemicals that are legally protected as trade secrets, despite their potential negative health and environmental impacts. These chemicals are often used as preservatives, fragrances, and dyes in common items such as cosmetics, clothing, cookware, and packaging.

OP is far from needing help (so, so rude some of you) and is probably ridding her household of toxins that could be causing you lot medical chaos in years to come.

I use Ecover Washing Powder Fragrance Free from Tesco.

I wonder if this was meant to be a response on the thread titled 'Struggling… everywhere stinks! Toxic scent - is it just me?' - and somehow became a new thread??

I sort of get it OP. I’m allergic to MI which is in so much of the produce like laundry liquid and shower gel so I also avoid a lot of parfum products as it can also be in that.

I get a swollen face from it and a rash everywhere.

However I think you are a little OTT with it.

Oops sorry it’s my first post on Mumsnet and I meant to reply to a thread rather than start a new one, hence the title same. I’m put off mumsnet now though as I think some replies are nasty. I was only trying to help people rid their house of toxins. I first heard about them in a book called the toxic solution.

Exactly it was haha!

Good luck when she starts having sleepovers.

Are you going to wash all her pyjamas twice on 90 degrees and shrink them to a postage stamp?

What about when she starts wearing perfumed deodorant and using perfumed hair products like her friends?

If your tolerance is that low, I'm not sure how it'll work?

Dear me.

I think you're absolutely right, you can, but the laundry business is worth millions so they kid you that you need fabric softener, additional smells, triple xxxx etc. Unfortunately these inevitably come in plastic single use bottles and you are destroying the environment.

It's a bit like eating upfs, why would you buy into that when it's damaging your health . . . ?