To find this smell offensive?

[GreenMonkies]

We live in a maisonette which shares a communal garden with about 5 other households, mainly elderly folks. We are an "Ecover" household, we don't use "mainstream" cleaning products or air-fresheners.

I am sitting in the garden whilst the DD's play on thier bikes etc, and two of my neighbours have hung washing out, and the stench of Lenor/Comfort/whatever is all but making me gag, I am seriously thinking of going inside the smell is so strong. Bleurgh!!!!!

Go inside then.

You can't dictate what other people wash their clothes in.

I find it hard to believe the smell is that strong.

go inside then

Can't believe you posted that lol. Thought you were going to say it was a horrible stinky smell.

I love the smell of washing drying whatever the cleaning agent involved.

So i reckon YABU

Shocking. How dare anyone hang clean washing on a line. I'd get one of your kids to poo on the lawn to mask it.

Go inside to be smug about your 'Ecover' saintliness.

YABU and smug.

I am addicted to Blue Lenor...It's one of my favourite smells in the world...so your neighbours can't have been using that or you'd be dangling over the fence sniffing it all in.
So, YABabitU.

You're lucky you have the bloody weather to sit out in the garden!

Go inside away from the -lovely-- nasty smells.

"ecover"...... "mainstream"

roffle
so smug

Oh you should try the white Comfort, it's heavenly.

I also quite like blue Lenor.

I am often found in the isles of Tesco sniffing softeners.

Actually have you tried the pink Comfort. Very nice.

Lavender for bedding though!!!

If you don't use them, how do you know the brand names?...

"We are an 'Ecover' household".

Hmmm.

Think you need to get over yourself.

My dd has just done a poo in her nappy, feel free to come sniff that if it would make you feel any better.

YABU

How ridiculous

Mind yer beeswax and go indoors and polish with your....erm...beeswax

Oh No! Ironing water.

sitsonhandsforawhile

Those poor old people, having you sneering and smugging at them. I hope you're saying 'Oh poo children, hurry back in away from the smell of the nasty mainstream cleaning products - quickly now, before you lose your ethical morals'.

FFS.

I know I can probably smell it more than most people would because we don't use stuff with really strong artificial perfume in them, so I know my nose is more sensitive, but yes the smell is that strong. It seems unfair that my DD's and I should have to go in and miss this lovely weather, after all, it is my garden too. I know it's not a "poo" smell, but to my nose it really honks!!!!

i kinda know what she means though, i bought regular softner recently as the shop was out of ecover and the smell almost made me puke.

when you're not used to the chemically smell anymore it does seem really strong and tbh, quite horrid.

Gosh greenmonkies you would detest me for a neighbour. Although I do have quite a lot of cat poo which I feel goes to waste.

Would you like to send it to you and you can re-cycle it and use as manure?

I find ironing bizarre and unnecessary