How do youget washing to smell nice?

[BooBooGlass]

I'm pleased with my washing powder, I use fabric softener too as I buy it based on the yummy smell but when it is finished, my washing never smells of anything. I know I should be grateful it's clean but I love the fresh washing smell> I don't know if it's the way I dry, we have no outdoor space so it's either on airers inside or in the tumble drier.
Someone once suggested doing a final rinse with the softener in the drum, but would that not make the washing kind of slimy? Any thoughts appreciated, I just want my laundry to smell freshly washed!

I use Sainsburys super concentrated liquid gel for our woolens in the washing machine and comfort conditioner. The woolens always smell absolutely lovely.
For the rest of my washing I use persil bio tabs and comfort conditioner and the washing smells of nothing.
The only reason I use the liquid gel with the woolens is that the cycle is too short for tabs and I've found lumps of it still on the washed garments.

I have a condenser too

Mine is vented. Maybe I'm losing all the lovely smell out of the window

Ecover washing liquid. Lavender smell. Fabulous.

Change your conditioner and or powder every time you shop then you will notice it.

I don't have a tumble drier, and used to use an airer in the winter but found that the clothes lost their nice smell - I think it's because it takes too long for the clothes to dry. If they dry quickly they retain the smell from the fabric conditioner. Now I dry clothes on the radiators - but only leave them on until they are just dry otherwise they go a bit crusty.

Dry outside (when you can) - fresh air is the way forward.

Mrs Sharp...I has no tumle drier until DCs were 5 and 3yrs old..I can not believe I survived so long without one now I have one (everyone used to think I was mad, but I was worried about them being too expensive). Does it drive you nuts getting towels and bedding dry??!!

Air drying if you can is the best bet. I can't use the smelly stuff for one of mine (irritation) on towels, underwear and bedding so I extra rinse out the washing liquid and although it is very faint it still smells 'clean'. If I tumble it, nada.

Couldneverhave3 - I'm not sure why we stil haven't got round to getting a tumble drier, no ecological/economic reasons. Just cope fine without really. Today I washed our bedding. Popped it on the various radiators for about 30mins, then ironed them all. Much, much easier to iron when they're damp, and dries it pretty much. Then just air over the banister until I'm ready to make the bed.

Tumble driers make towels nice and soft, so that's one reason why I would maybe get a tumble drier. But soon enough they'll be all drying on the line again, and I'll forget until October!

Only use washing balls or Surecare for my wash. and a little surecare fabric condtioner.. and thats it. no smell just fresh and clean and doesnt harm you or the atmosphere. smelly fabric conditioners are full of crap. including chloroform.. bet you didnt know that.. best left alone unless unperfumed..

I use Lenor Infusions Black Diamond & Lotus flower (when it's on offer as I think it's quite £££). It is lovely! I can even smell it when I come in from outside and everything is drying on my airer.
I am not so bothered in the summer when I line dry as everything smells fine, but in the autumn and early spring I find everything smells a bit musty when drying inside as it's not cold enough to put heating on, but too cold to dry outside.

I always used the blue concentrated Lenor.....................but because its on offer, bogof I bought M&S one, omg it is fab!

I think you do have to change powder/softener regularly. I just buy what's on offer so it's always different :) Fun working out what fabric conditioners "go" with which washing powders too (yes I am sad...)

I still always find though that clothes I buy from ebay etc seem to smell nice for ages, through 3 or 4 wears until it starts to wear off, and mine never lasts that long even when I buy a new type of powder. I sometimes have an urge to message the sellers and ask what washing powder they use

Currently quite a fan of Bold Lavender & Chammomile, that seems to last quite a while. Box is almost empty though so it will be something else next time :)

You do need a decent airer if you dry inside a lot. This is the one I have and it's fab. Stuff doesn't smell musty like it used to on my XX airer where everything would drape over each other. This one's a bit of a beast (almost the height of a door) but it's fantastic for saving floor space.

IMHO the nicest laundry fragrance is achieved using Persil Small & Mighty (blue or green lid). I'm also in favour of Lenor Infusions (black).

On the washing line on a warm breezy day and ironed immediately! Never leave it hanging about either on the line or waiting to be ironed.

Actually the ironing thing is true. It seems to set the smell in better if you iron it straight away. Must be where I go wrong

Persil non- bio. Nothing else, no fabric softener, no tumble drier. I line dry when I can, but otherwise on an airer next to the radiator. It always smells nice. Not from a distance, but if you sniff the clean washing. I would hate to come into a room and smell washing powder. Yuck.

The lack of softener drives my DH mad but I refuse to use it. Waste of money.

All those softeners are full of petrochemicals. Yuk. Who wants those damaging the fibre of their clothes or next to their skin?